VAN ENGELEN et al. V. LEE - Page 5





                         11. The claims of the parties which correspond to Count 1 are:                                                              
                                  Van Engelen: 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 11                                                                               
                                  Lee: 1-8                                                                                                           
                         12. The claims of the parties which do not correspond to Count I are:                                                       
                                  Van Engelen: 4, 7, and 10                                                                                          
                                  Lee: none                                                                                                          
                         13. The level of ordinary skill in the art is defined by the prior art of record.                                           
                         C. Decision                                                                                                                 
                         Van Engelen preliminM motions 1-3                                                                                           
                         Van Engelen preliminary motions 1-3 are for judgment against Lee on the basis that Lee's                                    
                claims 2 and 8 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 112, ý 1, or are indefinite under 35 U.S.C. §                                      
                112, T 2, or that there is no interference-in-fact. As the movant van Engelen bears the burden to                                    
                demonstrate that it is entitled to the relief sought. 37 CFR § 1.637(a).                                                             
                         Written Description                                                                                                         
                         Van Engelen argues that Lee's specification fails to provide support for (1) a second                                       
                frame that is "dynamically isolated" from a first frame (motion 1), (2) a stationary part of the                                     
                drive unit that is fastened to a first frame (motion 2), and (3) a stationary part of the measuring                                  
                system fastened to the second frame (motion 3).                                                                                      
                         Lee original claims I and 4, filed per a preliminary amendment on the day the '763                                          
                application was filed, recite all of the limitations that van Engelen asserts are not described in                                   
                Lee's specification. Lee claim 2 was amended to be in independent form, but includes all of the                                      
                original language in original claims I and 2. Lee claim 8 was amended to be in independent                                           
                form, but includes all of the original language in original claims 4 and 8.                                                          

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