SALVITTI v. WILLIAMS - Page 1




                              THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                       
                                 AND IS NOT BINDING PRECEDENT OF THE BOARD                                                       
               Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel                                                   Paper No.  32              
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                                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                       
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                        
                                                  AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                   ALFRED W. SALVITTI,                                                           
                                                         Junior Party,                                                           
                                                  (Application 09/837,922)1,                                                     
                                                               v.                                                                
                                                  CHARLES D. WILLIAMS,                                                           
                                                         Senior Party,                                                           
                                        (Patent 6,269,576 and Application 09/758,825)2                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                Patent Interference No. 105,018                                                  
                                                                                                                                
               Before LEE, LANE and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                        
               LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                 
                                                           Judgment                                                              
                      On May 12, 2003, senior party Williams filed a paper titled “WILLIAMS REQUEST                              

                      1     Filed April 18, 2001.  Accorded the benefit of application 60/198,525, filed April 19,               
               2000, and application 60/263,906, filed January 24, 2001.                                                         
                      2     Patent No. 6,269,576 is based on application 09/370532, filed August 9, 1999.                        
               Application 09/758,825 was filed January 11, 2001, and accorded the benefit of Patent No.                         
               6,269,576.  The real party in interest is Springfield, Inc.                                                       





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