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;Page: Previous 1 2 3 Next
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