SHUSTAK 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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