ASSAR V. LOFGREN et al. - 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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            
                 Filed by:         Trial Section Merits Panel                                                      Paper No. 62                         
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                       
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                MAHMUD ASSAR,                                                                           
                                                               Junior Party,1                                                                           
                                                                          v.                                                                            
                                          KARL M.J. LOFGREN, ROBERT D. NORMAN,                                                                          
                                             GREGORY B. THELIN, and ANIL GUPTA,                                                                         
                                                               Senior Party.2                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                Patent Interference No. 103,607                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                       
                 Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, SCHAFER,                                                                          
                 LEE and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                         
                 LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                      
                                                                    JUDGMENT                                                                            
                 On October 6, 1999, a panel of this Board rendered a                                                                                   


                          1Patent No. 5,388,083, based on application 08/038,668,                                                                       
                 filed March 26, 1993.  Assigned to Lexar Microsystems, Inc.                                                                            
                          2Application 07/759,212, filed September 13, 1991.  The                                                                       
                 real parties of interest are Sandisk Corporation and Western                                                                           
                 Digital Corporation.                                                                                                                   





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