The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Paper No. 49 Mail Stop INTERFERENCE Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, USPTO P. O. Box 1450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 _______________ JAMES E. MARTIN, ROBERT C. HUGHES, and ROBERT A. ANDERSON Junior Party (Patent No. 6,194,769)1 v. STEVEN SUNSHINE and BETH C. MUNOZ Senior Party (Application 10/083,984)2 _______________ Patent Interference No. 105,221 _______________ Before SCHAFER, LEE and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judges. LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. Judgment – Bd. Rule 127(b) 1Based on Application 09/323,172, filed May 27, 1999. The real party in interest is Sandia Corporation. 2Filed February 27, 2002. Accorded the benefit of Application 09/600,346, filed November 9, 2000; Application 09/201,999, filed December 1, 1998; and PCT application PCT/US99/28282, filed November 30, 1999. The real party in interest is Smiths Detection- Pasadena, Inc.Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007