HAYSSEN, IIIv.SONI

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

May 14, 1998

08105207 (B.P.A.I. May. 14, 1998)

Interference No. 103,992
1 Application 08/105,207 filed August 10, 1993, now Patent
No. 5,400,334 issued March 21, 1995. Assignor to Newbridge
Networks Corporation.
2 Application 08/307,472 filed September 16, 1994.
Accorded the benefit of U.S. Serial No. 07/952,612 filed January
22, 1993, now abandoned; PCT Serial No. GB92/00543 filed March
30, 1992; and Great Britain Application 9106675.3 filed March 28,
1991.
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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was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not
binding precedent of the Board.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. 22
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES

CARL G. HAYSSEN, III
Junior Party,1
v.
DIPAK M. SONI
Senior Party,2

Patent Interference No. 103, 992

Before Urynowicz, Martin and Crawford, Administrative Patent
Judges.
Crawford, Administrative Patent Judge.
Interference No. 103,992
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JUDGMENT
In consideration of junior party Hayssen's REQUEST FOR
ENTRY OF AN ADVERSE JUDGMENT, judgment as to the subject matter
of the count, is entered against party Hayssen, who is therefore
not entitled to a patent containing claims 1, 2, 5-8 and 10-12.
As a result, judgment as to the subject matter of the count is
awarded to party Soni, who is entitled to a patent containing
claims which correspond to the count, i.e., claims 1, 2, 10-13,
18, 22-27, 29, 30 and 61-72
STANLEY M. URYNOWICZ )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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JOHN C. MARTIN ) BOARD OF PATENT
Administrative Patent Judge ) APPEALS AND
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MURIEL E. CRAWFORD )
Administrative Patent Judge )clm
Interference No. 103,992
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Attorney (s) for Hayssen
Marvin Petry
LARSON & TAYLOR
Transpotomac Plaza
1199 North Fairfax St, Suite 900
Alexandria, VA 22314
Attorney (s) for Soni
Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich
& Rosati
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050