Interference No. 103,270
Before deciding whether Keith et al. have proved
prior conception and diligence, we must first determine the
date of Coelho's conception.
During the time period in question, Coelho was
employed by the USCI division of C.R. Bard, Inc., assignee of
Coelho's
involved application, as a senior technician, then as an
associate engineer. He was a member of a subgroup in the New
Product Development (NPD) department, working on research and
development of over-the-wire balloon angioplasty catheters
(CR-11).
CX-65 and 66 are copies of two notebook pages, dated
December 2, 1988, and bearing the signatures of Coelho as the
inventor and of Enger as the witness. Coelho testified that
prior to this date, Enger, his immediate supervisor, told him
that he was to be invited to a brainstorming session to
stimulate discussion of new products that USCI might develop,
and that one area USCI was interested in was a balloon
angioplasty catheter which "enabled catheter exchanges to be
performed with less difficulty than with prior techniques"
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