SCOTT et al. V. KOYAMA et al. - Page 1






                        The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written                         
                         for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.                       

                                                                                             Paper No. 106                 


                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
                                                      ____________                                                         
                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                    
                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
                                                      ____________                                                         
                                       JOHN D. SCOTT and RACHEL A. STEVEN                                                  
                                                       Junior Party,1                                                      
                                                              v.                                                           
                                SATOSHI KOYAMA, YUKIO HOMOTO and NAOKI ESAKA                                               
                                                       Junior Party,2                                                      
                                                      ____________                                                         
                                            Patent Interference No. 103,635                                                
                                                    ______________                                                         
                                            Final Hearing:  August 14, 2000                                                
                                                ___________________                                                        

              Before CAROFF, DOWNEY, and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
              LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                          




                     Scott et al. (Scott) has been accorded a priority date of March 29, 1991.3 Koyama                     
                                                                                                                          
              1 Application 07/804,550, filed December 11, 1991, now U.S. Patent 5,243,105, granted December 7, 1993.      
              Assignor to Imperial Chemical Industries, PLC.                                                               
              2 Application 08/282,564, filed July 29, 1994.  Assignor to Daikin Industries, Ltd.                          






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