Nealv.Forssmann et al.

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Aug 31, 2011

09658180 (B.P.A.I. Aug. 31, 2011)

Mail Stop Interference Paper 16
P.O. Box 1450 Entered August 31, 2011
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
Tel: 571-272-4683
Fax: 571-273-0042

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES

Wolf-Georg Forssmann,
Junior Party
(Application 10/443,870 ;
Inventors : Wolf-Georg Forssmann, Christian Georg Stief,
Michael Carsten Truss, Stefan Uckert, and Udo Jonas),

v.

Gary W. Neal,
Senior Party
(Patent 6,642,274).

Patent Interference No. 105,777 (RES)
(Technology Center 1600)

Before RICHARD E. SCHAFER, RICHARD TORCZON, and SALLY
GARDNER LANE, Administrative Patent Judges.

SCHAFER, Administrative Patent Judge.
Judgment - Request for Adverse - 37 CFR § 41.127(b)
The common owner of the involved patent and application has requested that 1
judgment be entered against the patent. Paper 15. Accordingly, it is 2
2

ORDERED that judgment on priority as to the subject matter of Count 1 1
(Paper 1, p. 3) is awarded against the senior party, Gary W. Neal; 2
FURTHER ORDERED that the Senior Party is not entitled to a patent 3
including the subject matter of Claims 1, 3-5, 7, 9, 15, and 17-19 of its Patent 4
6,642,274; 5
FURTHER ORDERED that Claims: 1, 3-5, 7, 9, 15, and 17-19 of Patent 6
6,642,274, corresponding to Count 1, are cancelled (35 U.S.C. § 135(a)); 7
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this judgment be made of record in 8
the files of Application 10/443,870 and Patent 6,642,274; and 9
FURTHER ORDERED that if there is any settlement agreement or related 10
documents which have not been filed, attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) 11
and 37 CFR § 41.205. 12

/Richard E. Schafer/ )
RICHARD E. SCHAFER )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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/Richard Torczon/ ) BOARD OF PATENT
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/Sally Gardner Lane/ )
SALLY GARDNER LANE )
Administrative Patent Judge )

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Attorney for Forssmann:
Mark S. Cohen, Esq.
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP
1500 Broadway, 12th Floor
New York NY 10036
Telephone: (646) 878-0800
Facsimile: (646) 878-0801
Email: MarkC@pczlaw.com

Attorney for Neal:
Martin M. Zoltick, Esq.,
ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
1425 K Street, N.W., Suite 800
Washington DC 20005
Telephone: (202) 783-6040
Facsimile: (202) 783-6031
E-Mail: mzoltick@rfem.com