Filed by: Merits Panel Paper 22 Mail Stop Interference P.O. Box 1450 Filed 22 February 2006 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 _______________ SHIGEKAZU YAMADA Junior Party (Patent 6,621,742), v. GEOFFREY GONGWER and DANIEL C. GUTERMAN Senior Party (Application 10/804,770). _______________ Patent Interference No. 105,386 (SCM) (Technology Center 2800) _______________ Before: LEE, TORCZON, and MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges. MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge. Judgment - Bd.R. 127(b) On 13 February 2006, the board received from the involved parties a “JOINT REQUEST FOR ADVERSE JUDGMENT” (Paper 21), in which both Gongwer and Yamada request adverse judgment on the ground that all claims corresponding to the count are unpatentable over prior art applicable to both the Gongwer application and the Yamada patent. −1−Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007