Interference No. 103,208 Hoshino et al. v. Tanaka LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. FINAL DECISION In this interference, junior party Hoshino et al. (Hoshino) relies solely on the earlier filing dates of previously filed United States and Japanese applications to which it claims benefit, to establish the case for priority. For party Hoshino, the earliest accorded benefit date is January 22, 1986 (based on the Administrative Patent Judge’s granting of Hoshino’s motion for benefit). For party Tanaka, the earliest accorded benefit date is October 2, 1985 (based on the Administrative Patent Judge’s granting of Tanaka’s motion for benefit). At final hearing, the parties seek review only of the Administrative Patent Judge (APJ)’s decision on various preliminary and miscellaneous motions filed by the parties. On September 12, 1995, the APJ issued a decision on motions which decided party Hoshino’s motions H1 through H7 and party Tanaka’s motions T1 through T12. For clarification purposes, the list of motions decided by the APJ is - 2 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007