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                                   THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                       
                                      AND IS NOT BINDING PRECEDENT OF THE BOARD                                                                       

                 Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Paper No. 36                                                                                    
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                                       UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      


                                             BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS FAXED                                                                 
                                                            AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         

                                                                                                               OCT 2 5 2002                           
                                                           NILES PARTS CO., LTD.                                                                      
                                                                    Junior Party PAT & TLI. OFFICE                                                    
                                                                                                         BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                      
                                                             (U.S. Patent 5,847,342)' ANDINTERFERENCES                                                

                                                                          V.                                                                          

                                              MARK T. LECZNAR, JEFFREY A. BRANCH,                                                                     
                                          LAVERNE R. NEWMAN, MICHARL J. TSCHERNE,                                                                     
                                                             and GARY J. KOPACZ                                                                       

                                                                    Senior Party                                                                      
                                                           (Application 09/456,736)2                                                                  


                                                        Patent Interference No. 104,793                                                               


                                                                     Judamen                                                                          





                              Based on application 08/678,077, filed July 10, 1996. The real party in interest is                                     
                 Niles Parts Co., Ltd.                                                                                                                
                          2 Filed December 7, 1999. The real party in interest is Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc.                                      
                 Accorded the benefit of application 08/980,093, filed November 26, 1997, now Patent No.                                              
                 5,917,163, issued June 29, 1999; and application 08/545,985, filed October 20, 1995, now Patent                                      
                 No. 5,714,727, issued February 3, 1998.                                                                                              








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