Interference 103,781
The district court granted Monsanto’s motion for
JMOL holding that the claims of the ‘600 and ‘862 patents
were invalid for lack of enablement pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
§ 112. . . . .
September 8, 1999 - The U.S. District Court for the District
of Delaware entered a final judgment (Monsanto Co. v. Mycogen
Plant Science, Inc., No. 96-133-RMN (D. Del. Sept. 8, 1999)) in
an action brought by Monsanto Co. against Mycogen for
infringement of Claims 7-9 and 12 of Monsanto’s U.S. Patent
5,500,365 (Fischhoff et al., U.S. 5,500,365, issued Mar. 19,
1996, assigned to Monsanto Company). Monsanto Co. v. Mycogen
Plant Science, Inc., 261 F.3d 1356, 1359-61, 59 USPQ2d 1930,
1931-32 (Fed. Cir. 2001).
November 10, 1999 - In an action brought by Mycogen Plant
Science, Inc. and Agrigenetics Inc. against Monsanto Company for
infringement of plaintiff’s patent (Adang et al., U.S. Patent
5,380,831, issued January 10, 1995, from U.S. Application
08/057,191, filed May 3, 1993), the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of California entered an order (Mycogen Plant
Sci., Inc. v. Monsanto Co., No. 95-CV-653 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 10,
1999)(Paper No. 127, Exh. A) granting defendant’s motion for
summary judgment that Claims 1-12 of Mycogen’s ‘831 patent are
invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102(g) and/or § 103 because Monsanto
invented the subject matter thereof before Mycogen, as determined
by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in
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