DANCE V. SEIFERT et al. - Page 1




                          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                       entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.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.                                                         





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