TANABE et al v. LEE et al - Page 1




                                                   The opinion in support of the decision being                                               
                                               entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.                                           
                           Paper 45                                                                                                           
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                                    UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                 
                                                             _______________                                                                  
                                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                 
                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                     
                                                             _______________                                                                  
                                                         MASAHITO TANABE,                                                                     
                                    KAZUMASA WAKIYA, MASAKAZU KOBAYASHI, and                                                                  
                                                     TOSHIMASA NAKAYAMA,                                                                      
                                                               Junior Party,                                                                  
                                                            (Patent 6,291,142),                                                               
                                                                     v.                                                                       
                                                             WAI MUN LEE,                                                                     
                                      CHARLES U. PITTMAN, JR., and ROBERT J. SMALL,                                                           
                                                               Senior Party,                                                                  
                                                        (Application 10/135,695).                                                             
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                                                    Patent Interference No. 105,117                                                           
                GARDNER LANE, MEDLEY and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                
                GARDNER LANE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                    
                                                          FINAL JUDGMENT                                                                      
                         Tanabe preliminary motion 1 has been GRANTED.  For reasons set forth in the decision                                 
                on Tanabe preliminary motion 1 (Paper 44 at 26), it is now appropriate to enter judgment against                              
                Lee.                                                                                                                          






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