Delachappelle et al.

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

May 15, 2000

08579445 (B.P.A.I. May. 15, 2000)

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journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 46
Filed by: Bruce H. Stoner, Jr.
Chief Administrative Patent Judge
Box Interference
Washington, D.C. 20231
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Fax: 703-308-7952
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
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ALBERT De La CHAPELLE, BERT VOGELSTEIN
and KENNETH W. KINZLER
Junior Party,
v.
STEVEN N. THIBODEAU and GARY D. BREN
Junior Party,
v.
MANUEL PERUCHO, MIGUEL A. PEINADO,
YURIJ IONOV, SERGEI MALKHOSYAN,
MICHAEL McCLELLAND and JOHN WELSH
Senior Party.
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Patent Interference No. 103,859
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Before STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge, and CALVERT
and WILLIAM F. SMITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
STONER, Chief Administrative Patent Judge.
JUDGMENT UNDER 37 CFR § 1.662
On April 27, 2000, Party Perucho et al. filed a document
under 37 CFR § 1.662 requesting judgment in their favor as to the
Interference No. 103,859
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subject matter of the interference count in Interference 103,510
(Paper No. 45). The document includes letters by each of Party
De La Chapelle et al. and Party Thibodeau et al. requesting
adverse judgment against themselves.
Accordingly, judgment as to the sole count in issue is
entered in favor of Party Perucho et al.
Party Manuel Perucho, Miguel A. Peinado, Yurij Ionov, Sergei
Malkhosyan, Michael McClelland and John Welsh (Perucho et al.)
are entitled to a patent on the subject matter covered by claims
32-54 of Application No. 08/579,445, which correspond to the
interference count.
Party Albert De La Chapelle, Bert Vogelstein and Kenneth W.
Kinzler (De La Chapelle et al.) are not entitled to a patent on
the subject matter covered by claims 14-18, 23, 25 and 28-51 of
Application No. 08/452,536, which correspond to the interference
count.
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Party Steven N. Thibodeau and Gary D. Bren (Thibodeau
et al.) are not entitled to a patent on the subject matter
covered by claims 1-14 of Application No. 08/455,637, now
U.S. Patent No. 5,578,450, granted November 26, 1996, which
correspond to the interference count.
BRUCE H. STONER, JR., Chief )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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) BOARD OF PATENT
IAN A. CALVERT ) APPEALS AND
Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES
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WILLIAM F. SMITH )
Administrative Patent Judge )
Interference No. 103,859
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Attorney for De La Chapelle et al.:
Joseph M. Skerpon
Sally A. Kagan
Banner & Witcoff Ltd.
11th Floor
1001 G Street , NW
Washington, D.C. 20001-4597
Attorney for Thibodeau et al.:
Glen E. Books, Esq.
Matthews, Collins, Shepherd & Gould, P.A.
Suite 306
100 Thanet Circle
Princeton, NJ 08540-3662
Attorney for Perucho et al.:
Charles E. Lipsey, Esq.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.
1300 I Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20005-3315