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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
(5,747,332, 6,066,71:6, and 6,433,141),
Junior Party,
V.
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
(09/090ý1,754),
Senior Party.
Interference No. 104,761
Before SCHAFER, TORCZON, and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge
TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON RECONSIDERATION
and JUDGMENT
(PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 1.658)
INTRODUCTION
Following a decision on motions (Paper 98), the University of New Mexico [UNMI
was placed under an orderto show cause (Paper 99)why judgment should not be
entered against UNM. The order to show cause noted that UNM, as junior party, failed
to overcome Fordham's effective filing date. In the decision on motions, UNM's attack
on Fordham's effective filing date also failed. The order to show cause also noted a
pending Fordham motion to add another UNM patent to the interferenoe.
In response, both parties have requested reconsideration of the decision on
motions, UNM has responded to the order to show cause, and UNM has opposed
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