Adverse Decisions in Interference
In the designated interferences involving the following patents, final
decisions have been rendered that the respective patentees are not
entitled to patents containing the claims listed.
Patent No. 4,709,078, Ulrich Schirmer, Stefan Karbach, Ernst-Heinrich
Pommer, Eberhard Ammermann, Wolfgang Steglich, Barbara A. M. Schwalge,
Timm Anke, ACRYLATES, AND FUNGICIDES WHICH CONTAIN THESE COMPOUNDS,
Interference No. 102,848, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered April 16, 1998, as to claims 1-8.
Patent No. 4,723,034, Ulrich Schirmer, Stefan Karbach, Ernst-Heinrich
Pommer, Eberhard Ammermann, Wolfgang Steglich, Barbara A. M. Schwalge,
Timm Anke, STILBENE DERIVATIVES, AND FUNGICIDES WHICH CONTAIN THESE
COMPOUNDS, Interference No. 102,733, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered April 16, 1998 as to claims 1-6.
Patent No. 4,782,177, Ulrich Schirmer, Stefan Karbach, Ernst-Heinrich
Pommer, Eberhard Ammermann, Wolfgang Steglich, Barbara A. M. Schwalge,
Timm Anke, ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND FUNGICIDES WHICH CONTAIN THESE
COMPOUNDS, Interference No. 102,847, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered April 16, 1998 as to claims 1-9.
Patent No. 4,946,683, Eric A. Forssen, MULTIPLE STEP ENTRAPMENT/LOADING
PROCEDURE FOR PREPARING LIPOPHILIC DRUG-CONTAINING LIPOSOMES,
Interference No. 103,469, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered May 19, 1998 as to claims 1-4 and 7-24.
Patent No. 4,965,189, David Owerbach, PROBES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF
THE PROCLIVITY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, Interference No.
103,840, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered March, 26, 1998
as to claims 1, 4 and 7.
Patent No. 5,010,175, William J. Rutter, Daniel V. Santi, GENERAL METHOD
FOR PRODUCING AND SELECTING PEPTIDES WITH SPECIFIC PROPERTIES,
Interference No. 103,681, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered April 21, 1998 as to claims 1-42.
Patent No. 5,031,030, Robert N. Hurst, VIDEO SIGNAL ENCODED WITH
ADDITIONAL DETAIL INFORMATION, Interference No. 104,171, final judgment
adverse to the patentee rendered May 14, 1998 as to claims 1-18.
Patent No. 5,043,033, Edward R. Fyfe, PROCESS OF IMPROVING THE STRENGTH
OF EXISTING CONCRETE SUPPORT COLUMNS, Interference No. 103,367, final
judgment adverse to the patentee rendered February 26, 1998, as to
claims 1-7 and 11-15.
Patent No. 5,104,404, Rodney G. Wolff, ARTICULATED STENT, Interference
No. 103,432, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered April 20,
1998, as to claims 1-8, 10, 11, 13-17, and 19.
Patent No. 5,155,613, Hiroyuki Sakayori, DRIVING CIRCUIT OF LIQUID
CRYSTAL DISPLAY WHICH HAS DELAY MEANS, Interference No. 103,923, final
judgment adverse to the patentee rendered March 4, 1998, as to claims 1
and 2.
Patent No. 5,225,533, William J. Rutter, Daniel V. Santi, GENERAL METHOD
FOR PRODUCING AND SELECTING PEPTIDES WITH SPECIFIC PROPERTIES,
Interference No. 103,681, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered April 21, 1998, as to claims 1-37.
Patent No. 5,260,204, Konrad Heckl, Walter Spevak, Elinborg Ostermann,
Andreas Zophel, Edeltraud Krystek, Ingrid Maurer-Fogy, Maria J.
Wich-Castanon, Christian Stratowa, Rudolf Hauptmann, HUMAN MANGANESE
SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE (HMN-SOD), Interference No. 103,861, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered May 12, 1998, as to claims 1-7.
Patent No. 5,260,204, Konrad Heckl, Walter Spevak, Elinborg Ostermann,
Andreas Zophel, Edeltraud Krystek, Ingrid Maurer-Fogy, Maria J.
Wich-Castanon, Christian Stratowa, Rudolf Hauptmann, HUMAN MANGANESE
SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE (HMN-SOD), Interference No. 103,862, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered May 12, 1998, as to claim 7.
Patent No.5,266,684, William J. Rutter, Daniel V. Santi, PEPTIDE
MIXTURES, Interference No. 103,680, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered April 21, 1998, as to claims 1-7.
Patent No. 5,298,863, Stefan Nowak, Franz Schmitt, Hubertus Fischer,
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING A RESONANT CIRCUIT FOR
GENERATING GRADIENT FIELDS, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME, Interference
No. 103,869, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered May 27,
1998, as to claims 1-18.
Patent No. 5,340,827, Nigel R. A. Beeley, Thomas A. Millican,
PHENYLCARBOXAMIDE COMPOUNDS WHICH HAVE USEFUL PHARMACEUTICAL ACTIVITY,
Interference No. 104,072, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered April 30, 1998, as to claims 1-16.
Patent No. 5,367,056, Catherine A. Hession, Roy R. Lobb, Susan E. Goelz,
Laurelee Osborn, Christopher D. Benjamin, Margaret D. Rosa, ENDOTHELIAL
CELL-LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULES (ELAMS) AND MOLECULES INVOLVED IN
LEUKOCYTE ADHESION (MILAS), Interference No. 103,904, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered April 29, 1998, as to claims 1-6.
Patent No. 5,400,334, Carl G. Hayssen, III, MESSAGE SECURITY ON TOKEN
RING NETWORKS, Interference No. 103,992, final judgment adverse to the
patentee rendered May 14, 1998, as to claims 1, 2, 5-8 and 10-12.
Patent No. 5,461,268, Yotaro Sanada, SPINDLE MOTOR FOR A MAGNETIC DISK
DRIVE, Interferenee No. 103,767, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered April 30, 1998, as to claims 1, 2 and 3.
Patent No. 5,464,853, Ming F. Chan, Bore G. Raju, Rosario S. Castillo,
Adam Kois, Chengde Wu, Vitukudi N. Balaji, 103,876, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered April 29, 1998, as to claims 1-25.
Patent No. 5,478,824, Dennis L. Burns, Charles A. Bernheiser, ADHERENT
CORRECTIVE LENS, Interference No. 103,919, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered May 8, 1998, as to claims 1-9.
Patent No. 5,589,502, Kenji Tsujihara, Tomiki Hashiyama, Motoaki Ohashi,
Noriyukii Nakanishi, BACCATIN DERIVATIVES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING
THE SAME, Interference No. 104,028, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered March 30, 1998, as to claims 1-7 and 10-12.
LAVERNE SMITH, Deputy Clerk
Board of Patent Appeals &
Interferences
(703) 308-9797