Streck Appeals Conflicting Patent Board Finding

By Shannon Henson

Law360, New York (November 17, 2009, 5:45 PM ET) -- Streck Inc. has turned to a federal court to contest the decision of a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office panel, which invalidated the company's patents for substances used to test hematology instruments — the opposite verdict of that determined by a jury in Nebraska several weeks ago.

In a complaint for a patent interference appeal filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska, Streck said the decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in favor of Research and Diagnostic Systems...
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