The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper 9 Filed by: Trial Section Motions Panel Box Interference Filed: August 3, 2001 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 _______________ KAZUHIDE HAYAMA, KANJI NARAZAKI, YUKIO SAITOH, TOMOAKI HIWATASHIH, ISAO ITOH, SIGEOKI KAWAGUCHI Junior Party, (Patent 5,362,485) v. KANTA KUMAR, RAMESH C. KUMAR, SMARAJIT MITRA Senior Party (Application 08/460,958). _______________ Patent Interference No. 104,725 _______________ Before: SCHAFER, TORCZON and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge. JUDGEMENT AND RECOMMENDATION (Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.662(a) and § 1.659(c)) A. Judgment A conference call took place on July 31, 2001 between a representative of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt and Ms. Sonja Despertt, an interference trial section paralegal. During the conference call, the Oblon, Spivak representative informed Ms. Despertt that Junior Party Hayama would not be contesting the interference. This abandonment of contest isPage: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007