Perrie v. Perrie, No. 17-1087 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 18, 2018)

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Sally Perrie appeals the district court’s decision grant- ing Kenneth Allan Perrie’s motion to dismiss Ms. Perrie’s PERRIE v. PERRIE 2 correction of inventorship claim for lack of standing. W e affirm. BACKGROUND The following facts are undisputed or taken from Sal- ly Perrie’s amended complaint. The parties, Sally and Kenneth Perrie, were married in 1982. The couple formed a company aimed at adapting popular board games such as Yahtzee, Monopoly, and Battleship for use in electronic gaming machines used in the casino industry.