WATERMAN V. BIRBAUM et al. - Page 1











                                            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                     publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                              UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                                
                                                                                 __________                                                                                            
                                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                                
                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                              
                                                                                 __________                                                                                            
                                                                         PAUL S. WATERMAN                                                                                              
                                                                                 Junior party1                                                                                         
                                                                                          v.                                                                                           
                                               JEAN-LUC BIRBAUM, JEAN RODY, MARIO SLONGO,                                                                                              
                                                    ANDREAS VALET and ROLAND A. E. WINTER                                                                                              
                                                                                 Senior Party2                                                                                         
                                                                                 __________                                                                                            
                                                                 Interference Patent No. 104,282                                                                                       
                                                                                ___________                                                                                            
                     Before URYNOWICZ, DOWNEY and ELLIS, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                 
                     DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                              

                                1 Patentee Application 08/481,110, filed June 7, 1995, now Patent No. 5,760,228                                                                        
                     issued June 2, 1996.   Accorded benefit Application 07/605,199, filed October 29, 1990,                                                                           
                     abandoned; and Application 08/198,238, filed February 18, 1994, now Patent No.                                                                                    
                     5,461,151, issued October 24, 1995.  Assignee for Cytechnology Corp.                                                                                              
                                2Application 08/591,419, filed January 19, 1996.  Accorded benefit Application                                                                         
                     08/143,525, filed October 26, 1993; Application 07/978,064, filed November 18, 1992;                                                                              
                     07/611,207, filed November 13, 1990; and Application 07/446,369, filed December 5,                                                                                
                     1989, all abandoned.                                                                                                                                              
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