IN
THE
UNITED
STATESDISTRICTCOURT
FOR
THE
EASTERNDISTRICT
OF
VIRGINIA
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11
LEX NDRI
DIVISION
PRESIDENTANDFELLOWSOFHARVARD
COLLEGE
1350
Massachusetts
Avenue
Cambridge,MA02138and
E.I.
DUPONT
DENEMOURSAND
COMPANY
1007
Market
Street
Wilmington,DE19898,
Plaintiffs
DAVID
J.
KAPPOS
inhisofficialcapacityasUndersecretary
of
CommerceforIntellectualPropertyandDirector
of
the
United
States
PatentandTrademark
Office
600DulanyStreet
Alexandria,
VA
22314
and
UNITEDSTATES
PATENTAND
TRADEMARK
OFFICE
600DulanyStreet
Alexandria
VA
223144
Defendants.
Civil
ction
No
A
/2
°lj-
OMPL INT
Plaintiffs,bytheirattorneys,fortheircomplaintinthisactionstateasfollows:
N TURE
OF
TION
1.Thisisanactionbytheassigneeandexclusivelicensee
of
UnitedStatesPatent
No.5,925,803( the'803Patent )seekingjudicialreview
of
finalagencyactionandinjunctive
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anddeclaratoryreliefwithrespecttoactivitiesassociatedwith
exparte
reexamination
of
the
patent.
2.
Thisaction
arises
under
the
AdministrativeProcedureAct
5U.S.C.§§
701-706
andtheDeclaratoryJudgmentAct,28U.S.C.§2201.
JURISDI TION NDVENUE
3.ThisCourthasjurisdictiontohearthisaction
and
isauthorizedtoissuethe
relief
soughtpursuantto28U.S.C.§§1331,1338(a),1361,2201;and5U.S.C.§§701-706.
4.Thereexistsbetweenthepartiesanactual,justiciablecontroversyastowhich
Plaintiffsrequireadeclaration
of
rightsbytheCourt.
5.Plaintiffschallengeafinalagencyaction.6.Venueisproperinthisdistrictbyvirtue
of
5U.S.C.§703and28U.S.C.§1391(e)(1)becauseDefendantsDavidJ.KapposandUnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOfficeresideintheEasternDistrict
of
Virginia.
7.VenueisproperinthisDivisionpursuanttoLocalCivilRule3(C)because
DefendantsDavidJ.KapposandUnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOfficeresideinthe
Alexandria
Division.
P RTIES
8.PlaintiffPresidentandFellows
of
HarvardCollege( Harvard )isanot-for-profit
organizationorganizedandexistingunderthelaws
of
theCommonwealth
of
Massachusetts,
havingaprincipalplace
of
businessinCambridge,Massachusetts.
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9.PlaintiffE.I.duPontdeNemoursandCompany( DuPont )isacorporation
organizedandexistingunderthelaws
of
theStateofDelaware,havingaprincipalplaceof
businessinWilmingtonDelaware.
10.Oninformationandbelief,defendantDavidJ.Kappos( Director )is
Undersecretary
of
CommerceforIntellectualPropertyandtheDirector
of
theUnitedStatesPatentandTrademarkOffice( PTO ),actinginhisofficialcapacity.TheDirectoristhehead
of
theagency,chargedbystatutewithprovidingmanagementsupervisionforthePTOandforthe
examinationandissuance
of
patents.11.Oninformationandbelief,defendantPTOisanagency
of
theUnitedStates,
withintheDepartment
of
Commerce,thatisheadquarteredinAlexandria,Virginia.
CKGROUND
12.The'803PatentissuedonJuly
20 1999.
The
803
PatentisattachedasExhibit
A.
13.PlaintiffHarvardistheowner,
by
assignment,
of
the
803
Patent.
14.
PlaintiffDuPontistheexclusive
licensee
the
803
Patent.
15.OnApril20,2010,athirdpartyrequested
exparte
reexamination
of
the'803
Patent.Intherequest,thethirdpartyallegedthatthe'803Patenthadexpiredonthebasis
of
aterminaldisclaimerfiled—butneveractuallyenteredbythePTO—inaparentpatentapplication,
andthattheissuedclaims
of
the'803Patent
{i.e.
claims1-3)wereunpatentableonthegrounds
of
nonstatutoryobviousness-typedoublepatentingorunder35U.S.C.§103(a).
16.OnJune
7 2010
thePTOgrantedtherequestfor
exparte
reexamination
of
the
'803Patent.Ingrantingtherequest,thePTOtookthepositionthatthe'803Patenthadexpired
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