Barton et al or Fischhoff et al v. Adang et al. - Page 168




          Interference 103,781                                                        
          interference count, are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 102(g)               
          over at least one claim of Barton’s U.S. Application 07/827,906,            
          filed January 30, 1992, designated as corresponding to the count,           
          or under 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of prior art including the                 
          subject matter of at least one claim of Barton’s U.S. Application           
          07/827,906, filed January 30, 1992, designated as corresponding             
          to the count;                                                               
               denied Adang’s contingent request (Paper No. 47) for                   
          permission to seek deposition and documentary discovery relevant            
          to Monsanto’s presumed determination and/or election, as between            
          Fischhoff and Barton, of Barton as first to invent the subject              
          matter defined by the count;                                                
               ordered Interference 103,781 “redeclared as Barton                     
          (U.S. Application 07/827,906) or Fischhoff (U.S. Application                
          08/434,105) v. Adang (U.S. Patent 5,380,831)” (Paper No. 148)               
          with the following new Count 2:                                             
                                       Count 2                                        
               Any one of Claims 1-4, 7, and 15-22 of Barton et al.’s                 
                    Application 07/827,906, filed January 30, 1992;                   
                                       - or -                                         
               Any one of Claims 3, 5, and 39-43 of Fischhoff et al.’s                
                    Application 08/434,105, filed May 3, 1995;                        
                                       - or -                                         



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