1 Merits Panel Paper 20 2 Mail Stop Interference 3 P.O. Box 1450 Filed 16 June 2006 4 Alexandria Va 22313-1450 5 Tel: 571-272-9797 6 Fax: 571-273-0042 7 8 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 9 _______________ 10 11 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 12 AND INTERFERENCES 13 _______________ 14 15 JAMES R. BIONDO and JACK D. YOUNG 16 Junior Party 17 (Patent 6,279,983), 18 19 v. 20 21 JEFF FLAUGHER, ROBERT CREED, 22 and ROBERT WALTHER 23 Senior Party 24 (Application 09/651,015). 25 26 Patent Interference No. 105,437 (SCM) 27 28 Before: SCHAFER, MEDLEY, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. 29 MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge. 30 Judgment - Bd.R. 127(b) 31 On 15 June 2006, the board received from the party Flaugher a paper styled 32 “FLAUGHER’S NOTICE OF EXPRESS ABANDONMENT,” in which Flaugher expressly 33 abandons its involved 09/651,015 application (Paper 19). Flaugher’s abandonment of its 34 involved application is construed to be a request for adverse judgment. Bd.R. 127(b)(1). 35 -1-Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007