HORN et al. V. RUDNICK et al. - Page 1






                                  THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                    
             The opinion in support of the decision being entered today                                           
             (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and                                             
             (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                           


                                                                         Paper No. 8                              


                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                            
                                                  __________                                                      

                                  BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                              
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                    
                                                  __________                                                      

                                JOSEPH B. HORN and IVAN de SCHEERDER,                                             
                                               Junior Party,1                                                     

                                                       v.                                                         

                               JAMES J. RUDNICK and DOMINIK M. WIKTOR                                             
                                               Senior Party,    2                                                 
                                                  __________                                                      

                                    Patent Interference No. 104,170                                               
                                                  __________                                                      

             Before METZ, PATE and MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                          

             PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                   

                    Now comes junior party Horn et al. with an abandonment of                                     

             the contest. Such an abandonment is to be treated as a request                                       

             for the entry of adverse judgment under 37 CFR § 1.662(a).                                           


                    1   Patent 5,591,230, granted January 7, 1997, based on Application 08/514,069,               
             filed August 11, 1995. Accorded benefit of Application 08/456,087, filed May 31, 1995,               
             now Patent No. 5,578,149, granted November 26, 1996.                                                 

                    2  Application 08/708,651, filed September 5, 1996. Accorded benefit of                       
             Application 08/289,791, filed August 12, 1994, now Patent No. 5,575,816, granted                     
             November 19, 1996.                                                                                   

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