PTAB Renders Decisions in Interference No. 106,127

By Kevin E. Noonan — On September 28, 2022, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board denied all preliminary motions by Junior Party the University of California, the University of Vienna, and Emmanuelle Charpentier (collectively, "CVC") and Senior Party ToolGen in Interference No. 106,127. On the same day, the Board suspended further proceedings in this interference (and in Interference No. 106,126 between Junior Party the Broad Institute, Harvard University and MIT (collectively, "Broad") and Senior Party ToolGen) "in the interest of not wasting resources" (see "PTAB Suspends ToolGen Interferences"), reasoning foreshadowed in the first portion of their decision on motions which…