MAYO V. THORNER 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 36                                 

                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                _____________                                                                           
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                _____________                                                                           
                                                              KELLY E. MAYO,                                                                            
                                                               Junior Party,1                                                                           
                                                                          v.                                                                            
                                          MICHAEL O. THORNER, BRUCE D. GAYLINN,                                                                         
                                              JOHN R. ZYSK AND CECIL M. EPPLER,                                                                         
                                                               Senior Party.2                                                                           
                                                               ______________                                                                           
                                                      Interference No. 103,706                                                                          
                                                               ______________                                                                           

                 Before RONALD H. SMITH, METZ, and HANLON, Administrative                                                                               
                 Patent Judges.                                                                                                                         
                 HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   

                          1Application 08/291,356, filed August 16, 1994.  Accorded                                                                     
                 benefit of U.S. Application 07/953,494, filed September 28,                                                                            
                 1992.  Assignor to Northwestern University.                                                                                            
                          2Application 07/902,826, filed June 23, 1992.  Assignor                                                                       
                 to The University of Virginia Patent Foundation and American                                                                           
                 Cyanamid Company.                                                                                                                      
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