PARINS et al. V. HOOVEN - 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                 (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                             


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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                _____________                                                                           
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                _____________                                                                           
                                           DAVID J. PARINS and RICHARD K. POPPE                                                                         
                                                              Junior Party,1                                                                            
                                                                          v.                                                                            
                                                            MICHAEL D. HOOVEN                                                                           
                                                               Senior Party.2                                                                           
                                                                _____________                                                                           
                                                Patent Interference No. 104,181                                                                         
                                                               ______________                                                                           
                 Before METZ, PATE and MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                            
                 PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                     


                          1Application 08/646,047, filed May 7, 1996.  Accorded the                                                                     
                 benefit of Application 08/435,305, filed May 5, 1995, now U.S.                                                                         
                 Patent No. 5,540,685, issued July 30, 1996; and Application                                                                            
                 08/369,379, filed January 5, 1995, abandoned.                                                                                          
                          2Application 08/399,421, filed March 7, 1995.  Assignors                                                                      
                 to Enable Medical Corporation.                                                                                                         
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