The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 109 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ CREG W. DANCE, Junior Party,1 v. C. VAUGHAN SEIFERT, WOLCOTT M. DOWNEY, and PETER J. SHANK, Senior Party.2 ______________ Patent Interference No. 103,379 ______________ DECISION ON RECONSIDERATION ______________ Before PATE, MARTIN, and CRAWFORD, Administrative Patent Judges. MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judge. Patent No. 5,117,839, issued June 2, 1992, based on Application Serial1 No. 07/584,461, filed September 18, 1990. Assigned to Lake Region Manufacturing Co., Inc. Application Serial No. 08/069,829, filed May 28, 1993, for reissue of2 Patent No. 5,045,061 (hereinafter, Seifert's '061 patent), issued September 3, 1991, based on Application Serial No. 07/474,371, filed February 2, 1990. Assigned to C.R. Bard, Inc.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007