White et al.Download PDFBoard of Patent Appeals and InterferencesOct 23, 200108464129 (B.P.A.I. Oct. 23, 2001) Copy Citation The opinion in support of the decision being entered today is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper 24 Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Box Interference Washington, D.C. 20231 Tel: 703-308-9797 Fax: 703-305-0942 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ FRITZ H. BACH and AGUSTIN DALMASSO, Junior Party, (Patent Application 08/426,377), v. DAVID J. WHITE and ALAN F. WILLIAMS, Senior Party, (Applications 08/464,129 and 08/347,210). ______________ Patent Interference No. 104,659 _______________ Before MCKELVEY, Senior Administrative Patent Judge, and SCHAFER, and GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judges. GARDNER-LANE, Administrative Patent Judge. JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 1.662 Bach has filed a paper entitled "JUNIOR PARTY’S MOTION FOR ADVERSE JUDGMENT" (Paper 23). In the paper, Bach states that it requests that adverse judgment be entered against it in the interference. ORDER - 2 - Upon consideration of the record of the interference, it is ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 1, the sole count in the interference, is awarded against junior party FRITZ H. BACH and AGUSTIN DALMASSO; FURTHER ORDERED that junior party FRITZ H. BACH and AGUSTIN DALMASSO, is not entitled to a patent containing claims 1-3, 5-7, 9-15, 17-19, 23, 50, 55, 62, and 63 of application 08/426,377, which correspond to Count 1; and FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this decision be given a paper number and be entered in the administrative records of Bach’s 08/426,377 application and White’s 08/464,129 and 08/347,210 applications. ______________________________ FRED E. MCKELVEY, Senior ) Administrative Patent Judge ) ) ) ) ______________________________) BOARD OF PATENT RICHARD E. SCHAFER ) APPEALS AND Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES ) ) ) ______________________________) SALLY GARDNER-LANE ) Administrative Patent Judge ) - 3 - cc (via facsimile and first class mail): Attorney for BACH: Ralph A. Loren, Esq. LAHIVE & COCKFIELD, LLP 28 State Street Boston, MA 02109 Tel: 617-227-7400 Fax: 617-742-4214 Attorney for WHITE: Robert L. Baechtold, Esq. FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 Tel: 212-218-2100 Fax: 212-218-2200 Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation