Ex Parte Shorey

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Apr 25, 2006

10314752 (B.P.A.I. Apr. 25, 2006)

Paper 31
Conopco, Inc. is the real party-in-interest.
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
Patent Interference No. 105,408 (RT)
BESTFOODS1
(6,328,550)
Junior Party,
v.
BARBER FOODS
(10/314,752),
Senior Party.
Entered: 25 April 2006
JUDGMENT - Bd.R. 127(b) - Requested
Before LEE, TORCZON, and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges.
TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judge.
1 Bestfoods has abandoned the contest (Paper 30). Consequently, the case is
2 ripe for judgment under Bd.R. 127(b). In view of Bestfoods' abandonment of the
3 contest, it is:
4 ORDERED that judgment be entered AGAINST junior party Bestfoods with
5 respect to count 1, the sole count;
6 FURTHER ORDERED that claims 1-8, all of the involved claims, of Bestfoods'
7 involved patent be CANCELED;
Interference No. 105,408
Bestfoods v. Barber Foods Page 2
Paper 31
1 FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this decision be placed in the
2 administrative records of the involved patent and the involved application.
JAMESON LEE
Administrative Patent Judge
RICHARD TORCZON
Administrative Patent Judge
JAMES T. MOORE
Administrative Patent Judge
BOARD OF PATENT
APPEALS AND
INTERFERENCES
cc (via electronic mail):
For Bestfoods: Ellen Plotkin and Milton Honig, UNILEVER PATENT GROUP, of
Edgewater, New Jersey.
For Barber Foods: Michael T. Siekman and Lawrence M. Green, WOLF, GREENFIELD &
SACKS, of Boston, Massachusetts.