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                  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                  written for publication and is not binding precedent of the Board.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. 144                


                          UNTTED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                  


                              BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                     
                                        AND INTERFERENCES MAILED                                     


                                SHU-HUI CHEN and VITTORIO FARINA DEC 1 1 2003                        
                                           Junior Party' PAT& T-M OFFICE                             
                                                                              BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS
                                                                                AND INTERFERENCES    
                                                  v .                                                

                 JACKSON B. HESTER, JR., ROY A JOHNSON, ROBERT C. KELLY,                             
                             ELDON G. NIDY and HARVEY L. SKULNICK                                    
                                           Senior Party2                                             


                                Patent Interference No. 104,490                                      


                                              JUDGMENT                                               



           Before METZ, HANLON and LORIN, Administrative Patent Judges.                              

           METZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                        


                  Prosecution in this proceeding is herein REOPENED.                                 

                  On October 10, 2002, the Administrative Patent Judge (APJ)                         

           assigned to this proceeding, in the performance of his                                    




                  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 08/454,210, filed on June 9, 1995.                     
           Accorded benefit of France 92 14813, filed on December 9, 1992. Assigned to               
           Pharmacia & Upjohn Co.                                                                    










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