Yamada V. Gongwer et al. - Page 1




             Filed by: Merits Panel Paper 22                                                                       
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                                                                                 2006                              
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                             UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                             
                                                _______________                                                    
                                 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                
                                             AND INTERFERENCES                                                     
                                                _______________                                                    
                                             SHIGEKAZU YAMADA                                                      
                                                   Junior Party                                                    
                                                (Patent 6,621,742),                                                
                                                        v.                                                         
                              GEOFFREY GONGWER and DANIEL C. GUTERMAN                                              
                                                   Senior Party                                                    
                                            (Application 10/804,770).                                              
                                                _______________                                                    
                                     Patent Interference No. 105,386 (SCM)                                         
                                            (Technology Center 2800)                                               
                                                _______________                                                    
             Before: LEE, TORCZON, and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                       
             MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                  
                                            Judgment - Bd.R. 127(b)                                                
                    On 13 February 2006, the board received from the involved parties a “JOINT                     
             REQUEST FOR ADVERSE JUDGMENT” (Paper 21), in which both Gongwer and                                   
             Yamada request adverse judgment on the ground that all claims corresponding to the                    
             count are unpatentable over prior art applicable to both the Gongwer application and the              
             Yamada patent.                                                                                        

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