THOMPSON et al. V. NORMAND 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                             


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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                _____________                                                                           
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                _____________                                                                           
                                                JOHN THOMPSON, GIORGIO DI PALMA                                                                         
                                                          and CHARLES R. BOTTS                                                                          
                                                                Junior Party1                                                                           
                                                                          v.                                                                            
                                               GERARD B. NORMAND, KEVIN DURAND,                                                                         
                                              JOSEPH B. SEALE and DEAN L. KAMEN                                                                         
                                                                Senior Party2                                                                           

                          1Patent 5,167,631, granted December 10, 1992, based on                                                                        
                 Application 07/761,306, filed September 17, 1991.  Assignors                                                                           
                 to IMED Corporation.                                                                                                                   
                          2Application 07/855,176, filed March 20, 1992.  Accorded                                                                      
                 benefit of Application 07/748,346, filed August 22, 1991,                                                                              
                 abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application                                                                              
                 07/673,835, filed March 22, 1991, abandoned; which is a                                                                                
                 continuation-in-part of Application 07/615,612, filed                                                                                  
                 November 19, 1990, abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part                                                                          
                 of Application 07/614,806, filed November 19, 1990, abandoned;                                                                         
                 which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/523,801,                                                                             
                 filed May 15, 1990, now U.S. Patent 5,088,515, issued February                                                                         
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