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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 8 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ JOSEPH B. HORN and IVAN de SCHEERDER, Junior Party,1 v. JAMES J. RUDNICK and DOMINIK M. WIKTOR Senior Party, 2 __________ Patent Interference No. 104,170 __________ Before METZ, PATE and MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. Now comes junior party Horn et al. with an abandonment of the contest. Such an abandonment is to be treated as a request for the entry of adverse judgment under 37 CFR § 1.662(a). 1 Patent 5,591,230, granted January 7, 1997, based on Application 08/514,069, filed August 11, 1995. Accorded benefit of Application 08/456,087, filed May 31, 1995, now Patent No. 5,578,149, granted November 26, 1996. 2 Application 08/708,651, filed September 5, 1996. Accorded benefit of Application 08/289,791, filed August 12, 1994, now Patent No. 5,575,816, granted November 19, 1996. 1Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007