The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 156 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _____________ GERVAIS DIONNE Junior Party,1 v. DENNIS C. LIOTTA, RAYMOND F. SCHINAZI, and WOO-BAEG CHIO, Senior Party.2 _____________ Patent Interference No. 103,906 _______________ FINAL HEARING: APRIL 18, 2001 _______________ Before CAROFF, GRON, and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges. CAROFF, Administrative Patent Judge. 1Patent 5,618,820, granted April 8, 1997, based on Application 08/487,452, filed June 7, 1995. Accorded the benefit of 08/190,203, filed February 1, 1994, now Patent 5,538,975, issued July 23, 1996; PCT/CA92/00321, filed July 24, 1992. Assignment to BioChem Pharma, Inc., Laval, Canada. 2Application 08/475,339, filed June 7, 1995. Accorded the benefit of 07/831,153, filed February 12, 1992. Assignment to Emory University.Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007