THIS DOCUMENT WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION AND IS NOT BINDING PRECEDENT OF THE BOARD Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Paper No. 35 Mail Stop INTERFERENCE Entered March 29, 2006 Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences United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: 571-273-0042 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ 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 _______________ Patent Interference No. 105,392 _______________ 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.Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007