Ryallv.ConstantinoDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardJan 8, 201310054638 (P.T.A.B. Jan. 8, 2013) Copy Citation BoxInterferences@uspto.gov Paper 257 Tel: 571-272-4683 Entered: January 8, 2013 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ________________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD _________________ PAOLO COSTANTINO Junior Party (Application 12/321,420), v. ROBERT P. RYALL Senior Party (U.S. Patent Application 10/054,638). _________________ Patent Interference No. 105,830 (JWB) (Technology Center 1600) _________________ Before FRED E. McKELVEY, SALLY GARDNER LANE, SALLY C. MEDLEY, MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, and JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, Administrative Patent Judges. BONILLA, Administrative Patent Judge. JUDGMENT Upon consideration of a request for entry of an adverse judgment filed by 1 Costantino (Paper No. 245) and our decision granting Costantino Motion 8 2 (Paper No. 256), it is: 3 2 ORDERDED that judgment on priority as to Count 1 (the sole count in the 1 interference; Paper No. 1, page 3) is awarded against Junior Party Costantino; 2 FURTHER ORDERED that claim 18 of Ryall and claim 67 of Costantino 3 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103; 4 FURTHER ORDERED that Ryall is not entitled to a patent containing 5 Ryall claim 18 (corresponding to Count 1) of: 6 U.S. Application No. 10/054,638 7 filed January 22, 2002; 8 FURTHER ORDERED that Costantino is not entitled to a patent 9 containing Costantino claim 67 (corresponding to Count 1) of: 10 U.S. Application No. 12/321,420 11 filed January 20, 2009; 12 FURTHER ORDERED that claim 18 of the involved Ryall application and 13 claim 67 of the involved Costantino application are finally refused. 35 U.S.C. 14 § 135(a); 15 FURTHER ORDERED that if there is any additional settlement 16 agreement, attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c); and 17 FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this JUDGMENT shall be placed in 18 each of the files of (1) Ryall Application No. 10/054,638, and (2) Costantino 19 Application No. 12/321,420. 20 3 cc (via electronic mail): 1 2 Attorney for Costantino: 3 4 Paul M. Devinsky, Esq. 5 Robert H. Underwood, Esq. 6 McDermott Will & Emery, LLP 7 Email: pdevinsky@mwe.com 8 Email: runderwood@mwe.com 9 10 Attorney for Ryall: 11 12 Paul H. Berghoff, Esq. 13 Kevin E. Noonan, Esq. 14 Michelle L. McMullen-Tack, Esq. 15 McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff, LLP 16 Email: berghoff@mbhb.com 17 Email: noonan@mbhb.com 18 Email: mcmullen-tack@mbhb.com 19 Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation