SHUSTACK V. Szum et al. - Page 1




                                               The opinion in support of the decision being                                        
                                      entered today is binding precedent of the Trial Procedures Section.                          
                                                                                           Paper 33                               
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                                  UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                        
                                                       _______________                                                             
                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                          
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                              
                                                       _______________                                                             
                                                     PAUL J. SHUSTACK                                                              
                                                          Junior Party,                                                            
                                                       (Patent 6,014,488),                                                         
                                                                v.                                                                 
                              DAVID M. SZUM, CHANDER P. CHAWLA, JAMES R. PETISCE                                                   
                                     JOHN T. VANDEBERG, GEORGE PASTERNACK,                                                         
                                       TIMOTHY E. BISHOP, PAUL E. SNOWWHITE,                                                       
                                      EDWARD P. ZAHORA, and STEPHEN C. LAPIN                                                       
                                                          Senior Party,                                                            
                                                    (Application 09/757,533).                                                      
                                                       _______________                                                             
                                                 Patent Interference No. 105,228                                                   
                                                       _______________                                                             
               Before:    FLEMING, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and                                                          
                                                                                                                  1                
               McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                              
               MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                


                       1As part of Board efforts under the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, signatures                        
               on papers originating from the Board are being phased out in favor of a completely electronic                       
               record.  Consequently, in this case papers originating at the Board will not have signatures.  The                  
               signature requirements for the parties have not changed.  See, e.g., 37 C.F.R. § 10.18.                             





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