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                          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                          written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent                                                     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. 61                                 
                 Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel                                                                                                   
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                              _______________                                                                           

                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                              _______________                                                                           

                                          TOKIHIKO SHINOMIYA, TSUGIKO TANIGUCHI,                                                                        
                                          TOMOAKI KURATATE, and KENICHI NAKAGAWA                                                                        

                                                                Junior Party,                                                                           
                                          (Reexamined Patent No. B1, 5,347,381)1                                                                        

                                                                          v.                                                                            

                                                    YUKIO HANYU, YUTAKA INABA,                                                                          
                                 MASANOBU ASAOKA, OSAMU TANIGUCHI, KENJI SHINJO,                                                                        
                                                          and TOSHIHARU UCHIMI                                                                          

                                                                Senior Party.                                                                           
                                                      (Application 08/527,775)2                                                                         
                                                              _______________                                                                           

                                                Patent Interference No. 104,097                                                                         
                                                              _______________                                                                           

                 Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                                                                               
                 SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                         

                          1                                                                                                                             
                                   Reexamined Patent B1 5,347,381, Reexamination Control No. 90/003,956,                                                
                 Application 07/823,857, filed January 22, 1992.  Accorded the benefit of Japanese                                                      
                 application 32395/1991, filed January 31, 1991.  The real party in interest is Sharp                                                   
                 Kabushiki Kaisha, of Japan.                                                                                                            

                          2  Filed September 13, 1995.  Accorded the benefit of U.S. applications                                                       
                 08/272,652 (filed July 11, 1994), 08/115,269 (filed September 2, 1993), 07/984,543                                                     
                 (filed December 2, 1992), 07/663,436 (filed March 1, 1991), and Japanese applications 2-                                               
                 174492 (filed July 3, 1990), 2-139033 (filed May 28, 1990), 2-90414 (filed April 6,                                                    
                 1990), and 2-49582 (filed March 2, 1990).  The real party in interest is Canon Kabushiki                                               
                 Kaisha, of Japan.                                                                                                                      







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