BROOKS et al. V. IKEDA et al. V. HODGSON et al. - Page 1





                 The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for                           
                 publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.                                                   
                                                                                               Paper No. 144              
                                UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                 
                                                      ____________                                                        
                                     BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                   
                                                 AND INTERFERENCES                                                        
                                                      ____________                                                        
                                    DEE W. BROOKS AND KAREN E. RODRIQUES                                                  
                                                       Junior Party                                                       
                                                             v.                                                           
                                         TAKAFUMI IKEDA, AKIYOSHI KAWAI,                                                  
                                       TAKASHI MANO, YOSHIYUKI OKUMURA                                                    
                                              AND RODNEY W. STEVENS                                                       
                                                       Junior Party,                                                      
                                                             v.                                                           
                                       SIMON T. HODGSON, PETER J. WATES,                                                  
                                           DAVID E. DAVIES, STEVEN SMITH                                                  
                                                AND DEREK A. DEMAINE                                                      
                                                       Senior Party                                                       
                                                      ____________                                                        
                                            Patent Interference No. 103,378                                               
                                                     ___________________                                                  
                 CALVERT, DOWNEY, and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                                                
                 DOWNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                     


                                                     Final Decision                                                       
                         This interference involves a patent to Brooks et al (Brooks), U.S. Patent                        
                 No. 5,187,192, assigned to Abbott Laboratories, an application to Ikeda et al.                           
                 (Ikeda), Serial No. 08/070,327, assigned to Pfizer, Inc., and an application to                          
                 Hodgson et al. (Hodgson), Serial No. 08/050,437, assigned to Glaxo Wellcome                              
                 Inc.                                                                                                     






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