A first telephone conference call was held on 10 November
1999, at approximately 9:00 a.m. (0900 hours Eastern Time),
involving:
(1) Austin R. Miller, Esq., counsel for Katou (real
party in interest Toray Industries, Inc.);
(2) Arthur L. Liberman, Esq., counsel for Belko
(real party in interest International Flavors &
Fragrances, Inc); and
(3) Fred E. McKelvey, Senior Administrative Patent
Judge.
B. Discussion--first conference call
The first conference call was placed by the parties to
inform the board that a prior art reference has been
discovered which describes a compound which anticipates the
claims corresponding to Count 1 of the interference. The
prior art reference is "Chemical Substances" Inventory of
Industrial Safety and Health Law, published by The Chemical
Daily Co., Ltd. (Japan), page 863 (1994).
Following the first conference call, a draft final order
was faxed to the parties for comment.
C. Second conference call
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