The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 50 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE MAILED =ORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS MAY 13 2003 AND INTERFERENCES PAT. & TM. OFFICE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 'HOMAS D. GUY and ALEX IANNIRUBERTO AND INTERFERENCES Junior Party,' V. RANDY R. STEPHENS, JOHN M. COLLINS, ROBERT FARRA and DEAN PICHON Senior Party .2 Patent Interference No. 104,085 Before METZ, PATE and MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judges. PATE, Administrative Patent Judge. 'U.S. Patent No. 5,334,164, granted August 2, 1994, based on Application 07/816,215, filed January 3, 1992. Assignee to United States Surgical Corp., Norwalk, CT. 2 Application No. 08/311,147, filed September 23, 1994. Accorded benefit of Application No. 08/000,108, filed January 4, 1993, now U.S. Patent No. 5,350,364, granted September 21, 1994; and Application No. 07/781,026, filed October 18, 1991, now U.S. Patent No. 5,197,955, granted March 30, 1993. 1Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007