Pappalardo v. Stevins, No. 18-1237 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 10, 2018)

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Appellant Michael Pappalardo sued Appellee Sama n- tha Stevins in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (“District Court”), asserting st ate law claims of fraud and negligent representation and seeking a declaratory judgment naming him the sole inventor of U.S. Patent Application SN 15/275,597 (“the ’597 applic a- tion”). The District Court issued an opinion and order granting Ms. Stevins’s motion to dismiss Mr. Pappalardo’s amended complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction . See Pappalardo v. Stevins, No.