The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper No. 121 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ ALAIN LAGRANGE, BERNADETTE LUPPI, AND ALEX JUNINO Junior Party1, v. GUENTHER KONRAD, IDUNA MATZIK, AND EDGAR LIESKE Senior Party2 ___________ Patent Interference No. 103,548 ___________ FINAL HEARING: April 28, 1999 ___________ Before SCHAFER, GRON and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges. LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge. 1 Application 07/707,130, filed May 31, 1991, now U.S. Patent 5,178,637, granted 1/12/93. Accorded the benefit of France application 9006803, filed May 31, 1990, with respect to Counts 1 and 2 only, see infra. Also, application 08/676,491 for reissue of U.S. Patent 5,178,637, filed July 8, 1996. Accorded the benefit of France application 9006803, filed May 31, 1990, with respect to all counts. Assigned to L’Oreal of Paris, France. 2 Application 07/949,851, filed November 19, 1992. Accorded the benefit of PCT application PCT/EP 91/00874, filed May 10, 1991, and German application P4016177.3, filed May 19, 1990, with respect to all the counts. Assigned to Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien of Duesseldorf, Germany.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007