12373788 (B.P.A.I. Jan. 23, 2012)

Marks et al.v.Morishita

Board of Patent Appeals and InterferencesJan 23, 2012

12373788 (B.P.A.I. Jan. 23, 2012)

BoxInterferences@uspto.gov Interference 105844, Paper 42 Telephone: 571-272-4683 Interference 105853, Paper 11 Entered: 23 January 2012 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES ____________________ Patent Interference 105,844 McK Patent Interference 105,853 McK Technology Center 1700 ____________________ TOBIN J. MARKS, ANTONIO FACCHETTI And HAKAN USTA Patent 7,928,249 B2, Junior Party, v. HIRONOBU MORISHITA, Application 12/373,788 Application 13/185,283, Senior Party. ____________________ Before: FRED E. McKELVEY, RICHARD E. SCHAFER and SALLY C. MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judges. McKELVEY, Administrative Patent Judge. 2 JUDGMENT Marks has filed a REQUEST FOR ADVERSE JUDGMENT. 1 Interference 105844, Paper 41 (filed 4 January 2012): 2 Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. Â§ 41.127(b), as a consequence of 3 settlement between Party Marks [real party in interest 4 Northwestern University] and Party Morishita [real party in 5 interest Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.], Party Marks hereby requests 6 an adverse judgment against itself in Patent Interference 7 105,844 McK and Patent Interference 105,853 McK. 8 Upon consideration of the REQUST, it is 9 ORDERDED that judgment on priority as to Count 1 of 10 consolidated Interferences 105,844 and 105,853 (Interference 105844, 11 Paper 22, page 4) is awarded against Junior Party Tobin J. Marks, Antonio 12 Facchetti, Hakan Usta, and Northwestern University. 13 FURTHER ORDERED that Junior Party Tobin J. Marks, 14 Antonio Facchetti, Hakan Usta, and Northwestern University is not entitled 15 to a patent containing claims 1-71 (corresponding to Count 1 in consolidated 16 Interferences 105,844 and 105,853) of: 17 U.S. Patent 7,928,249 B2 18 granted 19 April 2011 19 based on application 12/211,123 20 filed 31 July 2008. 21 ORDERDED that judgment on priority as to Count 2 of 22 consolidated Interferences 105,844 and 105,853 (Paper 22, page 6) is 23 awarded against Junior Party Tobin J. Marks, Antonio Facchetti, Hakan 24 Usta, and Northwestern University. 25 FURTHER ORDERED that Junior Party Tobin J. Marks, 26 Antonio Facchetti, Hakan Usta, and Northwestern University is not entitled 27 3 to a patent containing claims 1-71 (corresponding to Count 2 in consolidated 1 Interferences 105,844 and 105,853) of: 2 U.S. Patent 7,928,249 B2 3 granted 19 April 2011 4 based on application 12/211,123 5 filed 31 July 2008. 6 FURTHER ORDERED that claims 1-71 of U.S. Patent 7 7,928,249 B2 are cancelled. 35 U.S.C. Â§ 135(a). 8 FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement, 9 attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. Â§ 135(c). 10 FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this JUDGMENT shall 11 be placed in the files of (1) U.S. Patent 7,928,249 B2, (2) U.S. application 12 12/373,788, (3) U.S. application 13/185,283, (4) Interference 105,844 and 13 (5) Interference 105,853. 14 FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk is directed to distribute 15 the files upon entry of this JUDGMENT. 16 17 18 4 (cc via email): 1 2 Counsel for Senior Party Morishita 3 (real party in interest 4 Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.): 5 6 Richard D. Kelly 7 Jacob Doughty 8 OBLON, SPIVAK, McCLELLAND, 9 MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. 10 1940 Duke Street 11 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 12 Tel: (703) 413-3000 13 Tel: (703) 412-6241 (direct dial) 14 Fax: (703) 413-2220 15 Email: interferencedocket@oblon.com 16 Email: rkelly@oblon.com 17 Email: jdoughty@oblon.com 18 19 20 Counsel for Junior Party Marks 21 (real party in interest 22 Northwestern University; 23 Solvay North American Investments LLC 24 has security interest): 25 26 John J. Cotter 27 Michael H. Brodowski 28 K&L Gates LLP 29 State Street Financial Center 30 One Lincoln Street 31 Boston, MA 02111-2950 32 33 Tel: 617-261-3178 (Cotter) 34 Tel: 617-261-3113 (Brodowski) 35 Fax: 617-261-3175 36 Email: BostonPatents@klgates.com 37 Email: john.cotter@klgates.com 38 Email: michael.brodowski@klgates.com 39 40 Karen Chan 41 Polyera Corporation 42 8045 Lamon Ave., Suite 140 43 Skokie, IL 60077 44 Tel: 781-281-8171 45 Fax: 244-534-3956 46 Email: kchan@polyera.com 47

Marks et al. V. Morishita