Interference No. 103,036 III Insofar as the brief raises the matter of whether the12 parties' claims are anticipated by Kiernan, U.S. Patent No. 4,723,656, by Parker, U.S. Patent No. 4,747,020, or by the13 prior art BatCheck tester (grounds A to C above), the matter is not entitled to any consideration. The matter is not raised in the party Tucholski's underlying preliminary motion (Paper No. 81) for judgment, which the party Tucholski seeks review of at14 final hearing. The matter of anticipation by Kiernan is raised in the reply to the opposing parties' oppositions to the15 motion; the matter of anticipation by the Parker patent and the prior art BatCheck® tester is raised for the first time in the opening brief. Pursuant to 37 CFR § 1.655(b), a party cannot Addendum A to the party Tucholski's brief sets forth the12 basis upon which the party Tucholski relies for anticipation. We note that the Kiernan patent was cited or referenced in13 each party's application involved in this proceeding. A copy of this motion appears in the Tucholski record at14 pages 565 to 587 (TR 565 to 587). A copy of the reply appears at TR 840 to 876. The matter of15 anticipation over Kiernan appears at TR 854 to 856. -17-Page: Previous 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007