Ex Parte Barnes

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Jun 22, 2006

08931818 (B.P.A.I. Jun. 22, 2006)

Paper 28
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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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WAYNE M. BARNES
Junior Party,
(Patent 6,410,277),
v.
JOSEPH A SORGE and REBECCA L. MULLINAX,
Senior Party,
(Application 08/529,767).
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Patent Interference No. 105,320
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Before Schafer, Lane, Medley, Administrative Patent Judges.
Lane, Administrative Patent Judge.
1 Judgment - Request for Adverse - Bd.R. 127(b)
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3 Barnes has filed a request for adverse judgment (Paper 26).
4 Upon consideration of the record and for reasons given, it is
5 ORDERED that judgment as to Count 1, the sole count of the interference, is
6 entered against junior party WAYNE M. BARNES;
7 FURTHER ORDERED that junior party WAYNE M. BARNES is not entitled to
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1 a patent containing claims 1-4 of patent 6,410,277, which claims correspond to Count 1, the sole
2 count of the interference; and
3 FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this judgment shall be entered into the
administrative records of Barnes’ 6,410,277 patent and Sorge’s 08/529,767 application.
/ss/ Richard E. Schafer )
RICHARD E. SCHAFER )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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/ss/ Sally Gardner Lane ) BOARD OF PATENT
SALLY GARDNER LANE ) APPEALS AND
Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES
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/ss/ Sally C. Medley )
SALLY C. MEDLEY )
Administrative Patent Judge )

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