FURTHER ORDERED that, on the record before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, senior party Jeffrey S. Swanberg and James P. Karlow is entitled to a patent containing claims 1 and 5 (corresponding to Count 2) of U.S. Patent 5,707,078, granted 13 January 1998, based on application 08/756,815, filed 26 November 1996. FURTHER ORDERED that junior party Michael R. Schramm is not entitled to a patent containing claims 41, 43, 48 and 50 (corresponding to Count 2) of application 08/890,522, filed 9 July 1997. Settlement agreement FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement, attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and 37 CFR § 1.661. ______________________________ FRED E. McKELVEY, Senior ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ______________________________) RICHARD E. SCHAFER ) BOARD OF PATENT Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND ) INTERFERENCES ) ______________________________) JAMESON LEE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) - 3 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007