The opinion in support of the decision being
entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper 62
Filed by: Interference Trial Section Merits Panel
Box Interference Filed:
Washington, D.C. 20231 31 March 2003
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFI E MAILED
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS MAR 3 1 2003
AND INTERFERENCES PAT & TIVI. OFFICE
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERE
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ARNOLD C. BILSTAD, BRADLEY H. BUCHANAN,
ALAN W. MARTILLA and ARCHIE WOODWORTH
Junior Party,
(Application 09/294,964),
V.
GEORGE WAKALOPULOS and
EDUARDO R. URGILES
Senior Party
(Patent 6,140,657).
Patent Interference No. 104,832
Before: SCHAFER, TORCZON and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judyes.
SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.
DECISION ON WAKALOPULOS PRELIMINARY MOTION I
AND FINAL JUDGMENT
Wakalopulos filed a preliminary motion asserting that all of Bilstad's involved claims
(Claims 57-65) are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 112, T 1, for failing to be supported by a written
description. Paper 21. We grant the motion. Since Bilstad's Claims 57-65 formed the sole basis
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