BUMCROT v. DE SAUVAGE et al - Page 1




                        The opinion in support of the decision being                  
                      entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.            
                                                                   Paper 13           
          Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel                                        
                    Box Interference                   Filed                          
                    Washington, D.C.  20231            4 April 2003                   
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                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                                  DAVID A. BUMCROT,                                   
                                    Junior Party                                      
                               (Patent No. 6,309,879),                                
                                         v.                                           
                                 FREDERIC DE SAUVAGE                                  
                               and DAVID A. CARPENTER,                                
                                    Senior Party                                      
                            (Application No. 09/060,939).                             
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                        Patent Interference 105,081 (NAGUMO)                          

          Before SCHAFER, LANE, and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges.             
          NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judge.                                        
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                                      JUDGMENT                                        
                           (Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.662(a))                            
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                                    Introduction                                      
               1.   On April 2, 2003, junior party Bumcroft filed Paper 12,           
          in which it conceded priority as to Count 1, the sole count in              
          this interference, and acknowledged that the communication would            
          be treated as a request for adverse judgment.                               








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