Stauss et al.v.Stauss et al. V. Sugiyama et al.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

May 11, 2015

12181938 (P.T.A.B. May. 11, 2015)

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Entered: May 11, 2015
BoxInterference@uspto.gov
Tel: 571-272-4683

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
_______________

BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
_______________

HANS JOSEF STAUSS
and
LIQUAN GAO
Junior Party,
(Patents 7,326,767 and 8,529,904)

v.

HARUO SUGIYAMA
and
YOSHIHIRO OKA
Senior Party,
(Application 12/181,938)

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Patent Interference No. 105,987
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JUDGMENT – Bd. R. 127(b)

Before RICHARD E. SCHAFER, SALLY G. LANE, and DEBORAH KATZ,
Administrative Patent Judges.

KATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.

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Following the Decision on Motions (Paper 206), this interference proceeded
to a priority phase (Paper 207). Before the stipulated time for filing priority
motions, the parties indicate they have settled (Paper 210) and Stauss filed a
request for adverse judgment (Paper 211).
It is ORDERED that claims 1-4 of Stauss patent 7,326,767 and claims 1-8 of
Stauss patent 8,529,904 are CANCELED. 35 U.S.C. § 135(a).1
Furthermore, in light of our decision to grant-in-part Stauss Motion 1, for
unpatentability under 35 U.S.C. § 135(b), claim 73 of Sugiyama application
12/181,938 is FINALLY REFUSED. (See Decision on Motions, Paper 206, at
19:17-20:18.)
It is further ORDERED that a party seeking judicial review timely serve
notice on the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
37 C.F.R. §§ 90.1 and 104.2. See also Bd. R. 8(b). Attention is directed to Biogen
Idec MA, Inc., v. Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, No. 2014-1525, slip
op. at 5-18 (Fed. Cir. May 7, 2015) (determining that pre-AIA § 146 review was
eliminated for interference proceedings declared after September 15, 2012.)
It is further ORDERED that a copy of this judgment be entered into the
administrative records of Stauss patents 7,326,767 and 8,529,904 and Sugiyama
application 12/181,938.

1 Patent interferences continue under the relevant statutes in effect on 15 March
2013, Pub. L. 112-29, § 3(n), 125 Stat. 284, 293 (2011).

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Counsel for Stauss:

Talivaldis Cepuritis
Dolores T. Kenney
Robert J. Ross
Olson & Cepuritis, Ltd.
tcepuritis@olsonip.com
dkenney@olsonip.com
rross@olsonip.com

Counsel for Sugiyama:

Richard D. Kelly
Vincent K. Shier
Yuki Onoe
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
int105987@oblon.com