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                                                  The opinion in support of the decision being                                              
                                               entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.                                         
                                                                            Paper 105                                                       
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                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                               
                                                           _______________                                                                  
                                          BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                
                                                       AND INTERFERENCES                                                                    
                                                           _______________                                                                  
                                               CISSY LEUNG and KARL A. LITTAU,                                                              
                                                              Junior Party,                                                                 
                                                       (Application 09/128,143),                                                            
                                                                    v.                                                                      
                                                         GURTEJ S. SANDHU,                                                                  
                                                              Senior Party,                                                                 
                                                           (Patent 5,576,071).                                                              
                                                           _______________                                                                  
                                                    Patent Interference No. 104,661                                                         
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                Before: SCHAFER, SPIEGEL and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                         
                SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                      

                           DECISION ON PRELIMINARY MOTIONS AND FINAL JUDGMENT                                                               
                                                           INTRODUCTION                                                                     
                        The following preliminary motions are before us for consideration:                                                  
                                1. Sandhu Preliminary Motion 2 (Paper 69) seeking a judgment that all of Leung’s                            
                involved claims are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph, as not being supported by                          


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