The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper 6 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 _______________ KATHERINE S. TAKAKI, BRETT T. WATSON, GRAHAM S. POINDEXTER and JAMES R. EPPERSON, Junior Party, (Patent 5,661,186), v. SHIGENORI OHKAWA, OSAMU UCHIKAWA and MASAOMI MIYAMOTO, Senior Party (Application 08/530,148). _______________ Patent Interference No. 104,581 _______________ Before: McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge. MEMORANDUM OPINION and FINAL ORDERPage: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007