dismissed EB-1B Case: Chemistry
Decision Summary
The appeal was dismissed because the AAO concurred with the director's findings. The AAO found that citations to the beneficiary's work do not qualify as published material about the beneficiary, and testimonial letters supporting his original contributions were unpersuasive due to containing significant amounts of boilerplate language. Furthermore, being a named inventor on unapproved patent applications was not sufficient to meet the contributions criterion.
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