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                  Interference No. 105,089                                                                                 Paper 62                       
                  Agilent Techs., Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc.                                                                    Page 2                      
                  any of the other pending motions.  This judgment ends the interference before the filing                                                
                  of oppositions, in which the parties would ordinarily challenge the facts or                                                            
                  characterizations in the motions.  Given the entry of this judgment, further filings simply                                             
                  to challenge statements of fact would not be an effective use of anyone's resources.                                                    
                  See 37 C.F.R. § 1.601 (requiring just, fast, and inexpensive administration).  Instead, all                                             
                  other pending motions are dismissed as moot.                                                                                            
                                                                       ORDER                                                                              
                           Upon consideration of the Agilent preliminary motion 5, it is:                                                                 
                           ORDERED that all pending motions other than Agilent preliminary motion 5 be                                                    
                  DISMISSED as moot;                                                                                                                      
                           FURTHER ORDERED that junior party Agilent is not entitled to a patent                                                          
                  containing claims 1-18 of its 5,922,534 patent, which correspond to Count 1;                                                            
                           FURTHER ORDERED that junior party Agilent is not entitled to a patent                                                          
                  containing claims 1-5 of its 6,255,053 patent, which correspond to Count 1;                                                             
                           FURTHER ORDERED that senior party Affymetrix is not entitled to a patent                                                       
                  containing claims 8-40 of its 09/614,068 application, which correspond to Count 1;                                                      
                           FURTHER ORDERED that the preliminary statements be returned; and                                                               















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