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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 14 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ MASASHI NAGAMINE, KENJI YAMAMOTO, YOSHIMITSU MATSUI, KENJI HORIUCHI and MASANORI YOSHIDA Junior Party,1 v. HIDEAKI NATSUGARI, YASUO SUGIYAMA and YOSHINORI IKEURA Senior Party, 2 __________ Patent Interference No. 104,047 __________ Before RONALD H. SMITH, SOFOCLEOUS and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. RONALD H. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judge. 1 Patent 5,464,863, granted November 7, 1995, based on Application 08/201,378, filed February 24, 1994. Assignor to Nihon Nohyaku Co., Ltd., Japan. 2 Application 08/554,228, filed November 8, 1995. Accorded benefit of Application 08/165,925, filed December 14, 1993, now Patent No. 5,492,929, granted February 20, 1996; Japanese application Nos. 4-336312, filed December 16, 1992 and 5- 248069, filed October 4, 1993. Assignor to Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Japan. 1Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007