Bumcrot et al.v.MacLachlan et al. V. Bumcrot et al.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Nov 30, 2012

11694215 (P.T.A.B. Nov. 30, 2012)

Mail Stop Interference Paper 202
P.O. Box 1450 Filed: 30 November 2012
Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
Tel: 571-272-4683
Fax: 571-273-0042

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Junior Party
(U.S. Patent 7,718,629 and U.S. Application 13/165,568)

v.

PROTIVA BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC.
Senior Party
(U.S. Patent Application 11/807,872),

Patent Interference No. 105,792
(Technology Center 1600)

Before: SALLY GARDNER LANE, SALLY C. MEDLEY, and DEBORAH KATZ,
Administrative Patent Judges.

KATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.

JUDGMENT
Further to the Alnylam Request for Adverse Judgment, filed 13 November 2012
(Paper 201), it is
ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 5 (the sole count in the
interference; Paper 194) is awarded against Junior Party Alnylam.
FURTHER ORDERED that claims 1-6, 8, 10, 12-18, 21-22 and 32-33 of
Alnylam U.S. Patent 7,718,629 be CANCELLED and
FURTHER ORDERED claims 32-38 of Alnylam U.S Patent Application
13/165,568 are FINALLY REFUSED. 35 U.S.C. § 135(a).
FURTHER ORDERED that attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) Bd.
R. 205 regarding the filing of settlement agreements.
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this JUDGMENT shall be placed in
the files of (1) Alnylam U.S. Patent 7,718,629, (2) Alynlam U.S. Patent Application
13/165,568, and (3) Protiva U.S. Patent Application 11/807,872.

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Counsel for ALNYLAM:
Jane M. Love, Esq.
William W. Kim, Esq.
Bilyana P. Georgieva, Esq.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, LLP
jane.love@wilmerhale.com
william.kim@wilmerhale.com
bilyana.georgieva@wilmerhale.com

Counsel for PROTIVA:
Michael T. Rosato, Esq.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
mrosato@kilpatricktownsend.com

Oliver R. Ashe, Jr., Esq.
Ashe, P.C.
oashe@ashepc.com