Barton et al or Fischhoff et al v. Adang et al. - Page 4




          Interference 103,781                                                        

          Claims 1-12 of U.S. Patent 5,380,831, which issued January 10,              
          1995; and (3) Junior Party Barton is not entitled to a patent for           
          Claims 1-4, 7, and 15-22 of U.S. Application 07/827,906, filed              
          January 30, 1992.                                                           
               Furthermore, the findings and conclusions in Monsanto Co. v.           
          Mycogen Plant Science, Inc., 261 F.3d 1356, 59 USPQ2d 1930 (Fed.            
          Cir. 2001): (1) relate to the patentability of Claims 7-9 and 12            
          of Monsanto’s non-involved U.S. Patent 5,500,365 under 35 U.S.C.            
          § 102(g) in light of Barton’s evidence of prior invention                   
          thereof; (2) do not support a conclusion that the patentability             
          of Claims 3, 5, and 39-40 of Fischhoff’s presently involved U.S.            
          Application 08/434,105, filed May 3, 1995, which stand designated           
          as corresponding to amended Count 2 of this interference, should            
          be rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(g); and (3) do not support a              
          haphazard request for Barton to disclose all information                    
          detrimental to the patentability of Fischhoff’s claims under                
          35 U.S.C. § 102(g).                                                         
          2.  Background                                                              
               September 26, 1983 - Michael J. Adang and John D. Kemp filed           
          U.S. Application 06/535,354, entitled “Insect Resistant Plants”             
          (assignment to Agrigenetics Research Associates Ltd. recorded               
          September 20, 1983; assignment to Lubrizol Genetics Inc. recorded           
          May 29, 1986), now abandoned.                                               

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