FURTHER ORDERED that, on the record before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences,
senior party SHUNPEI YAMAZAKI is entitled to a patent containing claims 1, 2, 4-17, 20-27, 29 and
50-78 (corresponding to Count 1) of Application 07/172,222, filed March 23, 1988;
FURTHER ORDERED that junior party GORDON T. DANBY, CHARLES E. BRUKL and
LAWRENCE A. MINKOFF is not entitled to a patent containing claims 1-14 (corresponding to Count
1) of U.S. Patent 4,975,411, granted December 4, 1990, based on application 07/052,582, filed May 19,
1987;
FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement and it has not already been filed,
attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and 37 CFR § 1.661; and
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this decision be given an appropriate paper number and
entered into the file records of U.S. Patent 4,975,411and Application 07/172,222.
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Administrative Patent Judge )
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JAMESON LEE ) PATENT
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