Swartz v. Pato, No. 18-1122 (Fed. Cir. July 17, 2018)

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Mitchell R. Swartz brought a complaint in the Eas t- ern District of Virginia pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 145, in which he challenged the decision of the U.S. Patent Trademark Office rejecting six of Swartz’s patent applica- tions—U.S. Pat ent Application N o. 12/932,058; No. 12/589,258; No. 13/544,381; No. 12/316,643 ; No. 09/748,691; and No. 09/750,765—as unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101 and 112. Swartz also alleged various forms of misconduct by the patent office. The district court dismissed his complaint under Fed. R. Civ. P.