CHAO V. IWAMOTO - 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                 publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                            
                                                                                                                    Paper No. 189                       
                 Filed by:         Interference Merits Panel                                                                                            
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                       
                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                 RICHARD CHAO                                                                           
                                                                Junior Party,                                                                           
                                                       (Patent No. 5,568,207)1                                                                          
                                                                          v.                                                                            
                                                            TOSHIKAZU IWAMOTO                                                                           
                                                                Senior Party.                                                                           
                                                      (Application 08/655,828)2                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                       
                                                Patent Interference No. 104,051                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                       
                 Before SCHAFER, BARRETT and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                         



                          1Based on application 08/554,854, filed November 7, 1995.                                                                     
                 The real party in interest is Contour Optik, Inc.                                                                                      
                          2Filed May 31, 1996.  Accorded the benefit of Japanese                                                                        
                 application 07-156,856,  filed  May  31,  1995,  and  Japanese                                                                         
                 application 08-153,172, filed May 24, 1996.  The real party in                                                                         
                 interest is Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha.  See Paper 129.                                                                       
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