Bhatnagar et al.v.Adams

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Sep 28, 1998

08068393 (B.P.A.I. Sep. 28, 1998)

Application No. 08/168,621, filed December 16, 1993. 1
Accorded Benefit of Application No. 08/010,433, filed
January 27, 1993, now abandoned. Assignors to Oncor, Inc.
Application No. 08/068,393, filed May 27, 1993. 2
Accorded Benefit of Application No. 07/925,059, filed August
4, 1992. Assignors to Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION
The opinion in support of the decision being entered
today (1) was not written for publication in a law
journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the
Board.
Paper No. 37
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES

SATISH K. BHATNAGAR and ALBERT L. GEORGE, JR.
Junior Party,1
v.
CRAIG W. ADAMS
Senior Party.2

Interference No. 103,883

Before URYNOWICZ, SOFOCLEOUS and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent
Judge.
SOFOCLEOUS, Administrative Patent Judge.
Interference No. 103,883
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Interference No. 103,883
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JUDGMENT
Beckman Instruments, Inc., the common assignee of the
Bhatnagar and Adams applications, has filed a request for
entry of an adverse judgment as to Bhatnagar. Pursuant to
37 CFR § 1.662(a), judgment as to the subject matter of the
count in issue is hereby awarded to Adams, the senior party.
Accordingly, Satish K. Bhatnagar and Albert L. George, Jr.,
the junior party, are not entitled to a patent containing
claims 1 to 52 corresponding to the count.
STANLEY M. URYNOWICZ, JR. )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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MICHAEL SOFOCLEOUS ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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MARY F. DOWNEY )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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Interference No. 103,883
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Attorney for Bhatnagar et al.:
Glenn E. Karta
ONCOR, INC.
209 Perry Parkway
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Attorneys for Adams:
William H. May et al.
Beckman Instruments, Inc.
2500 Harbor Blvd.
Fullerton, CA 92634