Ex Parte Kraatz

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

May 5, 2006

08764952 (B.P.A.I. May. 5, 2006)

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Paper 39
Merits Panel
Mail Stop Interference
P.O. Box 1450 Filed May 5, 2006
Alexandria Va 22313-1450
Tel: 571-272-9797
Fax: 571-273-0042
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2 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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5 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
6 AND INTERFERENCES
7 (Administrative Patent Judge James T. Moore)
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10 ANTHONY CORNELIUS O'SULLIVAN,
11 LAURENZ GSELL, RUDOLF NAEF,
12 MARCEL SENN, THOMAS PITTERNA, and
13 DAVID JOHN WADSWORTH,
14 Junior Party
15 (Application 09/091,333),
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19 UDO KRAATZ
20 Senior Party
21 (Patent 5,679,796).
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24 Patent Interference No. 105,277
25 (Technology Center 1600)
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29 Judgment - Request for Adverse - Bd. R. 127(b)
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31 Before LANE, TIERNEY, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
32 MOORE, Administrative Patent Judge.
33 The application and patent involved in this interference have become commonly
34 owned. (Paper 34, page 2 and Paper 37). Accordingly, the Board required the
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1 common owner, Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. to investigate and determine the prior
2 inventors as between O’Sullivan and Kraatz. (Paper 34).
3 Syngenta has determined that O’Sullivan was the first to invent the subject
4 matter of the count and requests adverse judgment as regards to Kraatz. (Paper 38).
5 Upon consideration of the Request for Adverse Judgment, it is hereby:
6 ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 1 the sole count in this
7 interference (Paper 1, page 4) is awarded against Senior Party Udo Kraatz.
8 FURTHER ORDERED that Senior Party Udo Kraatz is not entitled to a patent
9 containing Kraatz claim 1 (corresponding to Count 1).
10 FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this paper shall be made of record in files
11 of application 09/091,333 and patent 5,679,796.
12 FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall direct attention to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c)
13 and 37 CFR § 41.205(a) regarding the filing of settlement agreements.
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15 /Sally Gardner Lane/ )
16 ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE )
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19 /Michael P. Tierney/ ) BOARD OF PATENT
20 ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE ) APPEALS AND
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23 /James T. Moore/ )
24 ADMINISTRATIVE PATENT JUDGE )
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3 Attorney for O’Sullivan:
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5 William A. Teoli, Jr., Esq.
6 Thomas Hamilton, Esq.
7 SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION , INC.
8 PATENT AND TRADEMARK DEPARTMENT
9 410 SWING ROAD
10 GREENSBORO NC 27409
11 Tel: 336-632-7706
12 Tel: 336-632-7586
13 Fax: 336-632-2012
tom.hamilton@syngenta.com14
william.teoli@syngenta.com15
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18 Attorney for Kraatz:
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20 Jorge A. Goldstein, Esq.
21 STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX
22 1100 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW
23 Washington, DC 20005-3934
jgold@skgf.com24
sludwig@skgf.com25
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