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               Interference No. 105,405                                                                      Page 2                  
               10/266,975 application in a patent to MLI.  Cf. Case v. CPC Int'l, Inc., 730 F.2d                                     
               745, 750, 221 USPQ 196, 200 (Fed. Cir. 1984) (noting "that Case's patent is no                                        
               impediment to granting CPC the claims of its application.").  Rather than drag the                                    
               proceeding out further, and thus entitle MLI to additional term adjustments, we                                       
               exercise our discretion to end the proceeding at this point.                                                          
                                                           DECISION                                                                  
                       In light of the Board's decision on motions (Paper 127)—                                                      
                               JUDGMENT is entered ADVERSE to Sears for the subject                                                  
                       matter of count 1;                                                                                            
                               Claims 1-12 of Sears' 6,436,310 patent, which correspond to                                           
                       count 1, are CANCELLED;                                                                                       
                               Claims 9-14 and 18-20 of Sears' 6,440,325 patent, which                                               
                       correspond to count 1, are CANCELLED;                                                                         
                               JUDGMENT is entered ADVERSE to Sears for the subject                                                  
                       matter of count 2;                                                                                            
                               Claims 1-20 of Sears' 6,440,325 patent, which correspond to                                           
                       count 2, are CANCELLED;                                                                                       
                               JUDGMENT is entered ADVERSE to MLI claims                                                             
                       corresponding to count 1 that have been held to be unpatentable;                                              




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