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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 16 Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Box Interference Washington, D.C. 20231 Tel: 703-308-9797 Fax: 703-305-0942 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ MASAYUKI AOKI, Junior Party, (Patent No. 5,659,426)1 v. HIROKI NAKAYAMA, Senior Party. (Application 09/121,093)2 _______________ Patent Interference No. 104,419 _______________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, LEE and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges. 1 Issued from application 08/609,563, filed March 1, 1996. Accorded the benefit of Japanese application 7-100580, filed March 31, 1995. Assigned to Nikon Corporation. 2 Filed July 23, 1998. Accorded the benefit of application 08/485,136, filed June 7, 1995, now Patent No. 5,847,882, issued December 8, 1998; Japanese application 7-016452, filed January 6, 1995; Japanese application 6-141499, filed June 23, 1994. Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha.Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007