The opinion in support of the decision being
entered today is not binding precedent of the Board
Filed by: Interference Merits Panel Paper No. 62
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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ROBIN CHEUNG, ASOKA SINHA,
AVI TEPMAN, and DAN CARL,
Junior Party
(Patent 6,136,1631),
v.
THOMAS RITZDORF, E. HENRY STEVENS,
LIN LIN CHEN, LYNDON W. GRAHAM,
and CURT DUNDAS,
Senior Party
(Application 09/882,6132).
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Patent Interference No. 105,113
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DECISION ON PRELIMINARY MOTIONS
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1 Based on Application 09/263,126, filed 5 March 1999. Assigned to Applied Materials, Inc.
2 Filed 15 June 2001. Assigned to Semitool, Inc. The "Notice Declaring Interference" (Paper
No. 1) accords the Ritzdorf application the benefit as to Count 1 of: (a) U.S. Application
09/386,734, filed 31 August 1999; (b) PCT/US/02504, filed 4 February 1999; (c) U.S.
Provisional Application 60/087,432, filed 1 June 1998; and (d) U.S. Application 09/018,783,
filed 4 February 1998.
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