PERKINS v. EDWARDS et al - Page 1




                The opinion in support of the decision being entered                  
                     today is not binding precedent of the Board                      

          Paper No. 20                                                                
          Filed by:  Trial Section Merits Panel                                       
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                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                                 RODNEY C. PERKINS,                                   
                                    Junior Party,                                     
                                 (Patent 5,454,782),                                  
                                         v.                                           
                          STUART D. EDWARDS, RONALD G. LAX,                           
                      INGEMAR H. LUNDQUIST and HUGH R. SHARKEY,                       
                                    Senior Party,                                     
                              (Application 08/723,588).                               
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                           Patent Interference No. 104,726                            
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          Before LEE, GARDNER-LANE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent                  
          Judges.                                                                     
          MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                         JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 1.662                          
               Vidamed, Inc., the common assignee of the involved patent              
          and the involved application, was ordered to show cause why                 
          adverse judgment as to the subject matter of the count should not           
          be entered against junior party Perkins (Paper 18).  No response            
          was made by the due time.                                                   





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