SALZMAN et al. V. RANTALA - Page 2





                         JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 1.662                            
               Upon consideration of the ORDER entered 24 February 1999,                
          requiring an election (Paper 43) and THE COMMON ASSIGNEE'S                    
          NOTICE OF ELECTION, electing Rantala (Paper 44), and treating                 
          the NOTICE OF ELECTION as a request for entry of an adverse                   
          judgment against Salzman, it is                                               
                    ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 2, the                
          sole count in the interference, is awarded against junior                     
          party ANDREW L. SALZMAN, MITCHELL P. FINK and JEFFREY B. KANE.                
                    FURTHER ORDERED that judgment on priority as to                     
          Count 2 is awarded in favor of senior party BORJE RANTALA.                    
                    FURTHER ORDERED that, on the record before the Board                
          of Patent Appeals and Interferences, senior party BORJE                       
          RANTALA is entitled to a patent containing claims 27-28                       
          (corresponding to Count 2) of Application 08/547,044, filed                   
          October 23, 1995.                                                             
                    FURTHER ORDERED that junior party ANDREW L. SALZMAN,                
          MITCHELL P. FINK and JEFFREY B. KANE is not entitled to a                     
          patent containing claims 13-16 (corresponding to Count 2) of                  
          U.S. Patent 5,423,320, granted June 13, 1995, based on                        
          application 08/049,549, filed April 20, 1993.                                 




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