VON DEYN et al.v.ADACHI et al.Download PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardAug 27, 201409202204 (P.T.A.B. Aug. 27, 2014) Copy Citation -1- BoxInterferences@uspto.gov Filed: 27 August 2014 Tel: 571-272-4683 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _______________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD _______________ NIPPON SODA CO., LTD. Junior Party (Patent 6,147,031), v. BASF SE Senior Party (Application 09/091,300). Patent Interference No. 106,006 (Technology Center 1600) JUDGEMENT Bd. R. 127(b) Before RICHARD E. SCHAFER, DEBORAH KATZ, and HUNG H. BUI Administrative Patent Judges. KATZ, Administrative Patent Judge. In view of Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. Request for Adverse Judgment (Paper 15) 1 it is— 2 ORDERED that judgment on priority be entered against junior party Nippon 3 Soda for Count 1 (Declaration, Paper 1); 4 -2- FURTHER ORDERED that claims 1 and 2 of Nipon Sonda’s involved 1 patent 6,147,031 be CANCELED, 35 U.S.C. 135(a); and 2 FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this judgment be entered in the 3 administrative records of the involved patent 6,147,031 and application 4 09/091,300. 5 FURTHER ORDERED that a party seeking judicial review timely serve 6 notice on the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 7 37 C.F.R. §§ 90.1 and 104.2. 8 NOTICE: "Any agreement or understanding between parties to an interference, including any collateral agreements referred to therein, made in connection with or in contemplation of the termination of the interference, shall be in writing and a true copy thereof filed in the Patent and Trademark Office before the termination of the interference as between the said parties to the agreement or understanding." 35 U.S.C. 135(c); see also Bd.R. 205 (settlement agreements). cc (via e-mail): Attorney for Nippon Soda Co., Ltd. Joseph R. Englander Daniel J. Barsky SHUTTS & BOWEN LLP E-mail: jenglander@shutts.com E-mail: dbarsky@shutts.com -3- Attorney for BASF SE Janelle D. Waack Jason W. Bryan NOVAK DRUCE CONNOLLY BOVE + QUIGG, LLP E-mail: janelle.waack@novakdruce.com E-mail: jason.bryan@novakdruce.com Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation