Interference No. 103,141
§ 1.633(f) for benefit as to count 3 based on Japanese
Application No. 62-25224, filed February 5, 1987.
Benefit for priority purposes is determined with
respect to the count. A party is entitled to the benefit of
an earlier filed application for priority purposes if he or
she is in compliance with 35 U.S.C. § 112, first paragraph,
with respect to at least one species within the count. Mori
v. Costain, 214 USPQ 295, 297 (Bd. Pat. Int. 1981), citing
Weil v. Fritz, 572 F.2d 856, 865 n.16, 196 USPQ 600, 608 n.16
(CCPA 1978); Hunt v. Treppschuh, 523 F.2d 1386, 1389, 187 USPQ
426, 429 (CCPA 1975); and Den Beste v. Martin, 252 F.2d 302,
305, 116 USPQ 584, 586 (CCPA 1958).
The earlier application must contain a written
description of the subject matter of the interference count,
and must meet the enablement requirement. Hyatt v. Boone, 146
F.3d 1348, 1352, 47 USPQ2d 1128, 1130 (Fed. Cir. 1998), cert.
denied,
525 U.S. 1141 (1999) quoting Fiers v. Revel, 984 F.2d 1164,
1170, 25 USPQ2d 1601, 1606 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (section 112
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