Ex Parte Schembri

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Jul 28, 2006

09782542 (B.P.A.I. Jul. 28, 2006)

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Paper 70 1
Merits Panel Filed: July 28, 2006 2
Mail Stop Interference 3
P.O. Box 1450 4
Alexandria VA 22313-1450 5
Tel: 571-272-4683 6
Fax: 571-273-0042 7
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 9
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 12
AND INTERFERENCES 13
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CAROL T. SCHEMBRI, 16
Junior Party 17
(Patent 6,513,968 B2), 18
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v. 20
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DONALD M. BESEMER, VIRGINIA W. GOSS, 22
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JAMES L. WINKLER, 24
Senior Party 25
(Application 10/619,224). 26
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Patent Interference No. 105,285 29
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JUDGMENT – Bd. R. 127(a) 32
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Before SCHAFER, TORCZON, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. 34
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MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge. 36
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In paper 69, we found that: 38
(1) Besemer has been accorded priority benefit of U.S. Patent Application 39
08/485,452, filed June 7, 1995 (now U.S. Patent 5,945,334). 40
(2) Schembri has been accorded priority benefit of U.S. Patent Application 41
09/137,963 filed August 21, 1998. 42
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(3) Schembri has not sought the benefit of an earlier priority date. 1
(4) Having denied Schembri Motion 1, the only basis upon which Schembri 2
challenges Besemer’s entitlement to the June 7, 1995 priority date, Schembri 3
cannot prevail on the question of priority of invention as against Besemer. 4
It is therefore now appropriate to enter judgment against Schembri. 5
Accordingly, it is hereby: 6
ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 1 (Paper 1, page 4) is 7
awarded against junior party Carol T. Schembri. 8
FURTHER ORDERED that junior party Carol T. Schembri is not entitled to 9
a patent containing claims 20-26 and 30-35 (corresponding to Count 1) of patent 10
6,513,968 B2. 11
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this paper shall be made of record in 12
files of application 10/619,224 and patent 6,513,968 B2. 13
FURTHER ORDERED that if there is settlement agreement, the parties 14
shall direct attention to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and 37 CFR § 41.205(a). 15
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/Richard E. Schafer/ ) 18
ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE ) 19
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) BOARD OF PATENT 21
/Richard Torczon/ ) APPEALS AND 22
ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE ) INTERFERENCES 23
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/James T. Moore/ ) 26
ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE ) 27
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Counsel for SCHEMBRI: 4
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oashe@gbpatent.com 6
phil_mcgarrigle@affymetrix.com 7
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Counsel for BESEMER: 9
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ken.meyers@finnegan.com 11