FURTHER ORDERED that, on the record before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, senior party Frank Kuber, Bernd Bachmann, Walter Spaleck, Andreas Winter and Jurgen Rohrmann is entitled to a patent containing claims 6-11 and 13-24 (corresponding to Count 1) of Application 09/001,152, filed 30 December 1997. FURTHER ORDERED that junior party Junichi Imuta, Junji Saito and Takashi Ueda is not entitled to a patent containing claims 1-22 (corresponding to Count 1) of U.S. Patent 5,616,663, granted 1 April 1997, based on application 08/338,810, filed 10 November 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 ) ) ) ______________________________) JAMESON LEE ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ______________________________) RICHARD TORCZON ) Administrative Patent Judge ) - 3 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007