Dickinsonv.Heidel et al.

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Sep 22, 1998

07864959 (B.P.A.I. Sep. 22, 1998)

Application 07/918,964, filed July 24, 1992. Assignee 1
to International Game Technology, A Corp. Of Nevada.
Patent No. 5,342,047, granted August 30, 1994, based 2
on Application 07/864,959, filed April 8, 1992. Assignee to
Touch Screen Video Gaming Machine.
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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(2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 10
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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PETER D. DICKINSON,
Junior Party,1
v.
RAYMOND HEIDEL
and
RICHARD E. SNIDER,
Senior Party.2
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Patent Interference No. 104,188
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JUDGMENT
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Before METZ, PATE and MARTIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
Interference No. 104,188
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PATE, Administrative Patent Judge.
Now comes senior party Heidel et al. with a concession of
priority with respect to the subject matter of the count in
interference. Under 37 CFR § 1.662(a) such a concession is to
be treated as a request for entry of adverse judgment.
Accordingly, the following judgment is entered.
Judgment
Judgment in Interference No. 104,188 is hereby entered
against the senior party, Raymond Heidel and Richard E.
Snyder. Raymond Heidel and Richard E. Snyder are not entitled
to a patent containing claims 1 through 5 and 8, which claims
correspond to the count in interference. Judgment is entered
in favor of Peter D. Dickinson, the junior party. Peter D.
Dickinson is entitled to a patent containing claim 53, which
claim corresponds to the count in interference.
ANDREW H. METZ )
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Administrative Patent Judge )
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WILLIAM F. PATE, III ) BOARD OF
PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
) INTERFERENCES
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JOHN C. MARTIN )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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