The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Paper No. 81 Box Interference Washington, D.C. 20231 Tel: 703-308-9797 Fax: 703-305-0942 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ FRED D. MOORE, JR., ROBERT L. CONNEEN, and CHARLES M. KRUGER, JR., Junior Party, (Patent 6,024,175), v. GORAN SUNDHOLM, Senior Party, (Application 09/367,972). _______________ Patent Interference No. 104,678 ______________________ Before LEE, SPIEGEL, and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges. MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION ON JOINT RULE 633(b) PRELIMINARY MOTION FOR NO INTERFERENCE-IN-FACT AND JUDGMENT A. Introduction This interference was declared on 27 April 2001. Oral argument regarding the parties preliminary motions was held on April 4, 2002. During oral argument, counsel for the respective parties agreed that, absent Sundholm claim 12, there is no interference-in-fact between Sundholm’s remaining claims 6, 10,Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007