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evaluation of all pertinent evidence must be made so that a
sound determination of the credibility of the inventor's story
may be reached. Price, 988 F.2d at 1195, 26 USPQ2d at 1037.
Independent corroboration may consist of testimony of a
witness, other than the inventor, to the actual reduction to
practice, or
it may consist of evidence of surrounding facts and
circumstances
independent of information received from the inventor. Reese,
661 F.2d at 1225, 211 USPQ at 940.
If a party places reliance on an embodiment of the
invention in some physical form, such as a sketch or drawing,
for proof of conception, the existence of the embodiment at
the time must be established by testimony of a person other
than the inventor. Moran v. Paskert, 205 USPQ 356, 359 (Bd.
Pat. Int. 1979). Accord, Price, 988 F.2d at 1196, 26 USPQ2d
at 1037-38 (testimony of secretary that she recalled seeing
drawing as of critical date provides necessary evidence
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