Ex Parte Ring

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Dec 1, 2004

08483749 (B.P.A.I. Dec. 1, 2004)

Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel
Mail Stop Interference Paper No. 262
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1 December 2004
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
MARK 1. GREENE AND JEFFREY A. DREBfN
Junior Party, MAILED
(U.S. Application 09/158,899)
V. DEC 20 04
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DAVID B. RING, ARTHUR E. FRANKEL PAT, & TIA. OFFICE
[BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
WALTER LAIRD and MICHAEL J. BJORN N E FERENCES
Senior Party
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(U.S. Application Nos. 08/477,512, 08/486,817, and
U.S. Patent Nos. 4,753,894, 5,169,774, 6,054,56 1)
Patent Interference No. 105,048 (MPT)
Before: LANE, MEDLEY and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
FINAL JUDGMENT
(No Interference-in-Fact)
For the reasons provided in the Decision on Motions (Interference No. 105,048, Paper
No. 258), it is:
ORDERED that there is no interference-in-fact between any of the involved claims of
Greene, U.S. Application 09/158,899 (claims 4-5 and 26-27) and Ring, U.S. Application Nos.
08/477,512 (claims 88-108 and 130-150), 08/486,817 (claims 88-115), and U.S. Patent Nos.
/A
Interference No. 105,048
4,753,894 (claims 1-7, 9-12 and 20-29), 5,169,774 (claim 1), 6,054,561 (claims 1-31).
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this decision be placed in the involved files of
Greene, U.S. Application 09/158,899 and Ring, U. S. Application Nos. 08/477,512, 08/486,817
and U.S. Patent Nos. 4,753,894, 5,169,774, 6,054,561.
FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement, attention is directed to
35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and 37 CFR § 1.661.
SALLY GARDNER LANE
Administrative Patent Judge
BOARD OF PATENT
ý-SWAL 4Y E 6 LEY APPEALS
Administrative Patent Judg AND
INTERFERENCES
MICHAEL P. TIERNEY
Administrative Patent Judge
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Interference No. 105,048
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