The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 199 Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Filed: April 21, 2006 Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences U.S. Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 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 JAY M. SHORT Junior Party (U.S. Patent 6,479,258) v. JUHA PUNNONEN, WILLEM P. C. STEMMER, ROBERT G. WHALEN and RUSSELL HOWARD Senior Party (Application 09/724,869) Patent Interference No. 105,188 Before: SCHAFER, GRON and TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judges. GRON, Administrative Patent Judge.1 1 Administrative Patent Judge Spiegel is presently unavailable. A reconstituted panel of Judges Schafer, Gron and Torczon has been designated to consider the present request for rehearing. See In re Bose Corp., 772 F.2d 866, 869, 227 USPQ 1, 3-4 (Fed. Cir. 1985)(permissible exercise of discretion). -1-Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007