are not patentable and accordingly senior party JAMES C. GILL and JAMES L. DEVER is not entitled to a patent containing (A) Gill application claims 18-21 and 24-41, (B) Gill patent claims 1-8 or (C) Gill reissue application claims 1 and 9-16. 35 U.S.C. § 102(a), (b) and (e); 35 U.S.C. § 103; 35 U.S.C. § 112, first and second paragraphs. FURTHER ORDERED that Dadgar Preliminary Motions 1-6 and 8-15 are dismissed as moot. FURTHER ORDERED that nothing in this ORDER shall be construed as precluding Gill, in further ex parte prosecution of the Gill application or the Gill reissue, from obtaining a patent or reissue patent to claims which are patentable. FURTHER ORDERED that Dadgar Preliminary Motion 7 is dismissed as moot, without prejudice to any further consideration which the parties may deem appropriate before the Commissioner for Patents. FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement, attention is directed to 35 U.S.C. § 135(c) and 37 CFR § 1.661. ______________________________ - 3 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007