NEVEL et al v. HOELLER - Page 1




                         THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                   
                         AND IS NOT BINDING PRECEDENT OF THE BOARD                      
                                                              Paper No. 87              
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                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                         
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                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                             
                                   AND INTERFERENCES                                    
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                            AVISHAI NEVEL, JOHN B. LAWSON,                              
                      KENDALL W. GORDON JR., and DAVID BONNEAU,                         
                                     Junior Party,1                                     
                                          v.                                            
                                   ROBERT HOELLER,                                      
                                     Senior Party.2                                     
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                           Patent Interference No. 104,025                              
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                 FINAL DECISION AND JUDGMENT UNDER 37 CFR § 1.658(a)                    
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          1  Involved on (a) Patent 5,541,734, issued July 30, 1996, based              
          on Application 08/209,421, filed March 10, 1994, and (b) Patent               
          5,570,188, issued October 29, 1996, based on Application 08/252,346,          
          filed June 1, 1994.  Both patents are assigned to Lawson-Hemphill,            
          Inc.  The '734 patent has been accorded the benefit of U.S.                   
          Application 08/150,613, filed November 10, 1993 (abandoned); the '188         
          patent has not been accorded the benefit of the '613 application or           
          any other application (Paper No. 57).                                         
          2  Involved on Application 08/723,315, filed September 30, 1996.              
          Hoeller has been accorded the benefit of the following applications:          
          U.S. Application 08/531,485, filed September 21, 1995 (now Patent             
          5,671,061, issued September 23, 1997); U.S. Application 08/077,682,           
          filed June 16, 1993 (abandoned); and Swiss Application 01 926/92-3,           
          filed June 18, 1992.                                                          





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