Ex Parte ROHRMANN - Page 1




                         The opinion in support of the decision being                 
                      entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.            
          Paper 21                                                                    
          Filed by:  Trial Section Merits Panel                                       
          Box Interference                         Filed                              
          Washington, D.C.  20231                                                     
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                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                    
                                  JURGEN ROHRMANN,                                    
                                    Junior Party,                                     
                                 (Patent 5,391,789),                                  
                                         v.                                           
              HELMUT G. ALT, SYRIAC J. PALACKAL, KONSTANTINOS PATSIDIS,               
                   M. BRUCE WELCH, ROLF. L. GEERTS, ERIC T. HSIEH,                    
                  MAX P. McDANIEL, GIL R. HAWLEY and PAUL D. SMITH,                   
                                    Senior Party                                      
                              (Application 09/197,761).                               
                                   _______________                                    
                        Patent Interference No. 104,626 (McK)                         
                                   _______________                                    
          Before:  McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and                  
          SCHAFER and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.                          

          McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge.                               

                                   FINAL DECISION                                     
               A.   Introduction                                                      
               As the record makes clear, Rohrmann has conceded on the                
          issue of priority with respect to Count 2, the only count in the            
          Interference (Paper 18, page 2).  The only issue remaining for              








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