1 26). To the extent Andrx’s concession attempts to avoid interference 2 estoppel, we direct Andrx’s attention to Shustack v. Szum, 78 USPQ2d 1566 3 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 2005) and Eli Lilly and Co. v. Cameron, 61 USPQ2d 4 1863 (Bd. Pat. App. & Int. 2001). 5 It is: 6 ORDERED that judgment on priority as to Count 1, the sole count in 7 interference (Redeclaration, Paper 22), is awarded against Junior Party 8 Andrx. 9 FURTHER ORDERED that Junior Party Andrx is not entitled to 10 claims 1-9, 20-24 and 26 of U.S. Patent 6,869,615, all of which correspond 11 to Count 1. 12 FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this paper shall be made of 13 record in the files of Andrx, U.S. Patent 6,869,615 and AstraZeneca, U.S. 14 Application 10/620,000. 15 FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ attention is directed to 35 16 U.S.C. §135(c) and Bd. R. 205. 17 18 19 /Jameson Lee/ ) 20 JAMESON LEE ) 21 Administrative Patent Judge ) 22 ) 23 ) 24 /Sally C. Medley/ ) BOARD OF PATENT 25 SALLY C. MEDLEY ) APPEALS AND 26 Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES 27 ) 28 ) 29 /Michael P. Tierney/ ) 30 MICHAEL P. TIERNEY ) 31 Administrative Patent Judge ) 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 Next
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