MARTIN et al. V. Sunshine et al. - Page 1




                                                         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                                                    entered today is not binding precedent of the Board                                                                         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                       
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                                                     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.                                                                                                                                              





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