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Heading: A fertile transgenic Zea mays plant comprised

Text: of stably incorporated foreign DNA, wherein said foreign DNA consists of DNA that is not from a corn plant and that is not comprised of a T-DNA border. Pioneer ’999 patent cl.1. On its face the Pioneer ’999 patent claims a date of invention of no later than June 10, 1988, which is the filing date of U.S. Patent Application No. 07/205,155, J.A. 155 (“the Pioneer ’155 application”). 3 PIONEER HI-BRED v. MONSANTO TECH Monsanto’s interfering claims are in U.S. Patent Application No. 11/151,700 (filed June 13, 2005) (“the Monsanto ’700 application”). Independent claim 1, as amended during prosecution, reads: 1. A fertile transgenic Zea mays plant containing heterologous DNA which is heritable, wherein said heterologous DNA confers a beneficial trait to the plant, wherein said beneficial trait is selected from the group consisting of pest resistance, stress tolerance, drought resistance, disease resistance, and the ability to produce a chemical, wherein the plant expresses a selectable marker gene, and wherein the plant is from a subsequent generation of a plant that is re-generated from a selected transformed cell. ’700 App. Claims, Monsanto Tech. LLC v. Pioneer Hi-Bred Int’l, Inc., Patent Interf. No. 105,728 [hereinafter Monsanto] (B.P.A.I. Dec. 3, 2009), Dkt. #12; see also Monsanto ’700 App., U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2006-0010520 (claims as originally filed). The Monsanto ’700 application claims invention no later than January 22, 1990, which is the filing date of U.S. Patent Application No. 07/467,983, J.A. 251 (“the Monsanto ’983 application”).