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support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal or reporter and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Filed by: Merits Panel Box Interference Washington, D.C. 20231 Tel: (703)308-9797 Fax: (703)308-7953 Paper 36 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ PATRICK A. WHITE, MALCOLM J. HAYHURST, ALAN R. OWENS, IAN D. ROUGHSEDGE, RICHARD J. DAVIES, ALAN SELLARS, JACQUELINE F. MacDONALD, MICHAEL C. QUIGLEY, RALPH DRAPER and RONALD D. PAYNE, Junior Party, 1 v. STEFAN ZIKELI, ERNST RAUCH, HERMANN ROBERGER, FRIEDRICH ECKER, HARTMUT RUF, RAIMUND JURKOVIC and FRANZ SCHWENNIGER, Senior Party. 2 _______________ Patent Interference 104,034 _______________ Before: SCHAFER, HANLON and WEIMAR, Administrative Patent Judges. 1 Application 08/415,199, filed April 3, 1995. 2 Patent 5,589,125, granted December 31, 1996, based on application 08/142,313, filed November 16, 1993.Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007