The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 355 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE MAILEUD ..ıı.,.BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS SEP 2 7 2002 AND INTERFERENCES PAT. & T.M. OFFICE ROBERT F. LEVEEN BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS ANDINTERFERENCES Junior Party,' V. STUART D. EDWARDS, RONALD G. LAX and HUGH SHARKEY, Senior Party .2 Patent Interference No. 104,290 FINAL HEARING: May 15, 2002 Before PATE, SCHAFER and LEE, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. 1 Application Serial No. 08/559,072, filed November 16, 1995. Accorded the benefit of U.S. Application Serial No. 08/410,344, filed March 24, 1995, now U.S. Patent No. 5,868,740, issued February 9, 1999. 2 U.S. Patent No. 5,536,267, issued July 16, 1996, based on Application Serial No. 08/290,031, filed August 12, 1994. Accorded the benefit of Application Serial No. 08/148,439, filed November 8, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,458,597, issued October 17, 1995.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007