definiens: means ( a ) with respect to the United States the patent infringement suit against BM filed by Genentech, Inc. in the United States District Court for the D istrict of Massachusetts ( Judge Saris ) based on the Genentech patents USP 5,221,619 ( Itakura ), USP 4,342,832 ( Goeddel and Heyneker ), USP 4,511,502 ( Builder ), USP 5,185,259 ( Goeddel, Kohr ) and USP 5,034,225 ( Bennett ) ; and ( b ) with respect to G ermany ( i ) the patent infringement suit versus BM filed by Genentech, Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH in the District Court ( Landgericht ) of Dusseldorf ( [ docket number ] 4 O 178/96 ) in May 1996 based on the patent EP 0 093 619 ( Goeddel Patent ) and ( ii ) the extension filed versus BM by Genentech, Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH in the District Court ( Landgericht ) of Dusseldorf ( [ docket number ] 4 O 25/97 ) in November 1996 including the pat ent EP 0 217 379 ( Mochida Patent ) and the patent EP 0 228 862 ( Bennett Patent ), ( iii ) the nullity suit versus the patent EP 0 093 619 ( Goeddel Patent ) filed by BM in October 1996 in the German Federal Patent Court in Munich, ( iv ) the nullity suit versus the patent EP 0 217 379 ( Mochida Patent ) filed by BM in the German Federal Patent Court in January 1997 and ( v ) the appeal of BM filed 7 September 1995 versus the decision of the European Patent Agency ( EPA ) on BM 's opposition against the European Patent 0 228 862 ( Bennett )