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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 83 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ JAMES N. ESSERMAN and PAUL MORONEY, Junior Party,1 v. KEITH B. GAMMIE Senior Party.2 ______________ Patent Interference No. 104,001 ______________ Patent No. 5,111,504, issued May 5, 1992, based on1 Application 07/568,990, filed August 17, 1990. Esserman et al.'s § 1.602(b) notice (Paper No. 8) identifies the assignee of the Esserman et al. patent as Next Level Systems, Inc. PTO records show that the name of the assignee was subsequently changed to General Instrument Corporation. Involved on two cases:2 (a) Patent No. 5,029,207, issued July 2, 1991, based on Application Serial No. 07/473,442, filed May 4, 1993; and (b) Application 08/056,795, filed May 4, 1993, for reissue of Patent No. 5,029,207. Gammie's § 1.602(b) notice (Paper No. 4) identifies Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., as the assignee of Gammie's patent and reissue application.Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007