CRATER al v. NIXON et al - Page 1




                                THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                             
                                   AND IS NOT BINDING PRECEDENT OF THE BOARD                                                             
                Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel                                                         Paper No.  25               
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                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                             
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                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                              
                                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                                  
                                                                                                                                        
                                        KENNETH C. CRATER and DANIEL L. PIERSON                                                          
                                                             Junior Party                                                                
                                                         ( Patent 5,950,006)1                                                            
                                                                   v.                                                                    
                                           MARK J. NIXON, DENNIS L. STEVENSON,                                                           
                                        MICHAEL G. OTT and STEPHEN G. HAMMACK                                                            
                                                             Senior Party                                                                
                                                      (Application 09/563,212)2                                                          
                                                                                                                                        
                                                   Patent Interference No. 105,129                                                       
                                                                                                                                        
                Before LEE, LANE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                               
                LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                        
                                                              Judgment                                                                   



                        1     Based on application 08/964,998, filed November 5, 1997.  The real party in interest                       
                is Control Technology Corporation.                                                                                       
                        2     Filed May 2, 2000.  The real party in interest is Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc.                           
                Accorded the benefit of application 09/025,202, filed February 18, 1998, and application                                 
                08/631,863, filed April 12, 1996.                                                                                        





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