GRIFFITH V. WILLARD 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                 not binding precedent of the Board.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. 29                                                   
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                           JAMES M. GRIFFITH                                                                            
                                                                Junior Party1                                                                           
                                                                          V.                                                                            
                                                              LLOYD WILLARD,                                                                            
                                                             and WAYNE SIEBEN                                                                           
                                                                Senior Party2                                                                           
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                      Interference No. 103,838                                                                          
                                   ____________                                                                                                         
                                                                    JUDGMENT                                                                            
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                 Before URYNOWICZ, SOFOCLEOUS and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent                                                                         
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                               



                                   1Patent No. 5,327,885, granted July 12, 1994, based                                                                  
                 on Application 08/018,058, filed February 16, 1993.  Accorded                                                                          
                 benefit of Application 07/773,037, filed October 18, 1991, now                                                                         
                 Patent No. 5,201,315, granted April 19, 1993.                                                                                          
                                   2Application 08/498,946, filed July 5, 1995.                                                                         
                 Accorded benefit of Application 07/946,000, filed September                                                                            
                 15, 1992, now abandoned; 7/704,828, filed May 23, 1991,now                                                                             
                 abandoned; 08/075,681, filed June 11, 1993; and 07/809,715,                                                                            
                 filed December 18, 1991, now Patent No. 5,219,335, issued June                                                                         
                 15, 1993.  Assignor to Boston Scientific Corporation, a                                                                                
                 Delaware Corp.                                                                                                                         





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