HARTLEY V. RICHARDS et al. - Page 1




                                                                                                         Paper 22                                     
                 Filed by: Merits Panel                                                                                                               
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                                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
                                                              _______________                                                                         
                                            BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                        
                                                          AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                              _______________                                                                         
                                                         RODNEY M. RICHARDS,                                                                          
                                              THEODORE JONES, DAVID L. SNITMAN,                                                                       
                                                        and GREGORY S. BROWN                                                                          
                                                                  Junior Party                                                                        
                                                              (Patent 5,876,976),                                                                     
                                                                         v.                                                                           
                                                             JAMES L. HARTLEY                                                                         
                                                                  Senior Party                                                                        
                                                          (Application 08/183,354).                                                                   
                                                              _______________                                                                         
                                                     Patent Interference No. 105,2591                                                                 
                                                              _______________                                                                         
                 Before SALLY GARDNER LANE, SALLY C. MEDLEY, and JAMES T. MOORE,                                                                      
                 Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                        
                 LANE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                   


                                                      Judgment - Merits- Bd.R. 127                                                                    
                          The joint motion for a judgment of no interference-in-fact has been GRANTED.                                                
                 (Paper 21).                                                                                                                          
                          Richards has statutorily disclaimed certain of its patent claims.  Hartley has                                              

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                    1Interferences 105,257 through 105,260 are related. Hartley application                                                          
                 08/183,345 is involved in each of the interferences.                                                                                 





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