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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 61 Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel 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 _______________ TOKIHIKO SHINOMIYA, TSUGIKO TANIGUCHI, TOMOAKI KURATATE, and KENICHI NAKAGAWA Junior Party, (Reexamined Patent No. B1, 5,347,381)1 v. YUKIO HANYU, YUTAKA INABA, MASANOBU ASAOKA, OSAMU TANIGUCHI, KENJI SHINJO, and TOSHIHARU UCHIMI Senior Party. (Application 08/527,775)2 _______________ Patent Interference No. 104,097 _______________ Before McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. 1 Reexamined Patent B1 5,347,381, Reexamination Control No. 90/003,956, Application 07/823,857, filed January 22, 1992. Accorded the benefit of Japanese application 32395/1991, filed January 31, 1991. The real party in interest is Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, of Japan. 2 Filed September 13, 1995. Accorded the benefit of U.S. applications 08/272,652 (filed July 11, 1994), 08/115,269 (filed September 2, 1993), 07/984,543 (filed December 2, 1992), 07/663,436 (filed March 1, 1991), and Japanese applications 2- 174492 (filed July 3, 1990), 2-139033 (filed May 28, 1990), 2-90414 (filed April 6, 1990), and 2-49582 (filed March 2, 1990). The real party in interest is Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, of Japan.Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007