Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit October 16, 1990, 90-1088 (Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft v. Donald J. Quigg, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents & Trademarks)

BALDWIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft (“Hoechst”) appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia,

Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft v. Quigg,

724 F.Supp. 398, 13 USPQ2d 1543 (E.D.Va.1989), upholding upon motion for summary judgment, a ruling by the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Donald J. Quigg (“Commissioner”), that U.S.