DROR et al. V. ROWE - 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                 not binding precedent of the Board.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. 34                                                   
                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                                 MICHAEL DROR                                                                           
                                                              and PAUL TRESCONY                                                                         
                                                                Junior Party1                                                                           
                                                                          V.                                                                            
                                                              STANTON J. ROWE                                                                           
                                                                Senior Party2                                                                           
                                                                 ____________                                                                           
                                                      Interference No. 103,157                                                                          
                                   ____________                                                                                                         
                                                                    JUDGMENT                                                                            
                                                                 ____________                                                                           

                 Before METZ, MARTIN, and PATE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                           
                 PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     



                                   On October 29, 1997 the Administrative Patent Judge                                                                  
                 ordered the junior party to show cause why judgment should not be                                                                      

                                   1Patent No. 5,102,402, granted April 7, 1992, based                                                                  
                 on 07/637,436, filed January 4, 1991.  Assignor to Medtronic,                                                                          
                 Inc., a Corp. of MN.                                                                                                                   
                                   2Application 07/865,781, filed April 7, 1992.                                                                        
                 Accorded benefit of Application 07/322,929, filed March 14,                                                                            
                 1989.  Assignor to Cordis Corporation, A corp. of FL.                                                                                  





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