Interference No. 103,435
1376, 231 USPQ 81, 87 (Fed. Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 480 U.S.
947 (1987)(quoting 1 Robinson On patents 532 (1890)).
“Conception must be proved by corroborating evidence which
shows that the inventor disclosed to others his ‘completed
thought expressed in such clear terms as to enable those
skilled in the art’ to make the invention.” Coleman v. Dines,
754 F.2d 353, 359, 224 USPQ 857, 862 (Fed. Cir. 1985); Field
v. Knowles, 183 F.2d 593, 601, 86 USPQ 373, 379 (CCPA 1950).
Furthermore, the inventor must show that he or she was in
possession of every feature of the count. Colman v. Dines,
754 F.2d at 359, 224 USPQ at 862; Davis v. Reddy, 620 F.2d
885, 889, 205 USPQ 1065, 1069 (CCPA 1980).
With respect to conception, the brief of Christ refers to
the following evidence:
(1) The First Richard Christ Declaration (Christ Record
(“C.R.”) 0206);
(2) The First Patricia Knight Declaration (C. R. 0001);
(3) Christ Exhibit 5;
(4) The First Dean Pettit Declaration (C. R. 0084);
(5) The Dean Pettit Deposition (C. R. 0137, paragraphs 8
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