Interference No. 103,345
The only evidence of record regarding Staples's
activities prior to Roberge's June 16, 1992, conception date
is Jeffrey Staples's testimony that he16
(a) conceived the invention on December 2, 1979,
when he made the drawings identified as Exhibit I;
(b) constructed a first model of the invention in
January 1980;
(c) constructed a second model of the invention in
February 1990; and
(d) constructed a third, plastic model in February
1992.17
Not only is this testimony uncorroborated by any of
the other witnesses, the earliest activity mentioned by any of
them is Lambert's September 29, 1992, meeting with Jeffrey
Staples concerning the preparation of a patent application,
which occurred well after Roberge's June 16, 1992, conception
date.18
Supp. Aff., Staples Record (SR) 4-6, paras. 2, 6, and 7.16
As noted supra, Staples's record does not include any of17
these models or any photographs of these models.
Hetrick Aff., SR 12, para. 1; Staples Exhibit H.18
- 15 -
Page: Previous 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007