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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 62 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ JOHN THOMPSON, GIORGIO DI PALMA and CHARLES R. BOTTS Junior Party1 v. GERARD B. NORMAND, KEVIN DURAND, JOSEPH B. SEALE and DEAN L. KAMEN Senior Party2 1Patent 5,167,631, granted December 10, 1992, based on Application 07/761,306, filed September 17, 1991. Assignors to IMED Corporation. 2Application 07/855,176, filed March 20, 1992. Accorded benefit of Application 07/748,346, filed August 22, 1991, abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/673,835, filed March 22, 1991, abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/615,612, filed November 19, 1990, abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/614,806, filed November 19, 1990, abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of Application 07/523,801, filed May 15, 1990, now U.S. Patent 5,088,515, issued February (continued...) 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007