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                                              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                     publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                       

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                                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                               
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                                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                              
                                                                         AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                             
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                                                                           JAMES W. GRIFFTH                                                                                            
                                                                                 Junior Party1                                                                                         
                                                                                         V.                                                                                            
                                                                              YUE-TEH JANG                                                                                             
                                                                                 Senior Party2                                                                                         
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                                                                         Interference No. 104,095                                                                                      
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                                                                                 JUDGMENT                                                                                              
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                     Before URYNOWICZ, SOFOCLEOUS and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                            

                     URYNOWICZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                           



                                1U.S. Patent No. 5,249,580, granted October 5, 1993, based on Application 08/011,335,                                                                  
                     filed January 29, 1993.  Accorded benefit of Application 07/773,037, filed October 8, 1991, now                                                                   
                     U.S. Patent No. 5,201,315, granted April 13, 1993.                                                                                                                
                                2Application 07/975,769, filed November 13, 1992.  Accorded benefit of Applications                                                                    
                     07/930,977, filed August 14, 1992, now U.S. Patent No. 5,203,338, granted April 20, 1993 and                                                                      
                     07/629,500, filed December 17, 1990, now abandoned.  Assignor to Cardiovasular Imaging Systems,                                                                   
                     Inc., Sunnyvale, CA .                                                                                                                                             
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