BLACK et al. V. HOWARD et al. - Page 1



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                                      UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                       
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                                           BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                         
                                                           AND INTERFERENCES                                                                          
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                                                 ROY A. BLACK, PAUL A. SLEATH and                                                                     
                                                          SHIRLEY R. KRONHEIM,                                                                        
                                                                  Junior Party,1                                                                      
                                                                         v.                                                                           
                                         ANDREW D. HOWARD, SUSAN M. MOLINEAUX,                                                                        
                                           MICHAEL J. TOCCI, JIMMY J. CALAYCAY and                                                                    
                                                           DOUGLAS K. MILLER,                                                                         
                                                                  Senior Party,2                                                                      
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                                                     Patent Interference No. 104,058                                                                  

                          1Application Serial No. 08/203,716, filed February 28, 1994, now Patent No.                                                 
                 5,416,013, granted May 16, 1995.  Assignee:  Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated,                                                    
                 Cambridge, MA.                                                                                                                       
                          2Application Serial No. 08/351,328, filed February 27, 1995.  Assignee: Merck &                                             
                 Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, NJ.                                                                                                   
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