The opinion in support of the decision being
entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper 36
Filed by: Interference Trial Section Merits Panel
Box Interference Filed:
Washington, D.C. 20231 6 June 2002
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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BRIAN E. WOODNORTH and KENNETH L. SHEHOW,
Junior Party,
(Patent 5,966,772),
v.
GEORGE H. WAKAT,
Senior Party,
(Application 09/560,172).
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Patent Interference No. 104,660
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Before: SCHAFER, SPIEGEL and GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judges.
SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.
JUDGMENT
This interference was declared with the following count:
Claim 1 of Woodnorth Patent 5,996,772 or Claim 28 of Wakat application
09/560,172.
Woodnorth Claims 1-26 and Wakat Claims 20-22, 24-39 were designated as corresponding to the
count. Paper 1, p. 5. The parties filed preliminary motions and an oral hearing was held on
November 30, 2001. A decision on preliminary motions (Paper 32) held that all of Wakat’s involved
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