No. 99-1463 DECIDED: June 14, 2000 Appealed from Patent Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals Interferences (Reexamination Nos. 90/003,346 and 90/003,873). Kenneth Solomon, Howell Haferkamp, L.C., of St. Louis, Missouri, argued for appellant. Kristin L. Yohannan, Associate Solicitor, Office of the Solicitor, Arlington, Virginia, argued for appellee. With her on the brief wereAlbin F. Drost, Acting Solicitor; John M. Whealan, Acting Deputy Solicitor; and Kevin G. Baer, Associate Solicitor. Of counsel
Bankruptcy No. 78 B 602. June 21, 1979. Julius Zizmor, New York City, for debtor and debtor-in-possession. Tenzer, Greenblatt, Fallon Kaplan, New York City, for Seligmann Heiden. Beekman Bogue, New York City, for Paine, Webber, Jackson Curtis Inc. OPINION CECELIA H. GOETZ, Bankruptcy Judge: Hortense F. Seligmann and Rita F. Heiden, individually and as trustees, creditors of the debtor, have moved this Court for an order adjudicating the debtor a bankrupt under Chapters I through VII of the Bankruptcy
(a) PATENT APPLICANT.-An applicant for a patent, any of whose claims has been twice rejected, may appeal from the decision of the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. (b) PATENT OWNER.-A patent owner in a reexamination may appeal from the final rejection of any claim by the primary examiner to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, having once paid the fee for such appeal. 35 U.S.C. § 134 July 19, 1952, ch. 950, 66 Stat. 801; Pub. L. 98-622