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Fed. Cir.

Lismont v. Alexander Binzel Corporation, No. 14-1846 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 16, 2016)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 14-1846
Decided
February 16, 2016
Judge
Chen, J.
Document
Precedential Opinion
Length
14 pages

From the Opinion

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This appeal arises from an inventorship dispute b e- tween Hedwig Lismont ( Mr. Lismont) and Alexander Binzel Schweisstechnik GmbH & Co. KG (Binzel - Germany), Abicor Unternehmensverwaltungs GmbH (Abicor), IBG Industrie -Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG (IBG), Richard Sattler (Mr. Sattler), and Alexander Binzel Corporation (Binzel-USA) (collectively, Appellees) . The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia grant ed summary judgment in favor of Appel- lees, concluding that Mr.