Interference No. 103,435
The Senior party states that the declaration of Kenneth
Mayhan is indefinite as to dates and lacks details. Although
the Kenneth Mayhan declaration does indicate that the Christ
conception took place in the 1985-1987 time frame, Dean Pettit
states:
So in approximately 1985, I recall that
Rich Christ and Patricia Knight suggested
we try to treat the haptics with plasma or
corona discharge as set forth in the counts
of the present interferences attached
hereto. [C.R. 0086]
As such, it is our view that this testimony is sufficiently
definite as to date so as to corroborate the conception of the
invention by the party Christ in 1985.
Derivation by the Senior party
The Junior party alleges that Larry Blake derived the
invention from the Junior party. The Junior party alleges
that Larry Blake knew about the invention because he was
present at the laboratory where the testing of the invention
was taking place. It is also the Junior party’s contention
that the invention was communicated to Larry Blake while he
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