VISSER et al v. HOFVANDER et al - Page 28




          Interference 103,579                                                        
          request then shall be dismissed as moot.                                    
               A.   Claim interpretation                                              
                    (1)  Claim language                                               
               We proceed to interpret the meaning of the various terms               
          used by the parties to define the subject matter encompassed by             
          each of the following representative claims designated as                   
          corresponding to the count so to facilitate our comparison of               
          their respective claims:                                                    
                              Hofvander’s Claim 4                                     
                    A fragment of a potato gene coding for . . . GBSS                 
               . . . selected from the group consisting of SEQ No. 1,                 
               SEQ ID No. 2 and SEQ ID No. 3.                                         


                              Hofvander’s Claim 6                                     
                    An isolated potato gene coding for . . . GBSS . . .               
               having the nucleotide sequence stated in SEQ ID No. 5.                 
                              Visser’s Claim 23                                       
                    A homologous construct . . . comprising a full                    
               length potato . . . GBSS cDNA or genomic DNA.                          
                              Hofvander’s Claim 7                                     
                    An antisense construct for inhibiting expression                  
               of the potato gene which codes for . . . GBSS . . .                    
               comprising:                                                            
                         . . .  a promoter, and                                       
                        . . .  a fragment of a potato gene coding for                
                    . . . GBSS inserted in the antisense direction . . .              
                    selected from the group consisting of SEQ No. 1,                  
                    SEQ ID No. 2 and SEQ ID No. 3.                                    

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