Interference No. 104,703
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Company. Furthermore, Mr. Bell is said to have directed the development of new catalysts and
commercialization efforts involving ruthenium alkylidene derivatives and norbornene- and
dicyclopentadiene-based polymers from 2000 to April 2001 for Cymetech, LLC. (GX 2005, ¶1).
F17. Mr. Bell is said to be an inventor or coinventor of 17 U.S. patents and international
patent applications covering a wide range of subject matter in the fields of polymer science and
catalysis. (GX 2005, ¶1).
F18. Given Mr. Bell’s background, we conclude that he is qualified to testify as to the
knowledge of one skilled in the art in the field of polymer science and catalysis.
III. Opinion
A. Suwa Preliminary Motion 1: Substitute Proposed Counts
Suwa Preliminary Motion 1 requests that the interference be redefined by substituting two
new counts for the existing count and adding a third new count to the interference. (Paper No.
31, p. 2). Goodall does not oppose this motion. Indeed, Goodall has filed a response requesting
the Suwa Preliminary Motion 1 be granted. (Goodall Response 1, Paper No. 39, p. 2).
There are three new proposed counts, A, B and C. Generally, the subject matter of the
new counts is as follows:
Count A: Polymers (“AD”) formed by an addition polymerization reaction.
Count B: Polymers (“ROMP”) formed by a ring opening metathesis polymerization.
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