THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for
publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.
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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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ROLF L. GEERTS and TARA G. HILL,1
Junior Party
(Patent 5,414,180),
v.
TOSHIHIKO SUGANO and TOMOHIKO TAKAHAMA,2
Senior Party
(Application 08/887,265).
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Patent Interference No. 104,132
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Before: SCHAFER, LEE and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.
FINAL JUDGMENT
We award judgment against Geerts.
1 Application 08/092,143, filed July 14, 1993, issued as Patent 5,414,180, May 9, 1995.
2 Application 08/887,265, filed July 2, 1997, said to be a continuation of application 08/422,322, filed
April 13, 1995, said to be a continuation of application 08/161,464 filed December 6, 1993, issued as Patent 5,449,650.
The applicants claim the benefit of Japanese applications 4-328211 and 4-328225, both filed December 8, 1992.
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