Merits Panel Paper 5 Mail Stop Interference P.O. Box 1450 Filed 27 June 2005 Alexandria Va 22313-1450 Tel: 571-272-9797 Fax: 571-273-0042 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES (Administrative Patent Judge Sally C. Medley) _______________ DAVID B. KIRBY and NIHAT O. CUR Junior Party (Patent 5,532,034, 5,505,810), v. CLAUDIO BOFFITO, ANTONIO SCHIABEL and ALLESSANDRO GALLITOGNOTTA Senior Party (Application 08/675,969). _______________ Patent Interference No. 105,311 and 105,3121 _______________ Before: McKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges. MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.2 Judgment - Bd.R. 204 15,532,034 is involved in 105,311 and 5,505,810 is involved in 105,312. 2As 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, subsequent papers in this case originating at the Board will not have signatures. The signature requirements for the parties have not changed. See, e.g., 37 CFR § 1.18. -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007