LAL et alv.v. WONG et al

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Apr 4, 2003

09311021 (B.P.A.I. Apr. 4, 2003)

The opinion in support of the decision being
entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.
Paper 14
By: Trial Section Merits Panel
Box Interference Filed: April 3, 2003
Washington, D.C. 20231
Tel: 703-308-9797
Fax: 703-305-0942
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES
(Administrative Patent Judge Carol A. Spiegel)
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PREET LAL, HENRY YUE, NEIL C. CORLEY,
KARL J. GUEGLER and MARIAH BAUGHN
Junior Party
Patent 6,165,767
v.
GORDON G. WONG, HILARY F. CLARK,
KIM FECHTEL and MICHAEL J. AGOSTINO
Senior Party
Application 09/311,021
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Patent Interference No. 105,080
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Before: SCHAFER, TORCZON and SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judges.
SPIEGEL, Administrative Patent Judge.
JUDGMENT PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 1.662
Upon consideration of Wong's REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF ADVERSE
JUDGMENT UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 1.662 (Paper 13), it is
ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 1 (Paper 1, p. 5), the sole count
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in the interference, is awarded against senior party GORDON G. WONG, HILARY F.
CLARK, KIM FECHTEL and MICHAEL J. AGOSTINO;
FURTHER ORDERED that senior party GORDON G. WONG, HILARY F.
CLARK, KIM FECHTEL and MICHAEL J. AGOSTINO is not entitled to a patent
containing claims 1, 3-5, 14-15, 17-18, 21 and 23 (corresponding to Count 1) of U.S.
application 09/311,021, filed May 13, 1999, as a continuation-in-part of U.S. application
09/248,059, filed February 10, 1999, which claimed priority to U.S. provisional
application 60/075,118, filed February 11, 1998;
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this paper shall be made of record in the
files of U.S. application 09/311,021 and of U.S. Patent 6,165,767; and
FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement which has not
been filed, attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and 37 CFR § 1.661.
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105,080
(send via fax and first-class mail):
Lal (real party-in-interest:
INCYTE GENOMICS, INC.):
Anthony J. Zelano, Esq.
MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C.
Arlington Courthouse Plaza I
2200 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 1400
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: 703-812-5311
703-243-6333
Fax: 703-243-6410
E-mail: zelano@mwzb.com
Diana Hamlet-Cox, Esq.
INCYTE GENOMICS, INC.
Legal Department
3160 Porter Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Tel: 650-845-4639
Fax: 650-849-8886
E-mail: dianahc@incyte.com
Wong (real party-in-interest:
GENETICS INSTITUTE, LLC):
Lawrence S. Perry, Esq.
Robert H. Fischer, Esq.
FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112
Tel: 212-218-2100
Fax: 212-218-2200
E-mail: lperry@fchs.com
rfischer@fchs.com