RISEMAN et al. V. KOBAYASHI et al. - 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          for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
          Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel                   Paper No. 76         
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                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                      JOHN H. RISEMAN, deceased, JOHN J. SMITH,                       
                      ALICE M. D’ENTREMONT and CRAIG E. GOLDMAN                       
                                    Junior Party,                                     
                              (Application 07/645,398)1                               
                                         v.                                           
                        SHIN’YA KOBAYASHI and MASAYASU ANZAI                          
                                    Senior Party.                                     
                             (Patent No. 4,926,248, and                               
                           Reissue Application 08/787,569)2                           
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                           Patent Interference No. 103,780                            
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          Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER            
          and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                      



               1   Filed 1/24/91.  Accorded the benefit of application                
          07/051,154, filed 5/18/87, now Patent 4,800,442, issued 1/24/89;            
          application 06/931,941, filed 11/19/86; application 06/765.938,             
          filed 8/15/85.  Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha.                         
               2   Patent No. 4,926,248 was filed on 8/23/88 as application           
          07/235,096.  Reissue application 08/787,569 was filed on 1/22/97.           
          Both involved cases are accorded the benefit of application                 
          06/845,343, filed March 28, 1986, and Japanese priority                     
          applications 60-64966 (filed March 30, 1985) and 60-184274 (filed           
          August 23, 1985).  Assigned to Hitachi, Ltd.                                





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