The opinion in support of the decision being entered today was not written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 336 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES _______________ SHU-HUI CHEN and VITTORIO FARINA Junior Party1 v. HERVÉ BOUCHARD, JEAN-DOMINIQUE BOURZAT and ALAIN COMMERCON Senior Party2 _______________ Patent Interference No. 103,675 ________________ FINAL DECISION ________________ Before Metz, Hanlon and Lorin, Administrative Patent Judges. Metz, Administrative Patent Judge. The subject matter contested in this interference is directed to a particular group of compounds said to be useful for the treatment of cancer in humans and to compounds which are useful 1 Application 08/029,819, filed March 11, 1993, now U.S. Patent Number 5,254,580, issued on October 19, 1993. Assigned to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New York, New York. 2 Application Serial Number 08/162,984, filed on December 8, 1993. Accorded benefit of France 92 14813, filed on December 9, 1992. Assigned to Rhone-Poulene Rorer S.A. 1Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007