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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 19 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ________________ HANS P. SCHAD, STEPHEN M. KELLY, EIKE POETSCH, REINHARD HITTICH and GEORG WEBER Junior Party,1 v. YASUYUKI GOTO, SHIGERU SUGIMORI and TETSUYA OGAWA Senior Party.2 ________________ Interference No. 103,888 Before URYNOWICZ, SOFOCLEOUS and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. 1Application 08/041,349, filed April 1, 1993. Accorded Benefit of U.S. Applications 07/444,251, filed December 1, 1989 and 06/815,708, filed December 16, 1985, now Patent No. 4,710,315, issued December 1, 1987. Assignor to Merck GmbH. 2Application 06/867,680, filed May 28, 1986, now U.S. Patent No. 4,797,228, issued January 10, 1989. Assignor to Chisso Corporation, Osaka, Japan. -1-Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007