Ex Parte DeLucas

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Feb 22, 2007

10160572 (B.P.A.I. Feb. 22, 2007)

Paper 92
Filed by Motions Panel Filed: 22 February 2007
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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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BERNARD D. SANTARSIERO,
RAYMOND C. STEVENS,
PETER G. SCHULTZ, JOSEPH M. JAKLEVIC,
DEREK T. YEGIAN, EARL CORNELL, ROBERT A. NORDMEYER,
JIAN JIN, WILLIAM F. KOLBE, ARTHUR L. JONES, DONALD C. UBER1
Junior Party,
(Patents 6,296,673, 6,630,006, 6,911,056, 6,932,845,
6,951,575, and 7,001,438),
v.
LAWRENCE JAMES DELUCAS,
Senior Party,
(Application 10/160,572).
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Patent Interference No. 105,403
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Judgment — Merits — Bd.R. 127
Before Hanlon, Lane, and Nagumo, Administrative Patent
Judges.

Nagumo, Administrative Patent Judge.

In view of the Board's Decision in Paper 91 and for
the reasons given, it is:

1 Jin, Kolbe, Jones, and Uber are listed inventors only for patent
6,296,673. The remaining inventors are listed on all of Santarsiero's
involved patents.
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ORDERED that Bernard D. Santarsiero, Raymond C.
Stevens, Peter G. Schultz, Joseph M. Jaklevic, Derek T.
Yegian, Earl Cornell, Robert A. Nordmeyer, Jian Jin,
William F. Kolbe, Arthur L. Jones, Donald C. Uber are not
entitled to a patent containing:
claims 1-59 of U.S. Patent 6,296,673.
FURTHER ORDERED that Bernard D. Santarsiero,
Raymond C. Stevens, Peter G. Schultz, Joseph M. Jaklevic,
Derek T. Yegian, Earl Cornell, and Robert A. Nordmeyer are
not entitled to a patent containing:
claims 1-84 of U.S. Patent 6,630,006;
claims 1–62 of U.S. Patent 6,911,056;
claims 1-118 of U.S. Patent 6,932,845;
claims 1-42 of U.S. Patent 6,951,575;
claims 1—82 of U.S. Patent 7,001,438.
FURTHER ORDERED that Lawrence James DeLucas is
not entitled to a patent to claims 47 and 48 of Application
10/160,572.
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this judgment
shall be entered in the records of:
U.S. Patent 6,296,673,
U.S. Patent 6,630,006,
U.S. Patent 6,911,056,
U.S. Patent 6,932,845,
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U.S. Patent 6,951,575,
U.S. Patent 7,001,438, and
U.S. application 10/160,572.
FURTHER ORDERED that in the event of a
settlement, the attentions of the parties are drawn to 35
U.S.C. § 135(c) and Bd.R. 205.

/Adriene Lepiane Hanlon/ )
ADRIENE LEPIANE HANLON )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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/Sally Gardner Lane/ ) BOARD OF PATENT
SALLY GARDNER LANE ) APPEALS
Administrative Patent Judge ) AND
) INTERFERENCES
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/Mark Nagumo/ )
MARK NAGUMO )
Administrative Patent Judge )

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Attorney for SANTARSIERO:

John A. Bauer, Esq.
Bruce J. Koch, Esq.
FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI LLP
666 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10103
jbauer@fulbright.com
bkoch@fulbright.com

Attorney for DELUCAS:

R. Danny Huntington, Esq.
Sharon E. Crane, Ph.D., Esq.
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP
2020 K. Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-1806
huntington@bingham.com
crane@bingham.com