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                       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                       written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent                                      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                                                                                   
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                                  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.                                                                                                      







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