Matsunami et al.v.Zuker et al.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Nov 7, 2012

12085479 (P.T.A.B. Nov. 7, 2012)

Paper 16
BoxInterferences@uspto.gov Entered: November 7, 2012
Tel: 571-272-4683

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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HIROAKI MATSUNAMI, MOMOKA MATSUNAMI,
and YOSHIRO ISHIMARU
(8,003,384)
Junior Party,

v.

CHARLES ZUKER and ANGELA L. HUANG,
(12/085,479)
Senior Party,
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Patent Interference No. 105,905 (JWB)
(Technology Center 1600)
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Before: SALLY GARDNER LANE, DEBORAH KATZ, and
JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, Administrative Patent Judges
BONILLA, Administrative Patent Judge.
Judgment – Request for Adverse – Bd. R. 127(b)
The Regents of the University of California, the assignee of Senior Party
Zuker’s involved application, has filed a paper abandoning this contest and
requesting adverse judgment under 37 C.F.R. §41.127(b)(2). (Paper 15.) The
request is GRANTED.

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Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 1, the sole count of
the interference, is entered against Senior Party Zuker;
FURTHER ORDERED that claims 1, 4-6, 8-13, 15, 16, 21-23, and
26 of Zuker application 12/085,479, corresponding to Count 1 (Paper 1 at 3), are
FINALLY REFUSED, 35 U.S.C.§135(a);
FURTHER ORDERED that the parties note the requirements of 35
U.S.C. §135(c) and Bd.R. 205; and
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this judgment shall be entered
into the administrative record of the involved Zuker application and the involved
Matsunami patent.

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Counsel for Junior Party Matsunami:

Robert A. Goetz
J. Mitchell Jones
CASIMIR JONES, S.C.
2275 Deming Way, Suite 310
Middleton, WI 53562
Tel: (608) 662-1277
Fax: (608) 662-1276
E-mail: ragoetz@casimirjones.com
E-mail: jmjones@casimirjones.com

Counsel for Senior Party Zuker:

Paul Littlepage
QUINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, P.C.
2033 Clement Avenue, Suite 200
Alameda, California 94501
Telephone: (510) 769-3507
Facsimile: (510) 337-7877
E-mail: plittlepage@quinelaw.com

Gary Baker
QUINE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP, P.C.
2033 Clement Avenue, Suite 200
Alameda, California 94501
Telephone: (510) 769-3510
Facsimile: (510) 337-7877
E-mail: gbaker@quinelaw.com