THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1) was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board. Paper No. 31 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE __________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES __________ JOAN MASSAGUE Junior Party1 v. HERBERT Y. LIN, XIAO-FAN WANG, ROBERT A. WEINBERG and HARVEY LODISH 2 Senior Party ___________ Patent Interference No. 103,770 ___________ Before URYNOWICZ, SOFOCLEOUS and DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judges. DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judge. JUDGMENT On April, 2, 1998, Massague, the junior party, filed an abandonment of the contest, 1Application 08/181,862, filed January 13, 1994. Accorded benefit of Application 07/793,997, filed November 15, 1991. 2Application 08/311,703 filed September 23, 1994. Accorded benefit of Application 07/786,063, filed October 31, 1991. 1Page: 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007