REDDY et al. V. JOHNSON et al. - Page 1




                                                                                                               Paper 56                  
                Filed by:                                                                                                                
                Trial Section Merits Panel                                                                                               
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                P.O. Box 1450                                                                         Filed August 9, 2006               
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                                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                             
                                                          _______________                                                                
                                         BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                              
                                                      AND INTERFERENCES                                                                  
                                                          _______________                                                                
                                            POLICE S. REDDY, SURESH K. TIKOO,                                                            
                                                      and LORNE A. BABIUK                                                                
                                                             Junior Party                                                                
                                                     (U.S. Patent No. 6,492,343),                                                        
                                                                   v.                                                                    
                                      MICHAEL A. JOHNSON, JEFFREY M. HAMMOND,                                                            
                                      RICHARD J. McCOY and MICHAEL G. SHEPPARD                                                           
                                                             Senior Party                                                                
                                                 (U.S. Application No. 09/485,512).                                                      
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                                                   Patent Interference No. 105,358                                                       
                                                  (Technology Center 1600)(MPT)                                                          
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                                                    JUDGMENT - Bd. R. 127(b)                                                             
                Before: LANE, MEDLEY and TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                          
                TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                    
        1               As discussed in the Order to Show Cause (Paper No. 50), VectoGen Pty Ltd                                         
        2       (“VectoGen”) is now the owner of the involved Reddy patent and the involved Johnson                                      
        3       application.  The Order to Show Cause was issued as the United States Patent & Trademark                                 
        4       Office does not normally maintain interferences between commonly owned patents or                                        






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