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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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 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 _______________ 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 _______________ Patent Interference No. 103,780 _______________ 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.Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007