Interference No. 103,197
JUDGMENT UNDER 37 CFR § 1.658
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Table of Contents Page
A. Background ...........................................
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B. The issues ........................................... 6
C. The alleged unpatentability of Buschmann's
claims over Kapany .................................. 7
D. Morrison’s § 1.635 motion for leave to
file a corrected preliminary statement ............... 19
E. Buschmann’s motion to suppress
Morrison's priority evidence ......................... 22
1. The November 24, 1987, drawing (MX 42) .......... 22
2. Declaration testimony ........................... 22
3. MX 42-44, 75, and 173, 174, and 175 [sic, 176] .. 23
F. Should Count 5 be replaced? .......................... 25
G. The parties' positions on priority ................... 28
H. Morrison's case for priority ......................... 30
1. The November 24, 1987, designs
as evidence of conception ....................... 31
2. The alleged February 1988
actual reduction to practice .................... 38
3. The alleged problems with the February 1988
test apparatus and the November 1987 designs .... 44
(a) Shunt light ................................ 46
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