LEOPOLD V. ENGER - 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          is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 149            
                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                      
                                   _______________                                   
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                   
                                 ANDREW R. LEOPOLD,                                  
                                    Junior Party,1                                   
                                         v.                                          
                                CHRISTINE D. ENGER,                                  
                                    Senior Party.2                                   
                                    ______________                                   
                           Patent Interference No. 103,258                           
                                    ______________                                   
                                      JUDGMENT                                       
                                    _____________                                    

          METZ, PATE, and MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                      


            Patent No. 5,154,725, issued October 13, 1992, based on1                                                                     
          Application 07/712,088, filed June 7, 1991.  Assigned to Advanced          
          Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.  Accorded benefit of:  None.                  
            Application 08/095,036, filed July 20, 1993.  Assigned to2                                                                     
          Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Ltd., Japan.  Accorded benefit of the              
          following U.S. applications (all abandoned): 07/999,589, filed             
          December 30, 1992; 07/759,107, filed September 6, 1991;                    
          07/618,531, filed November 26, 1990; and 07/303,803, filed January         
          30, 1989.                                                                  





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