GORDON et al v. GROET et al v. HENNIGHAUSEN et al v. WESTPHAL - Page 1




                         The opinion in support of the decision being                 
                      entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.            
                                                                   Paper 18           
          Filed by: Trial Section Motions Panel                                       
                    Box Interference                   Filed                          
                    Washington, D.C.  20231       February 3, 2003                    
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                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                          HERMAN A. DEBOER, REIN STRIJKER,                            
                HERBERT L. HEYNEKER, GERARD PLATENBURG, SANG HE LEE,                  
                      FRANK PIEPER, and PAUL J.A. KRIMPENFORT,                        
                                    Junior Party                                      
                 (Patent Nos. 5,741,957, 6,013,857, and 6,140,552),                   
                                         v.                                           
              KATHERINE GORDON, SUZANNE GROET, LOTHAR HENNIGHAUSEN, and               
                                  HEINER WESTPHAL,                                    
                                    Senior Party                                      
                              (Application 08/246,259).                               
                                   _______________                                    
                             Patent Interference 105,004                              
                                     ___________                                      
          Before:  SCHAFER, TORCZON, and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent                
          Judges.                                                                     
          NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
                                      JUDGMENT                                        
                              (Under 37 C.F.R. § 1.640)                               
                               NO INTERFERENCE-IN-FACT                                

               1.   The parties have submitted a joint motion for judgment            
          that no interference-in-fact exists.  (Paper No. 16, “JM”.)                 









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