HECKL et al v. BECK - 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               journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 21           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                  ________________                                    
                  KONRAD HECKL, WALTER SPEVAK, ELINBORG OSTERMANN,                    
               ANDREAS ZOPHEL, EDELTRAUD KRYSTEK, INGRID MAURER-FOGY,                 
           MARIA J. WICH-CASTANON, CHRISTIAN STRATOWA AND RUDOLF HAUPTMANN            
                                    Junior Party,1                                    
                                         v.                                           
                           JACOB R. HARTMAN AND YAFFA BECK                            
                                    Senior Party.2                                    
                                  ________________                                    
                              Interference No. 103,861                                
                                                                                     


               1  Application No. 07/944,939, filed September 15, 1992, now           
          Patent No. 5,260,204, issued November 9, 1993.  Accorded Benefit            
          of U.S. Application No. 07/167,261, filed March 11, 1988, now               
          Patent No. 5,240,847, issued August 31, 1993; Germany Application           
          Nos. 3737695, filed May 26, 1987; 3722884, filed July 10, 1987;             
          and 3744038, filed December 24, 1987.  Assignor to Boehringer               
          Ingelheim International GmbH, Ref. Rep. of Germany                          
               2  Application No. 08/299,047, filed August 31, 1994.                  
          Accorded Benefit of U.S. Application Nos. 08/120,951, filed                 
          September 14, 1993 (ABN); 07/912,213, filed July 10, 1992, now              
          Patent No. 5,270,195, issued December 14, 1993; 07/453,057, filed           
          December 13, 1989 (ABN); 07/032,734, filed March 27, 1987 (ABN);            
          06/907,051, filed September 12, 1986 (ABN) and 06/801,090, filed            
          November 22, 1985 (ABN); and Ireland Application No. 2851/86,               
          filed October 29, 1986.                                                     
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