THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION and is not binding precedent of the Board Paper 41 Filed by: Sally Gardner-Lane Administrative Patent Judge Box Interference Washington, D.C. 20231 Tel: 703-308-9797 Fax: 703-305-0942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 _______________ KENNETH A. BARTON and PAUL F. UMBECK Junior Party, (Patent 5,608,142), v. DOUGLAS RICE, NADINE CAROZZI, DAVID M. ANDERSON, KANNIAH RAJASEKARAN, THIRUMALE S. RANGAN, RICHARD L. YENOFSKY, RICHARD LOTSTEIN, and ANNICK DE FRAMOND Senior Party, (Application 08/218,697). ______________ Patent Interference No. 104,498 _______________ JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 1.662 Rice has filed a paper entitled "RICE COMMUNICATION" (Paper 40). Rice states that it "hereby expressly abandons Application No. 08/218,697 and thereby requests an adverse judgment in the above-captioned interference." The Rice communication is treated as an express abandonment of the Rice involved application underPage: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007