Case Name: Kálmán GYÖRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REEBOK INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-02-14
Citations: 121 F. App'x 397
Docket Number: No. 04-1516
Parties: Kálmán GYÖRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REEBOK INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before MAYER, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 121
Pages: 397–397

Head Matter:
Kálmán GYÖRY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. REEBOK INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 04-1516.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Feb. 14, 2005.
Before MAYER, Circuit Judge, FRIEDMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CLEVENGER, Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
PER curiam:.
Kálmán Gyóry ("Gyóry") appeals the dismissal of his suit against Reebok International, Ltd. ("Reebok") for alleged infringement of United States Patent No. 4, 134, 156 ("the '156 patent"). Györy v. Reebok Int'l Ltd., No. 03-CV-10077 (D. Mass. June 4, 2004). We affirm.
With the benefit of an earlier application, Gyory's '156 patent claimed priority from June 11, 1976, and it issued on January 16,1979. Under 35 U.S.C. § 154(c)(1), the term of the '156 patent expired on June 11, 1996. Gyóry commenced this action on January 6, 2003. Because "no recovery shall be had for any infringement committed more than six years prior to the filing of the complaint," 35 U.S.C. § 286, and because an act must be performed "during the term of the patent" to constitute an act of infringement, 35 U.S.C. § 271(a), Gyóry cannot recover and his complaint was properly dismissed for failure to state a claim. We have considered Reebok's request for attorney fees, and we decline to award them.