HALL et al v. GRASSO et al - Page 1




               The opinion in support of the decision being entered                   
               today was not written for publication in a law journal                 
               and is not binding precedent of the Board.                             
                                                               Paper No. 63           

                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                  ________________                                    
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                           
                                   AND INTERFENCES                                    
                                  ________________                                    
                         DOUGLAS W. HALL and ROBERT M. HAWK                           
                                    Junior Party,1                                    
                                         v.                                           
                       GIORGIO GRASSO, PAUL LAURENCE SCRIVENER                        
                              and ANDREW PAUL APPLEYARD                               
                                    Senior Party.2                                    
                                  ________________                                    
                              Interference No. 104,075                                
                                  _______________________                             


                                      JUDGMENT                                        
               The Grasso et al. reissue application has been assigned to             
          the assignee of the Hall et al. patent and the common assignee              
          has filed through its counsel a request for adverse judgment                
          against Hall et al. as to the subject matter in issue.                      
          Accordingly, judgment as to the subject matter of count 1, the              
          sole count, is awarded to Giorgio Grasso, Paul Laurence Scrivener           
          and Andrew Paul Appleyard, the senior party.  Hall et al., the              
                                                                                      
          1  Application No. 07/655,726 filed February 14, 1991, now U.S. Patent No.  
          5,067,789 issued November 26, 1991.  Assignors to Corning Inc., Corning, NY.
          2  Reissue Application No. 08/018,090 filed February 16, 1993.  Assignors to
          Pivelli Cavi S.P.A.  Accorded benefit of U.S. Application No. 07/553,246 filed
          July 13, 1990, now Patent No. 5,087,108 issued February 11, 1992;           






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