A. Background
The parties
1. The junior party is Wen-Lung Chang (hereinafter
"Chang"), who is involved in the interference on the basis of his
Patent 5,828,034.
2. The senior party is Kenneth B. Winer (hereinafter
"Winer"), who is involved in the interference on the basis of his
application 08/769,467.
3. The Winer application was filed on 20 December
1996.
4. The application which matured into the Chang
patent was filed on 3 January 1997.
5. Thus, Winer is senior party by fourteen (14) days.
Burden of proof
6. Chang, as junior party, has a burden of
establishing priority by a preponderance of the evidence. 37 CFR
§ 1.657(b).
Count
7. There is only one count.
8. Count 1 reads:
An apparatus for use with a computer system comprising:
an input device having a housing and an electric
heating element disposed within said housing of said
input device and thermally coupled to a heat conductive
top portion of said input device for conduction of heat
from said heating element to said heat conductive top
portion.
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