Vapor Point LLC v. Moorhead, No. 15-1801 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 10, 2016)

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Vapor Point, L.L.C., Keith Nathan (“Nathan”), and Kenneth Mathe son (“Matheson”) (collectively “Vapor Point”) sued Elliott Moorhea d (“Moorhead”), NanoVap or Fuels Group, Inc., and Bryant Hickman (“Hickman”) (collectively “NanoVapor”) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Tex as, seeking to have Nathan and Matheson recognized as joint inventors under 35 U.S.C. § 256 on NanoVapor’s U.S. Patent Nos . 7,727,310 (“the ’310 patent”) and 8,500,862 (“the ’862 patent”).