The opinion in support of the decision being
entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper 82
Filed by: Trial Section Motions Panel
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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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PAUL A. ROWLANDS
Junior Party,
(Patent 6,071,077),
v.
DAVID A. SPEAR, DENNIS N. KANTOR,
BRUCE P. BIEDERMAN and JOHN A. OROSA
Senior Party,
(Application 09/874,931).
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Patent Interference No. 105,195
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Before: SCHAFER, LEE, and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
Judgment - Motions - Bd.R. 127
For the reasons given in the Decision on Preliminary Motions (Paper 81), judgment is
herein entered against junior party Rowlands. In particular, Rowlands failed to file a priority
statement alleging an earlier date of invention with respect to the subject matter of the count prior
to the senior party Spear’s earliest accorded benefit date of 17 November 1995. Accordingly,
judgment is entered against junior party Rowlands. It is
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