THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 94 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ HEINZ-JÜRGEN FRIESEN, GERD GRENNER, HANS ERWIN PAULY, HELMUT KOHL, KLAUS HABENSTEIN and JOSEPH STÄRK Junior Party,1 v. PATRICK E. GUIRE and MELVIN J. SWANSON Senior Party,2 ____________ Patent Interference No. 103,072 ____________ Before RONALD H. SMITH, SOFOCLEOUS, Administrative Patent Judges. and McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. RONALD H. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. Judgment 1 Patent 4,861,711 issued August 29, 1989, based on Application 06/808,563, filed December 13, 1995. Assignor to Behringwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Marburg/Lahn, Germany, A Corporation of Germany. 2 Application 07/891,864 filed June 1, 1992. Accorded Benefit of: U.S. Applications 07/574,607, filed August 28, 1990; 06/467,229, filed February 23, 1983, now Patent No. 5,073,484, issued December 17, 1991; 06/356,459, filed March 9, 1982. Assignor to Bio-Metric Systems, Inc., St. Eden Pairie, MN, A Corporation of Minnesota. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007