Interference No. 103,878
FINAL HEARING: November 30, 1999
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Before CALVERT, PATE and HANLON, Administrative Patent Judges.
PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.
FINAL DECISION UNDER 37 CFR § 1.47
This is a final decision in Interference No.
103,878. Involved are junior party application Serial No.
08/243,630 filed under 37 CFR § 1.47 with inventors Charles
O. Thompson, Jesse F. Wilkerson, and James A. Henson, and
senior party Patent No. 5,329,438 taken out in the name of
Charles O. Thompson as sole inventor. In the Rule 47
application, Thompson is a non-signing co-inventor. The other
co-inventors have assigned their interest to Hubbell
Incorporated. Thompson retains the ownership of the patent.
The interference subject matter is directed to a
streetlight shade or reflector designed to fit the ubiquitous
NEMA streetlight head. The reflector is parabolic and extends
downwardly past the bulb preventing light directed up into the
sky. This configuration ameliorates skyglow and actually
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