Paper 32
Trial Section Merits Panel Filed: October 14, 2005
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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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FURUKAWA ELECTRIC NORTH AMERICA,
Junior Party
(Patent 5,694,503),
v.
CORNING, INC.,
Senior Party
(Application 09/203,166).
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Patent Interference No. 105,253 (RES)
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Judgment - Order to Show Cause - Bd.R. 202(d)
Before: SCHAFER, TORCZON and NAGUMO, Administrative Patent Judge.
SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.
An order to show cause why judgment should not be entered against Furukawa was issued
on June 23, 2005. Papers 27 and 28 (errata). Furukawa responded. Paper 29. The response was held
to be insufficient. Paper 30. Furukawa was provided an opportunity to supplement its response to
the order to show cause on or before August 22, 2005. Paper 30, p. 2. No supplemental response
has been filed. Counsel for Furukawa confirmed that no response had been filed. Accordingly, it
is appropriate to enter judgment against Furukawa.
ORDERED that judgment on priority as to the subject matter of Count 1 (Paper 1, p.3), is
awarded against the junior party, FURUKAWA ELECTRIC NORTH AMERICA;
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