The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Paper No. 51 Mail Stop INTERFERENCE Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, USPTO P. O. Box 1450 Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450 Tel: 571-272-9797 Fax: 571-273-0942 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ PAUL R. FLETCHER, CRAIG A. LEWIS and GREGORY J. BELLINGTON Junior Party (Application 09/518,627)1 v. MARK H. LEIBU Senior Party (Patent 5,733,186)2 _______________ Patent Interference No. 105,180 _______________ Before LEE, MOORE and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. Judgment – Request for Adverse – Bd. Rule 127(b) 1Filed March 3, 2000. Accorded the benefit of Application 09/172,981, filed October 14, 1998, and Application 08/710,787, filed September 20, 1996. The real party in interest is Mars, Incorporated. 2Based on Application 08/633,299, filed April 17, 1996. The real party in interest iis Coin Acceptors, Inc.Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007