Phoebe Nguyen

Legal Administrator/Interference Case Coordinator

Email: pnguyen@ashepc.com

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Education

• University of Western Sydney (Nepean), Sydney, Australia, Master of Laws (LLM)
• Hanoi National University School of Law, Hanoi, Vietnam, Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
• Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia, Exchange Student in Economics

Experience

Mrs. Nguyen has coordinated the administration of numerous interference proceedings, ranging from pre-interference matters to appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mrs. Nguyen is well versed in the rules and practices relating to the submission of papers to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mrs. Nguyen has extensive experience in the administrative activities involved in the preparation for depositions, hearings, case records, joint appendices, etc. Many of the cases in which Mrs. Nguyen has been involved required the coordination of numerous law firms and real parties in interest.

            Mrs. Nguyen has coordinated the administration of ex parte patent prosecution, district court litigation, appeals, and foreign opposition proceedings. Mrs. Nguyen routinely coordinates and executes patent portfolio monitoring strategies, including the generation of periodic reports relating to activities in complex foreign and domestic patent families.

            Prior to joining ASHE, P.C., Mrs. Nguyen was an Interference Practice Specialist and Case Coordinator in the Interference and Litigation Practice Groups at a Northern Virginia intellectual property law firm.

            Mrs. Nguyen is not an attorney or patent agent.

Professional Affliations

• Association of Legal Administrators (ALA)

Languages

• English
• Vietnamese
• Russian (basic)

List of Administered Cases

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (and Related Cases)

Shafer v. Omura (Interference No. 105,678)
Interference case administrator for Carl Zeiss SMT AG in a patent interference proceeding involving a catadioptric projection objective.

Raz v. Krieg (Interference No. 105,674)
Interference case administrator for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving methods of treating asthma by administering immunostimulatory polynucleotide sequences. Related Cases: Raz v. Krieg, Interference No. 105,526; Raz v. Krieg, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2009-1245.

Lyman v. Lee (Interference No. 105,630)
Interference case administrator for Genentech, Inc. in a patent interference proceeding involving VEGF-related protein (VRP).

Baekkeskov v. Atkinson (Interference No. 105,576)
Interference case administrator for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving a method for the early detection of the onset of insulin-dependent diabetes.

Cabilly v. Boss (Interference No. 105,531)
Interference case administrator for Genentech, Inc. in a patent interference proceeding involving recombinant antibodies (Cabilly III patent). Related Case: Boss v. Cabilly, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2009-1264 (Cabilly III patent). See also (relating to Cabilly II patent), Cabilly v. Boss, Interference No. 102,572, 55 USPQ2d 1238 (BPAI 1998), 60 USPQ2d 1752 (BPAI 2001); Genentech, Inc. v. Celltech Therapeutics, Ltd., Case No. C98-3926 (MMC) (N.D. Cal. 2001); MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., Case No. 2:03-cv-02567-MRP-CT (C.D. Cal. 2008); MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., Fed. Cir. Appeal Nos. 04-1300 and 04-1384, 76 USPQ2d 1914, 427 F3d 958 (Fed. Cir. 2005); MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., No. 05-608, 81 USPQ2d 1225, 549 US 118, 127 SCt 764 (U.S. Supreme Court 2007); Centocor, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., Case No. 2:08-cv-03573-MRP-CT (C.D. Cal.); and Reexamination Numbers: 90/007,542 & 90/007,859.

Raz v. Krieg (Interference No. 105,526)
Interference case administrator for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving methods of treating asthma by administering immunostimulatory polynucleotide sequences. Related Cases: Raz v. Krieg, Interference No. 105,674; Raz v. Krieg, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2009-1245.

Ashkenazi v. Browning (Interference No. 105,513)
Interference case administrator for Genentech, Inc. in a patent interference proceeding involving a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) polypeptide sequence known as "TWEAK."

Garner v. Quate (Interference No. 105,455)
Interference case administrator for Affymetrix in a patent interference proceeding involving a method for deprotecting reaction sites on a substrate. Related Case: In re Garner, 508 F.3d 1376, 85 U.S.P.Q.2d 1310 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

Quate v. Cerrina (Interference No. 105,446)
Interference case administrator for Affymetrix in a patent interference proceeding involving an optical lithography system.

Garner v. Quate (Interference No. 105,445)
Interference case administrator for Affymetrix in a patent interference proceeding involving a method of patterning on a substrate within a reaction chamber.

Bedilion v. Besemer (Interference No. 105,440)
Interference case administrator for Affymetrix in a patent interference proceeding involving an apparatus for mixing fluids in the synthesis of polymer arrays.

Goldberg v. Bass (Interference No. 105,424)
Interference Case Administrator for Affymetrix in a patent interference proceeding involving a method of synthesizing an array of biopolymers. Related Case: Goldberg v. Bass, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2007-1532.

Goldberg v. Bass (Interference No. 105,422)
Interference case administrator for Affymetrix in a patent interference proceeding involving a method of synthesizing an array of chemical compounds. Related Case: Goldberg v. Bass, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2007-1519.

Adang v. Umbeck (Interference No. 105,367)
Interference case administrator for Dow AgroSciences in a patent interference proceeding involving transformed cotton plantlets. Related Case: Adang v. Umbeck, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2007-1120.

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. (Interference No. 105,361)
Interference case administrator for Genentech, Inc. in a patent interference proceeding involving agonist and antagonist antibodies to Death Receptor 5. Related Cases: Human Genome Sciences, Inc. v. Immunex Corp., Civil Case No. 1:07-cv-00780, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2008-1418 (Interference No. 105,240); Human Genome Sciences, Inc. v. Amgen, Inc. and Immunex Corp., Civil Case No. 1:07-cv-00526 (Interference No. 105,381); Human Genome Sciences, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., Civil Case No. 1:08-cv-00166, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2009-1182 (Interference No. 105,361); and Human Genome Sciences, Inc. v. Amgen, Inc. and Immunex Corp., Civil Case No. 1:09-cv-00389 (Interference No. 105,380).

Barany v. McGall (Interference No. 105,351)
Interference case administrator for Affymetrix in a patent interference proceeding involving oligonucleotide analogue probes or targets.

Sawhley v. Schwartz (Interference No. 105,317)
Interference case coordinator for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving methods of closing a retinal break and preventing proliferative vitreoretinopathy in a mammalian eye.

Schembri v. Besemer (Interference No. 105,285)
Interference case coordinator for Affymetrix in a patent interference proceeding involving methodology used in the preparation of DNA arrays. Related Cases: Agilent Technologies, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc., Civil Case No.: C06-05958-JW-PVT (N.D. Cal 2008); Agilent v. Affymetrix, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2008-1466.

Grande v. Bonaventure (Interference No. 105,283)
Interference case coordinator for Salomon, S.A. in a patent interference proceeding involving a ventilated sport shoe.

Hammond v. Leiden (Interference No. 105,217)
Interference case coordinator for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving a method of stimulating coronary collateral vessel development comprising delivery of a replication deficient adenovirus vector to the myocardium of a patient by intracoronary injection. Related Case: Leiden v. Hammond, Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2006-1023; Related publication: Xenia P. Kobylarz, Back From the Dead, IP Law & Business, November 2007, at 32.

Gray v. Westbrook (Interference No. 105,207)
Interference case coordinator for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving a composition for detecting chromosomal aberrations involving the BCR and ABL genes.

Sernyk v. DeBonte (Interference No. 105,163)
Interference case coordinator for Dow AgroSciences in patent interference proceeding involving improved canola oil having specified oleic, linoleic and linoleic acid contents and ratios. Related Cases: Cargill, Inc. v. Canbra Foods, Ltd.., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39164 (Fed. Cir. December 20, 2005) and Cargill, Inc. v. Canbra Foods, Inc., 476 F.3d 1359, 81 U.S.P.Q.2d 1705 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

Lanuza v. Fan (Interference No. 105,162)
Interference case coordinator for Dow AgroSciences in a patent interference proceeding involving improved canola oil having specified oleic, linoleic and linoleic acid contents and ratios. Related Cases: Cargill, Inc. v. Canbra Foods, Ltd.., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39164 (Fed. Cir. December 20, 2005) and Cargill, Inc. v. Canbra Foods, Inc., 476 F.3d 1359, 81 U.S.P.Q.2d 1705 (Fed. Cir. 2007).

Kaloyeros v. Hautala (Interference No. 105,161)
Lead interference paralegal for Gelest, Inc. and The Research Foundation of State University of New York in a patent interference proceeding involving a method for the chemical vapor deposition of a film comprising tantalum.

Agilent v. Affymetrix (Interference No. 105,089)
Lead interference paralegal for Affymetrix in a patent interference proceeding involving an assay plate for the detection of oligonucleotides.

Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Raz v. Krieg (Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2009-1245)
Appellate case coordinator for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving methods of treating asthma by administering immunostimulatory polynucleotide sequences. Related Cases: Raz v. Krieg, Interference Nos. 105,526 and 105,674.

Goldberg v. Bass (Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2007-1532)
Appellate case coordinator for Affymetrix, Inc. in a patent interference proceeding involving DNA array methodology. Related Case: Goldberg v. Bass, Interference No. 105,424.

Goldberg v. Bass (Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2007-1519)
Appellate case coordinator for Affymetrix, Inc. in a patent interference proceeding involving DNA array methodology. Related Case: Goldberg v. Bass, Interference No. 105,422.

Adang v. Umbeck (Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2007-1120)
Appellate case coordinator for Dow AgroSciences in a patent interference proceeding involving transformed cotton plantlets. Related Case: Adang v. Umbeck, Interference No. 105,367.

Leiden v. Hammond (Fed. Cir. Appeal No. 2006-1023)
Appellate case coordinator for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving a method of stimulating coronary collateral vessel development comprising delivery of a replication deficient adenovirus vector to the myocardium of a patient by intracoronary injection. Related Case: Hammond v. Leiden, Interference No. 105,217, 77 USPQ2d 1319 (BPAI 2005).