CAVANAGH V. MCMAHON et al. - Page 7




          Interference No. 102,668                                                    


          the invention set forth in each and every count alleged in the              
          Amendment attached hereto," because a copy of the amendment                 
          was not included among Cavanagh's exhibits for consideration                
          at this final hearing.                                                      
                    The factual allegations McMahon seeks to strike were              
          made in response to McMahon's argument (Br. at 17-19) that                  
          Cavanagh's evidence fails to establish that the acts relied on              
          to prove priority occurred in the United States, as required                
          by 35 U.S.C. § 104.   Those allegations are as follows:15                                                       
                         (1) "The location for these acts [of conception              
                    and reduction to practice] was the Hazeltine                      
                    facilities located in the Commonwealth of                         
                    Massachusetts."  (Reply Br. at 4.)                                
                         (2) "Party Cavanagh, III's date of conception                
                    and reduction to practice occurred in the                         
                    Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the declared                     
                    dates."  (Id. at 5.)                                              
                         (3) "Hazeltine Corporation is a U.S. corporation             
                    with headquarters located at 450 E. Pulaski Road,                 
                    Greenlawn, N.Y. 11740.  Hazeltine's EASL facilities,              
                    where the date of invention was established, are                  
                    located in Braintree and Quincy, MA.  EASL had no                 
                    facilities outside of Massachusetts at the time of                
                    the date of invention.”  (Ibid.)                                  

            Subject to a number of exceptions that both parties agree15                                                                     
          do not apply to either party in this interference, § 104 specifies          
          that "an applicant for a patent, or a patentee, may not establish           
          a date of invention by reference to knowledge or use thereof, or            
          other activity with respect thereto, in a foreign country."                 
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