OKAMOTO V. SILVA et al. - Page 1




                                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                       written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the                              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. 57                        
                                                                                                                                    
                             IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
                                                         ____________                                                                
                                      BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                             
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                
                                                         ____________                                                                
                                                      MASAYA OKAMOTO                                                                 
                                                          Junior Party,1                                                             
                                                                 v.                                                                  
                                         JAMES M. SILVA and ROBERT A. PYLES                                                          
                                                          Senior Party.2                                                             
                                                         ____________                                                                
                                                    Interference No. 103,732                                                         
                                                         ____________                                                                
                                             FINAL HEARING: January 29, 1998                                                         
                                                         ____________                                                                
               CALVERT, SOFOCLEOUS, and HANLON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                        

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                 Application No. 07/231,151, filed August 11, 1988, now U.S. Patent No. 4,997,903, issued                            
               March 5, 1991.  Assignor to Atomize Petrochemical Co. Ltd., A Corp. of Japan.                                         
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                 Application No. 08/500,586, filed July 11, 1995.  Accorded Benefit of U.S. Application Nos.                         
               07/504,816, filed April 5, 1990, now Patent No. 5,464,930, issued November 7, 1995;                                   
               07/128,848, filed December 4, 1987, now Patent No. 5,011,967, issued April 30, 1991; and                              
               06/917,751, filed October 10, 1986, now Patent No. 4,737,573, issued April 12, 1988.                                  
               Assignor to the General Electric Co.                                                                                  
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