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opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 22 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 _______________ JAMES EDWARDS AND JOHN E. DRIES Junior Party, (Patent No. 5,762,080)1 v. EDWARD L. THIES, ROGER J. BERTSCH and WILBUR W. JARVIS Senior Party (Application 09/273,944)2 _______________ Patent Interference No. 104,439 _______________ Before: McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. 1Filed January 24, 1997, as application 08/792,964. The real party in interest is White Consolidated Industries, Inc. 2Filed March 19, 1999. Accorded the benefit of application 08/927,706, filed September 10, 1997, now Patent No. 5,909,743, issued June 8, 1999, and provisional application 60/031,182, filed November 19, 1996. The real party in interest is Whirlpool Corporation.Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007