NAKAHAMA et al. V. NAKAHAMA et al. V. ROSENTHAL et al. V. ROSENTHAL et al. V. ROSENTHAL et al. - Page 2






                 Interference No. 105,025 Paper 24                                                                                      
                 Rosenthal v. Nakahama Page 2                                                                                           
                                                              ORDER                                                                     
                        Upon consideration of Rosenthal's concession, it is:                                                            
                        ORDERED that judgrnent on priority as to Count I is awarded against junior party                                
                 Rosenthal;                                                                                                             
                        FURTHER ORDERED that junior party Rosenthal is not entitled to a patent containing                              
                 claims 44-62 of Rosenthal's 08/381,030 application; 29 and 46-52 of Rosenthal's 08/454,968                             
                 application; and 16-18, 25, and 26 of Rosenthal's 08/455,940 application, all of which correspond                      
                 to Count 1; and                                                                                                        
                        FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this decision be entered in the administrative                                   
                 record of Rosenthal's 08/381,030, 08/454,968, and 08/455,940 applications and of Nakahama's                            
                 07/488,696 application and 5,656,435 patent.                                                                           

                                                    RICHARD E. SCHAFER                                                                  
                                                    Administrative Patent Judge BOARD OF PATENT                                         
                                                                                                APPEALS AND                             
                                                    RICHARD TORCZON INTERFERENCES                                                       
                                                    Administrative Patent Judge                                                         
                                                                                               INTERFERENCE                             
                                                    CAROL A. SPIEGEL TRIAL SECTION                                                      
                                                    Administrative Patent Judge                                                         

                 cc (electronic mail):                                                                                                  
                 For Rosenthal (real party-in-interest, Genentech, Inc.): John P. Isacson and Ginger R. Drelze of                       
                        Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe.                                                                                
                 For Nakahama (real party-in-interest, Takeda Chemical Industries, K.K.): George W. Neune and                           
                        David G. Conlin of Edwards & Angell, LLP.                                                                       



                 Notice: Any agreement or understanding between parties to this interference, including any collatera I agreements      
                 referred to therein, made in connection with or in contemplation of the termination of the interference, shall be in writing
                 and a true copy thereof Red in the United States Patent and Trademark Office before termination of the interference as 
                 between said parties to the agreement or understanding. 35 U.S.C. 135(c); 37 CT.R. § 1.66 1.                           





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