The opinion in support of the decision being
entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper 32
Filed by: Michael P. Tierney
Administrative Patent Judge
Box Interference Filed
Washington, D.C. 20231 September 25, 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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HIDEO HADA, HIROYUKI YAMAZAKI, YOSHIKI SUGETA,
HIROSHI KOMANO, KIYOSHI ISHIKAWA
SENIOR Party
(U.S. Patents 5,902,713, 6,022,666 and 6,063,953)
v.
KURT DIETLIKER, MARTIN KUNZ,
HITOSHI YAMATO, CHRISTOPH DE LEO
JUNIOR Party,
(U.S. Application 09/242,145).
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Patent Interference No. 104,759
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Before: MEDLEY, TIERNEY and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges.
TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
FINAL JUDGMENT
As discussed in the Decision on Preliminary Motions, Hada has been accorded a priority
benefit date of December 20, 1995 whereas Dietliker has been accorded a date of September 2,
1996 based on its Swiss CH 2147/96 application. Having determined the accorded priority
benefit dates of the parties, Dietliker was placed under an Order to Show Cause why judgment
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