RUTTER et al. V. MURRAY - Page 1

                          THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION               
                          and is not binding precedent of the Board.                 
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                                                               Paper No. 23          
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                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                   
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                  
                                   _______________                                   
                                  WILLIAM J. RUTTER                                  
                               and HOWARD M. GOODMAN                                 
                             (4,935,235 and 5,196,194),                              
                                   Junior Party,                                     
                                         v.                                          
                                   KENNETH MURRAY                                    
                              (08/472,301, 08/480,118,                               
                                  and 08/486,592),                                   
                                   Senior Party.                                     
                                   _______________                                   
                              Interference No. 104,031                               
                                   _______________                                   


          Before SCHAFER, LEE, and TORCZON, Administrative Patent                    
          Judges.                                                                    
          TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judge.                                      
                             JUDGMENT AND RECOMMENDATION                             
                     (PURSUANT TO 37 CFR §§ 1.640 AND 1.659(c))                      
                                    INTRODUCTION                                     
               The parties contend that there exists no interference-in-             
          fact between the subject matter of the claims involved in the              



          35 U.S.C. § 135(c) Notice:  Failure to file a copy of any agreement regarding the
          termination of this proceeding may render the agreement and any resulting patents



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