The opinion in support of the decision being
entered today is binding precedent of the Trial Section
Paper 4
Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel
Box Interference
Washington, D.C. 20231
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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PAUL S. WATERMAN,
Junior Party,
(Application 09/049,225),
v.
JEAN-LUC BIRBAUM, JEAN RODY, MARIO SLONGO,
ANDREAS VALET and ROLAND A. E. WINTER
Senior Party
(Patent 5,736,597).
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Patent Interference No. 104,500
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Before: McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and
SCHAFER, LEE and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.
PER CURIAM.
ORDER TERMINATING INTERFERENCE
A. Background
The interference was declared 9 February 2000 and involves a
Waterman application and a Birbaum patent. Unknown to the board
at the time the interference was declared, was an express
abandonment of the Waterman application which had been filed by
Waterman on 18 January 2000. By virtue of a JOINT COMMUNICATION
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