Omurav.Shafer et al.

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Jun 14, 2011

12561019 (B.P.A.I. Jun. 14, 2011)

BoxInterferences@USPTO.gov Paper 41
Tel: 571-272-9797 Filed: 14 June 2011

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES

DAVID SHAFER, WILHELM ULRICH,
AURELIAN DODOC,RUDOLF VON BUENAU,
HANS-JUERGEN MANN, ALEXANDER EPPLE,
SUSANNE BEDER, and WOLFGANG SINGER
Junior Party
(Application 12/561,019),

v.

YASUHIRO OMURA
Senior Party
(Patent 7,309,870).

Patent Interference No. 105,753 (SCM)

Before JAMESON LEE, SALLY GARNER LANE, and SALLY C. MEDLEY,
Administrative Patent Judges.

MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
Judgment – Order to Show Cause – Bd.R. 127(a)(2)

Omura did not sufficiently demonstrate that its sole involved claim, claim 20 1
is patentably distinct from the count in Interference 105,678. (Paper 39). 2
Accordingly, it is 3
ORDERED that judgment is entered against Omura for count 1 4
(Paper 1 at 4); 5
FURTHER ORDERED that claim 20 of Omura’s involved patent is 6
CANCELLED, 35 U.S.C. § 135(a); and 7
FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall note the requirements 8
of 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and Bd.R. 205; and 9
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this judgment be entered in 10
the administrative records of the involved Omura patent and Shafer application. 11
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Revised 3 January 200 16
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cc (via e-mail): 1
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Attorney for Shafer: 3
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Marc W. Wefers, Ph.D., Esq. 5
Chris C. Bowley, Ph.D., Esq. 6
FISH & RICHARDSON 7
wefers@fr.com 8
bowley@fr.com 9
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Oliver R. Ashe, Jr., Esq. 11
ASHE, PC 12
oashe@ashepc.com 13
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Attorney for Omura: 15
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Barry E. Bretschneider, Esq. 17
Jonathan Bockman, Esq. 18
MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP 19
bbretschneider@mofo.com 20
jbockman@mofo.com 21