RUTTER et al. V. MURRAY - Page 1

                          THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                
                           and is not binding precedent of the Board.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                                   
                                  _______________                                     
                                  WILLIAM J. RUTTER                                   
                                and HOWARD M. GOODMAN                                 
                             (4,935,235 and 5,196,194),                               
                                    Junior Party,                                     
                                         v.                                           
                                   KENNETH MURRAY                                     
                              (08/472,301, 08/480,118,                                
                                  and 08/486,592),                                    
                                    Senior Party.                                     
                                  _______________                                     
                              Interference No. 104,031                                
                                  _______________                                     


          Before SCHAFER, LEE, and TORCZON, Administrative Patent                     
          Judges.                                                                     
          TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                       
                             JUDGMENT AND RECOMMENDATION                              
                     (PURSUANT TO 37 CFR §§ 1.640 AND 1.659(c))                       
                                    INTRODUCTION                                      
               The parties contend that there exists no interference-in-              
          fact between the subject matter of the claims involved in the               



          35 U.S.C. § 135(c) Notice:  Failure to file a copy of any agreement regarding the
          termination of this proceeding may render the agreement and any resulting patents



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