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                                               The opinion in support of the decision being                                      
                                           entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.                                  
                                                                                                         Paper 31                
               Filed by: Interference Trial Section Merits Panel                                                                 
                       Box Interference Filed:                                                                                   
                       Washington, D.C. 20231 26 February 2002                                                                   
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                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                      
                                                                                                      FAXED                      
                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                                   AND INTERFERENCES FEB 2 6 2002                                                

                                      IRA SANDERS and CHRISTOPHER M. SHAARI, PAT. & TPA. OFFICE                                  
                                                                                                BOARD OF PATENT APMALS           
                                                                                                   AND INTERFERENCES             
                                                          Junior Party,                                                          
                                                       (Patent 5,766,605),                                                       
                                                                V.                                                               
                                       K. ROGER AOKI, MICHAEL W. GRAYSTON,                                                       
                                       STEVEN R CARLSON and JUDITH M. LEON,                                                      
                                                          Senior Party,                                                          
                                                   (Application 08/627,118).                                                     

                                                Patent Interference No. 104,688                                                  

               Before: SCHAFER, LEE and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                   
               SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                             
                                          JUDGMENT UNDER 37 CFR § 1.662(a)                                                       
                       Contingent on the Grant of the parties' Joint Preliminary Motion 1, Sanders has conceded                  
               priority as to the subject matter of Count 2. Paper 17. Also contingent on the granting of Joint                  
               Preliminary Motion 1, Aoki concedes priority as to the subject matter of Count 3. Paper 18. Joint                 
               Preliminary Motion I was granted. Paper 29. Accordingly, the concessions of priority are construed                
               as a request for entry of adverse judgment under 3 7 CFR § 1.667(a). Accordingly, it is--                         








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