CHIRIKJIAN et al v. HAN et al v. LEE - Page 1




                        The opinion in support of the decision being                 
                     entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.            
         Paper 68                                                                    
         Filed by:  Trial Section Merits Panel                                       
         Box Interference                         Filed                              
         Washington, D.C.  20231               26 March 2002                         
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                     UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                       
                                   _______________                                   
                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                          
                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                   
                                   _______________                                   
                             MYUN KI HAN, S. PAUL LEE                                
                               and JACK G. CHIRKJIAN,                                
                                    Junior Party,                                    
                             (Application 09/069,847),                               
                                         v.                                          
                         KENNETH J. LIVAK, SUSAN J.A. FLOOD                          
                                and JEFFREY MARMARO,                                 
                                    Senior Party                                     
                                (Patent 5,538,848).                                  
                                   _______________                                   
                         Patent Interference 104,670 (CAS)                           
                                   _______________                                   
         Before:  McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge , and                 
         SPIEGEL and GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judges.                     

         McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge .                              

                                   FINAL DECISION                                    

               In this interference, Livak successfully dodged an attack on          
         its patent.  However, Livak declines to quietly walk away happy             
         that its patent is still intact.  Instead, Livak invites us to              
         look into allegations that certain claims in the Han application            
         are unpatentable.  Livak further invites us to take other action            






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