Patent opinions from the Eastern District of Texas and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Fed. Cir.

Piccone v. Pato, No. 19-1471 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 20, 2019)

Affirmed
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 19-1471
Decided
November 20, 2019
Judge
Per curiam
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
9 pages

From the Opinion

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Louis Piccone appeals a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismiss- ing his petition for review of the final decision of the Direc- tor of the United States Patent and Trademark Offi ce (PTO) suspending Mr. Piccone from practice before the PTO for three years. See Piccone v. United States Patent & Trademark Office, No. 18 -CV-00307, 2018 WL 5929631 (E.D. Va. Nov. 13, 2018) . Because the PTO’s decision to suspend Mr.