mail Stop INTERFERENCE Paper 98
PO Box 1450
ALEXANDRIA VA 22313-1450 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
703-308-9797 BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS AND INTERFERENCES
70-4-305-0942 (fax)
VENKATAKRISHNA SHYAMALA
(08/886,572),
Junior Party,
V.
JENNIFER L. HILLMAN
(5,756,332 and 09/007,306), MAILED
Senior Party.
MAY 19 2003
Interference No. 104,436
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PAT & T.M. OFFICE
130:ARD6F PATENT APPEALS
AND INTERFERENCES0
Before SCHAFER, TORCZON, and LANE, Administrative Patent Judges.
TORCZON, Administrative Patent Judge.
JUDGMENT
(PURSUANT TO 37 CFR § 1.658)
INTRODUCTION
This interference relates to. a protein in a cell signal transduction pathway. The pathway
is implicated in cell response to environmental stress, including inflammation and apoptosis.
Junior party Shyamala seeks to establish priority over senior party Hillman. Hillman rests on its
accorded benefit date. We hold that Shyarnala has not established priority over Hillman.
FINDINGS
[1] Shyarnala identifies the protein that is the subject of this interference as MKK3-interacting
protein (MIP) as shown in ShyamaWs SEQ ID NO: 1. MKK3 is a kinase in the p38 mitogen
activated protein kinase (MAPK) signal transduction pathway.
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