FURTHER ORDERED that, on the record before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, junior party ROLF L. GEERTS, TARA G. HILL, and SCOTT E. KUFELD is entitled to a patent containing claims 9, 15, 27-33, 35 and 37-40 (corresponding to Count 1) of application 08/373,129, filed January 17, 1995. FURTHER ORDERED that senior party FRANZ LANGHAUSER, MARTIN LUX, ROLF MUELHAUPT, and DAVID FISCHER is not entitled to a patent containing claims 1-5 (corresponding to Count 1) of U.S. Patent 5,457,171, issued October 10, 1995, based on application 08/284,441, filed August 3, 1994. FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement, attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and 37 CFR § 1.661. ______________________________ FRED E. McKELVEY, Senior ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ______________________________) RICHARD E. SCHAFER ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ______________________________) - 6 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007