GEERTS et al. V. LANGHAUSER et al. - Page 4




                    Langhauser           1-5                                            
                    Geerts               9, 15, 27-33, 35 and 37-40                     


               The claims of the parties which do not correspond to                     
          count 1 are:                                                                  
                    Langhauser           None                                           
                    Geerts               36                                             
               D.   The issues                                                          
               Geerts has raised several grounds upon which it is                       
          entitled to prevail.  One of those issues, which we find                      
          dispositive since all of Langhauser's claims correspond to the                
          count, is priority of invention.  Geerts also maintains that                  
          the Langhauser patent claims are unpatentable.  On the issue                  
          of priority, Geerts presented testimony, evidence and a brief                 
          (37 CFR § 1.656).  Langhauser did not file a brief in                         
          opposition to Geerts' case for priority.                                      

               E.   Decision on priority and patentability                              
               Upon consideration of the record, including the fact that                
          Langhauser did not file a brief in opposition to Geerts' case                 
          of priority, it is                                                            
                    ORDERED, essentially for the reasons given in the                   
          BRIEF OF THE PARTY GEERTS ET AL. AT FINAL HEARING (Paper 81),                 
          that Geerts has established by a preponderance of the evidence                
                                         - 4 -                                          





Page:  Previous  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  Next 

Last modified: November 3, 2007