WIKTOR V. PINCHUK - 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                     publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 129                                         

                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
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                                                                         DOMINIK M. WIKTOR                                                                                             
                                                                                 Junior Party1                                                                                         
                                                                                         V.                                                                                            
                                                                          LEONARD PINCHUK                                                                                              
                                                                                 Senior Party2                                                                                         
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                                                                         Interference No. 103,198                                                                                      
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                                                                                 JUDGMENT                                                                                              
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                     Before URYNOWICZ, SOFOCLEOUS and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                            

                     URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                           




                                1Application 07/872,737, filed April 22, 1992.  Accorded benefit of Applications                                                                       
                     07/327,286, filed March 22, 1989, now Patent No. 5,133,732, granted July 28, 1992; 07/109,686,                                                                    
                     filed October 19, 1987, now Patent No. 4,886,062, granted December 12, 1989.  Assignor to                                                                         
                     Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, Corp. of MN.                                                                                                                    
                                2Patent No. 5,019,090, granted May 28, 1991, based on Application 07/240,000, filed                                                                    
                     September 1, 1988.                                                                                                                                                
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