Edwards et al. V. Stafford et al. - Page 1



          Paper 71                                                                    
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          Merits Panel                                                                
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                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                     STEVEN LEE STAFFORD, RONALD RICHARD LIGHT,                       
               LOUIS THOMAS GERMINARIO and EMERSON ESTON SHARPE, Jr.,                 
                                    Junior Party                                      
                              (Application 10/105,488),                               
                                         v.                                           
                   WALTER LEE EDWARDS and ROBERT JOSEPH SCHIAVONE,                    
                                    Senior Party                                      
                               (Patent 6,500,890 B2).                                 
                                   _______________                                    
                         Patent Interference No. 105,321 McK                          
                                   _______________                                    
          Before:  McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                  
          SCHAFER and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                            
          McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                               
     1                             FINAL JUDGMENT                                     
     2         Upon consideration of a document styled JOINT REQUEST FOR              
     3    ADVERSE JUDGMENT (Paper 70; filed 23 June 2006), it is                      
     4              ORDERED that the joint request is granted.                        
     5              FURTHER ORDERED that, in view of the prior art cited in           
     6    the Board's order entered 22 February 2006 (Paper 56), junior               
     7    party STEVEN LEE STAFFORD, RONALD RICHARD LIGHT, LOUIS THOMAS               
     8    GERMINARIO, EMERSON ESTON SHARPE, Jr., and Eastman Chemical                 





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