Bass et al.v.Goldberg et al.

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

May 8, 2007

10035787 (B.P.A.I. May. 8, 2007)

The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written 1
for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board 2
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Filed by: Trial Section Merits Panel Paper No. 74 4
Mail Stop INTERFERENCE 5
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences Entered: 8 May 2007 6
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 12
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BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS 16
AND INTERFERENCES 17
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JAY K. BASS, JOHN F. McENTEE, 21
TIM J. LAZARUK, MARYAM MOBED-MIREMADI, 22
and BRENT T. TOLOSKO 23
Junior Party 24
(Patent 6,790.620)1 25
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MARTIN GOLDBERG, MARTIN DIGGELMAN, EARL HUBBELL 29
GLENN McGALL, NAM QUOC NGO, MACDONALD MORRIS, 30
MEL YAMAMOTO, JENNIFER TAN and RICHARD P. RAVA 31
Senior Party 32
(Application 11/224,052)2 33
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Patent Interference No. 105,424 37
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Before LEE, MEDLEY and MOORE, Administrative Patent Judges. 41
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LEE, Administrative Patent Judge. 43

1 Based on Application 10/035,787, filed December 24, 2001. The real party in interest is Agilent
Technologies, Inc.
2 Filed September 13, 2005. Accorded the benefit of Application 10/722,032, filed November 25, 2003,
Application 09/716,507, filed November 20, 2000, Application 09/244,568, filed February 4, 1999, and
Application 08/634,053, filed April 17, 1996. The real party in interest is Affymetric, Inc.
Interference No. 105,424
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Judgment - Merits -- Bd. R. 127 1
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In a decision on motions dated May 7, 2007, the Board has 3
determined that all of party Goldberg’s claims corresponding to the count, 4
i.e., application claims 1-3, are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 112, first 5
paragraph, for lack of written description. Consequently, Goldberg is 6
without standing to proceed further in this interference. It is now time 7
appropriate to enter judgment against party Goldberg. It is 8
ORDERED that judgment as to the subject matter of the count is 9
herein entered against the senior party MARTIN GOLDBERG, MARTIN 10
DIGGELMAN, EARL HUBBELL, GLENN McGALL, NAM QUOC NGO, 11
MACDONALD MORRIS, MEL YAMAMOTO, JENNIFER TAN and 12
RICHARD P. RAVA; 13
FURTHER ORDERED that senior party MARTIN GOLDBERG, 14
MARTIN DIGGELMAN, EARL HUBBELL, GLENN McGALL, NAM QUOC 15
NGO, MACDONALD MORRIS, MEL YAMAMOTO, JENNIFER TAN and 16
RICHARD P. RAVA is not entitled to a patent containing its application 17
claims 1-3; 18
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FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement, the 1
parties should note the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and Bd. Rule 2
205; and 3
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this judgment be placed in the 4
respective involved application or patent of the parties. 5
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/Sally C. Medley/ ) BOARD OF PATENT 12
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/James T. Moore/ ) 17
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Interference No. 105,424
Bass v. Goldberg

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Sent by Electronic Transmission and Federal Express: 1
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Attorney for Bass: 3
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Steven.Kelber@jagtiani.com 5
Steven B. Kelber, Esq. 6
Jagtiani & Guttag 7
10363-A Democracy Lane 8
Fairfax, Virginia 22030 9
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Attorney for Goldberg: 12
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oashe@ashepc.com 14
Oliver R. Ashe, Jr., Esq. 15
11440 Isaac Newton Sq. North 16
Suite 210 17
Reston, VA 20190 18
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phil_mcgarrigle@affymetrix.com 20
Philip L. McGarrigle 21
Affymetrix, Inc. 22
3420 Central Expressway 23
Santa Clara, California 95051 24
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