Ex Parte GarnerDownload PDFBoard of Patent Appeals and InterferencesSep 13, 200609999239 (B.P.A.I. Sep. 13, 2006) Copy Citation -1- Merits Panel Paper 25 1 Mail Stop Interference 2 P.O. Box 1450 Filed September 13, 2006 3 Alexandria VA 22313-1450 4 Tel: 571-272-9797 5 Fax: 571-273-0042 6 7 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 8 9 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 10 AND INTERFERENCES 11 (Administrative Patent Judge Jameson Lee) 12 13 14 HAROLD R. GARNER 15 Junior Party 16 (Application 09/999,239), 17 18 v. 19 20 CALVIN F. QUATE 21 and 22 DAVID STERN 23 Senior Party 24 (Patent 6,271,957). 25 26 Patent Interference No. 105,445 (JL) 27 (Technology Center 1600) 28 29 30 31 Before SCHAFER, LEE, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. 32 33 MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge. 34 35 JUDGMENT - Bd. R. 127(a) 36 37 Garner has failed to explain why judgment should not be entered against it based 38 upon its failure to establish that it could prevail on the issue of priority. 37 CFR § 39 41.202(d) (2005). 40 Upon consideration of the decision on the Order to Show Cause, it is 41 ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 1 (the sole count in the 42 interference; Paper 1, page 4) is awarded against Junior Party Harold R. Garner 43 -2- FURTHER ORDERED that Junior Party Harold R. Garner is not entitled to a 1 patent containing claims 28-55 and 57-63 (corresponding to Count 1) of application 2 09/999,239. 3 FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement, attention is 4 directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c). 5 FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this JUDGMENT and accompanying 6 DECISION shall be placed in the files of (1) application 09/999,239 and (2) U.S. Patent 7 6,271,957. 8 9 /Richard E. Schafer/ ) 10 ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE ) 11 ) 12 ) BOARD OF PATENT 13 /Jameson Lee/ ) APPEALS AND 14 ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE ) INTERFERENCES 15 ) 16 ) 17 /James T. Moore/ ) 18 ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE ) 19 -3- 1 2 VIA EMAIL: 3 4 Attorney for Garner: 5 6 Bennett J. Berson 7 Nicholas J. Seay 8 QUARLES & BRADY LLP 9 1 South Pinckney Street 10 Suite 600 11 Madison, WI 53703 12 13 Tel: 608-251-5000 14 Fax: 608-251-9166 15 16 bjb@quarles.com 17 njs@quarles.com 18 19 20 Attorney for Quate: 21 22 Oliver Ashe 23 Jill M. Browning 24 Thomas Malone 25 Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C. 26 1950 Roland Clarke Place 27 Reston, VA 20191 28 29 Tel: 703-716-1191 30 31 oashe@gbpatent.com 32 jbrowning@gbpatent.com 33 Thomas_Malone@Affymetrix.com 34 35 Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation
