MASSAGUE V. LIN et al. - Page 1








                                       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                   publication in a law journal and (2) is not binding precedent of the Board.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.                                                                                                  
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