Mattei et al. V. Johnson et al. - Page 1






                                                 THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                                                                                
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                          Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel                                                                                                                  Paper No.  35                                 
                          Mail Stop INTERFERENCE                                                                                                                 Entered March 29, 2006                                       
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                                                          UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                                                                           
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                                                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                                                                         
                                                                                        AND INTERFERENCES                                                                                                                     
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                                                                       MICHAEL MATTEI and ROBERT AUTERI                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                    Junior Party                                                                                                              
                                                                                      (U.S. Patent No. 6,448,495)1                                                                                                            

                                                                                                             v.                                                                                                               

                                                                       WAYNE JOHNSON, BRIAN L. JOHNSON,                                                                                                                       
                                                                        THOMAS W. KAMPF, ALEX WATTS and                                                                                                                       
                                                                                    MICHAEL J. WENTWORTH                                                                                                                      

                                                                                                    Senior Party                                                                                                              
                                                                                        (Application 10/360,563)2                                                                                                             
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                                                                                   Patent Interference No. 105,392                                                                                                            
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                          Before LEE, MOORE and GAUDETTE Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                                         

                          LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                    Judgment – Bd. Rule 127(b)                                                                                                                



                          1   Based on Application 09/912,776, filed July 25, 2001.  Accorded the benefit of Provisional Application 60/261,563,                                                                              
                          filed January 12, 2001.  The real party in interest is Leviton Manufacturing Company.                                                                                                               

                          2   Filed February 6, 2003.  Accorded the benefit of Application 09/680,779, filed October 6, 2000.  The real party in                                                                              
                          interest is ADC Telecommunications, Inc.                                                                                                                                                            







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