Patent Applicants Hit Feds With Suit Over USPTO Program

By Nicole Narea (May 22, 2017, 7:11 PM EDT) -- Owners of patent applications that were siphoned without notice into a now-defunct secret patent screening process operated by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are bringing their proposed class action again in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, arguing Monday that the government breached their implied contract....

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