Ex Parte Garner - Page 1





        1    Merits Panel                                                                Paper 25              
        2    Mail Stop Interference                                                                            
        3    P.O. Box 1450                                                    Filed September 13, 2006         
        4    Alexandria VA 22313-1450                                                                          
        5    Tel: 571-272-9797                                                                                 
        6    Fax: 571-273-0042                                                                                 
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        8                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                          
        9                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                             
       10                                                                                                      
       11                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                   
       12                         (Administrative Patent Judge Jameson Lee)                                    
       13                                                                                                      
       14                                   HAROLD R. GARNER                                                   
       15                                                                                                      
       16                                        Junior Party                                                  
       17                                  (Application 09/999,239),                                           
       18                                                                                                      
       19                                             v.                                                       
       20                                                                                                      
       21                                     CALVIN F. QUATE                                                  
       22                                            and                                                       
       23                                       DAVID STERN                                                    
       24                                        Senior Party                                                  
       25                                     (Patent 6,271,957).                                              
       26                            Patent Interference No. 105,445 (JL)                                      
       27                                                                                                      
       28                                 (Technology Center 1600)                                             
       29                                                                                                      
       30                                                                                                      
       31                                                                                                      
       32    Before SCHAFER, LEE, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                     
       33                                                                                                      
       34    MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                               
       35                                                                                                      
       36                                JUDGMENT - Bd. R. 127(a)                                              
       37                                                                                                      
       38          Garner has failed to explain why judgment should not be entered against it based            
       39    upon its failure to establish that it could prevail on the issue of priority. 37 CFR §            
       40    41.202(d) (2005).                                                                                 
       41          Upon consideration of the decision on the Order to Show Cause, it is                        
       42          ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 1 (the sole count in the                      
       43    interference; Paper 1, page 4) is awarded against Junior Party Harold R. Garner                   
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