The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication in a law journal and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 106 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________ JOHN D. SCOTT and RACHEL A. STEVEN Junior Party,1 v. SATOSHI KOYAMA, YUKIO HOMOTO and NAOKI ESAKA Junior Party,2 ____________ Patent Interference No. 103,635 ______________ Final Hearing: August 14, 2000 ___________________ Before CAROFF, DOWNEY, and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges. LORIN, Administrative Patent Judge. Scott et al. (Scott) has been accorded a priority date of March 29, 1991.3 Koyama 1 Application 07/804,550, filed December 11, 1991, now U.S. Patent 5,243,105, granted December 7, 1993. Assignor to Imperial Chemical Industries, PLC. 2 Application 08/282,564, filed July 29, 1994. Assignor to Daikin Industries, Ltd.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007