THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
AND IS NOT BINDING PRECEDENT OF THE BOARD
Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Paper No. 51
Mail Stop INTERFERENCE Entered March 9, 2006
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
United States Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
Tel: 571-272-9797 Fax: 571-272-0943
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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TAKASHI NOGUCHI and
YASUSHI SHIMOGAICHI
Junior Party
(Patent 5,943,593)1
v.
HONGYONG ZHANG, NAOAKI YAMAGUCHI
and YASUHIKO TAKEMURA
Senior Party
(Application 09/633,869)2
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Patent Interference No. 105,339
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Before LEE, TORCZON and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
Judgment – Bd. Rule 127(b)
Counsel for Zhang represents and counsel for Noguchi has confirmed that Noguchi filed a
disclaimer of all of its involved patent claims in this interference, i.e., claims 1-7 (Papers 48 and
50). Additionally, counsel for Zhang represents and counsel for Noguchi has confirmed that
1
Based on Application 09/083,926, filed May 22, 1998. Accorded the benefit of Application 08/745,284, filed
November 8, 1996. The real party in interest is Sony Corporation.
2
Filed August 7, 2000. Accorded the benefit of Application 09/236,620, filed January 26, 1999, and Application
08/641,695, filed May 2, 1996. The real party in interest is Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
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