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today is not binding precedent of the Board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. 91
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
GREGORY HERMAN
Junior Party, MAILED
(Application 09/488,960), APR 1 0 27003
V.
PAT, & TM OFFICF
NORMAN P. BARNES BOARD OF PATFN-r APOPALS _j
TFRFr
and GREGORY S. HERMAN AND IINTERFEREI'ý"Lt
Senior Party,
(Patent 6,144,679).
Patent Interference No. 104,812
Before LEE, TORCZON, and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
FINAL DECISION AND JUDGMENT UNDER 37 CFR 1.658(a)
A. Introduction
This interference was declared on 28 March 2002 to resolve an inventorship dispute.
Gregory S. Herman (Herman) and Nonylan P. Barnes (Bames) applied for, and received a patent
the involved Barnes patent. Before the patent was granted, Herman filed a patent application (the
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