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Hyatt v. United States Patent and Trademark Office et al
Case Number:
1:18-cv-00546
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August 20, 2020
USPTO Did Not Blacklist Inventor's Patent Applications
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office scored a victory in an inventor's lawsuit alleging that it has an internal policy of rejecting all of his patent applications, after a Virginia federal judge found his applications' "length, complexity and interrelatedness" were causing them to be processed slowly.
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November 20, 2019
USPTO Fights Inventor's Bid To Expand Stalled Apps Suit
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has fired back at a bid by prolific inventor Gilbert Hyatt to expand his lawsuit over the agency's alleged internal rule to reject all of his patent applications, saying Hyatt "cannot convert this one lawsuit into an open forum to hear his every complaint about the USPTO."
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November 04, 2019
Inventor Accuses USPTO Of Further Thwarting Applications
While Gilbert Hyatt was in the process of challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's alleged internal rule to reject all his patent applications, the agency wrongly reclassified several of his applications as abandoned, the inventor told a Virginia federal court.
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March 28, 2019
USPTO Must Face Claims It Blacklisted Prolific Inventor
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office must face inventor Gilbert Hyatt's suit claiming the agency has essentially made it a rule to deny his patent applications, even though a Virginia federal judge trimmed a variety of his claims for relief.
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August 07, 2018
Judge Backs Inventor In Suit Over Long-Stalled Patent Apps
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to issue three patents to prolific inventor Gilbert Hyatt, finding that many of his patent claims were incorrectly rejected, a win for Hyatt in his case alleging the office is wrongly stalling his patent applications.
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July 24, 2018
USPTO Seeks To Ax Inventor Suit Over Stalled Patent Apps
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office moved Monday to dismiss inventor Gilbert Hyatt's suit alleging that the agency has unlawfully blocked hundreds of his patent applications from issuing for decades, with the office arguing he has no legal right to sue over ongoing examinations.