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                                               The opinion in support of the decision being                                                
                                            entered today is not binding precedent of the Board.                                           
                                                                                              Paper No. 21                                 
              Filed by: Trial Section Motions Panel                                                                                        
                       Box Interference Filed: October 24, 2002                                                                            
                       Washington, D.C. 20231                                                                                              
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                                       BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                  
                                                    AND INTERFERENCES                                                                      

                                       MARK 1. GREENE AND JEFFREY A. DREBIN                                                                
                                                            Junior Party,                                                                  
                                                  (U.S. Application 09/158,899)                                                            
                                                                 V.                                                                        
                                                        DAVID B. RING                                                                      
                                                            Senior Party                                                                   
                                                     (U.S, Patent 6,054,561).                                                              

                                             Patent Interference No. 105,022 (MPT)                                                         

                                                        TERMINATION                                                                        

                      On August 12, 2002, an interference was declared between Greene, U.S. Application No.                                
              09/158,899 (Greene '899) and Hudziak, U.S. Patent No. 6,165,464 (Hudziak '464). (Interference                                
              No. 105,02 1). Similarly, an interference was declared on August 12, 2002 between Greene, U.S.                               
              Application No. 09/158,899 (Greene '899) and Ring, U.S. Patent No. 6,054,561 (Ring '561).                                    
              (Interference No. 105,022).                                                                                                  
                      Chiron is the real party in interest in Ring '561. (Interference No. 105,022, Paper No.                              
              10). While the assignee of Greene '899 is the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania,                                    
              Genentech is an exclusive licensee of Greene '899 and is said to be the real party in interest.                              
              (Interference No. 105,02 1, Paper No. 4). Furthermore, Genentech is the real party in interest in                            
              Hudziak '464, (Interference No. 105,02 1, Paper No. 8).                                                                      







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