Interference No. 103,270
Keith et al. Conception
The junior party contends that the invention of
count 2 was conceived at a brainstorming session on October 3,
1988. At the time, Keith was an engineer at SCIMED Life
Systems, Inc. (former assignee of the involved Keith et al.
application), reporting to Euteneuer, the section manager of
the cardiology department (KR-2, 40). Coinventor Adams was
the director of research and development (KR-20), and Hektner
was vice president of research and development (KR-54).
Euteneuer testified at KR-41, 42 that in September
1988 he was working on a project to develop a catheter system
for rapid exchange. He sent out a notice (JPX-1) calling a
"BRAINSTORMING SESSION FOR NON-CONVENTIONAL RAPID EXCHANGE
CATHETER SYSTEMS" on October 3, 1988. The meeting was
attended by, inter alia, himself, Keith and Adams. At the 8
meeting, Euteneuer states that Keith presented a method and
8Although Keith et al. refer to Adams as corroborating
conception at this meeting (KOB-99, 106), Adams' testimony
cannot serve as corroboration because he is a named
coinventor. Manny v. Garlick, 135 F.2d 757, 768, 57 USPQ 377,
388 (CCPA 1943); Lasker v. Kurowski, 90 F.2d 132, 134, 33
USPQ 593, 594 (CCPA 1937).
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