MATSUSHITA et al. V. SAKAGUCHI et al. - Page 1






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                          Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel                                                                                                                  Paper No.  41                                 
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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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                                                                                   TAKESHI MATSUSHITA and                                                                                                                     
                                                                                         HIROSHI TAYANAKA                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                    Junior Party                                                                                                              
                                                                                              (Patent 5,811,348)1                                                                                                             

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                                                                                   KIYOFUMI SAKAGUCHI and                                                                                                                     
                                                                                          TAKAO YONEHARA                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                    Senior Party                                                                                                              
                                                                                        (Application 09/161,774)2                                                                                                             
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                                                                                   Patent Interference No. 105,263                                                                                                            
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                          Before SCHAFER, LEE, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                                                                                                       

                          LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                    Judgment – Bd. Rule 127(b)                                                                                                                





                          1   Based on Application 08/595,382, filed February 1, 1996.  The real party in interest is Sony Corporation.                                                                                       
                          2   Filed September 29, 1998.  Accorded the benefit of Application 08/863,717, filed May 27, 1997; Application                                                                                      
                          08/401,237, filed March 9, 1995; Japanese Application 7-045441, filed March 6, 1995; and Japanese Application 6-                                                                                    
                          039389, filed March 10, 1994.  The real party in interest is Canon Kabushiki Kaisha.                                                                                                                







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