CAUX et al.v.IMAI et al.

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Feb 3, 2004

09043861 (B.P.A.I. Feb. 3, 2004)

MAIL STOP INTERFERENCE Paper 17
ALEXANDRIA VA 2M3-1450
703-308-9797
703-305-0942 (fax) UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
SCHERING CORPORATION
(08/799,028),
Junior Party,
V. ýFAXED
SHIONOGI & CO, LTD. 'M ia- 3 W4
(09/043,861),
Senior Party. PAT. & TM. OFFICE
BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
ANDINTERFERENCES
Interference No. 105,185
Before SCHAFER, TORCZON, and LANE, Administrative Patent Judges.
PER CURIAM.
JUDGMENT
(PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 1.662(a))
Schering advises (Paper 16) that it:
does not wish to proceed with the above-captioned interference.
Accordingly, Schering will not file any additional papers or take any further
action with respect to this interference.
This statement qualifies as an abandonment of the contest within the meaning of
37 C.F.R. § 1.662(a).
ORDER
Upon consideration of Schering's abandonment of the contest, it is:
ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count I is awarded against junior
party Schering Corp.;
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Interference No. 105,185 Paper 17
Schering Corp. v. Shionogi & Co., Ltd. Page 2
FURTHER ORDERED that junior party Schering Corp. is not entitled to a patent
containing claims 36-40 and 50-53 of Schering Corp.'s 08/799,028 application, which
correspond to one or both of counts I and 2;
FURTHER ORDERED that this interference be remanded to the administrative
patent judge designated to handle the interference for further action not inconsistent
with this decision; and
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this decision be entered in the
administrative record of Schering Corp.'s 08/799,028 patent application and of Shionogi
& Co., Ltd.'s 09/043,861 application.
4ICHA1111 E. JSCHAFER
Administrative Patent Judge
BOARD OF
PATENT
APPEALS AND RICHARD TORCZON k" INTERFERENCES
Administrative Pa)ent Judge
INTERFERENCE
TRIAL SECTION
SALLY GARDNER LANE
Administrative Patent Judge
cc (facsimile):
For Schering Corporation: Immac J. Thampoe and Michael G. Biro Of SCHERING
PLOUGH CORPORATION (Fax: 908-298-5388).
For Shionogi & Co., Ltd.: Stephen B. Maebius and George E. Quillen of FOLEY&
LARDNER (Fax: 202-672-5399).
Notice: Any agreement or understanding between parties to this interference, including any collateral
agreements referred to therein, made in connection with or in contemplation of the i termination of the
interference, shall be in writing and a true copy thereof filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
before termination of the interference as between said parties to the agreement or understanding. 35 U.S.C.
135(c); 37 G.F.R. § 1.661.
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