Interference No. 103,636
FINAL DECISION
On September 24, 1996, the party Storm filed a
preliminary motion under 37 CFR § 1.633(a) for judgment that
the sole corresponding claim of the party Hong is unpatentable
to Hong under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102(a) and 102(b) as being
anticipated by Japanese Kokai No. 2-250,055 to Sugimoto (Paper
No. 8). On October 9, 1996, the party Hong filed an
opposition to the motion of Storm consisting of the sole
argument that the motion should be denied because "Neither the
translation nor the purported Kokai have been
authenticated..." (Paper No. 11). In its reply, Storm
indicated that it considers Hong's objection unfounded but, at
the same time, filed a certified copy of the Japanese Kokai
and a Verification of Translation. (Paper No. 13).
On February 7, 1997, the Administrative Patent Judge
(APJ) issued a Decision on Preliminary Motions (Paper No. 15).
In that decision Storm's motion for judgment under 37 CFR §
1.633(a) was granted (item I.) and a motion of Storm to
redefine this proceeding was dismissed as moot (item II.). In
item I., the APJ indicated that (1) Hong's objection to the
motion was overcome by Storm's filing of a certified copy of
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