Interference No. 104,241
THE PROCEEDINGS BELOW
Jeon et al. filed their involved application on March 25,
1997. In the notice declaring this interference (Paper Number
1), Jeon et al. were accorded the benefit of their earlier
filed U.S. application Serial Number 08/285,956, filed on
August 4, 1994. Cupps et al. filed their involved application
(which matured to U.S. Patent Number 5,478,858) on December 8,
1994.
In the notice declaring this interference, Cupps et al. were
accorded benefit of their earlier filed U.S. application
Serial Number 08/169,868, filed on December 17, 1993.
Therefore, Jeon et al. are the junior party and Cupps et al.
are the senior party, respectively, in this interference. See
37 C.F.R § 1.601(m).
Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.608(b), when the effective
filing date of a junior party's involved application is more
than three months after the effective filing date of the
senior party's involved patent, the applicant must file
evidence which demonstrates that they are prima facie entitled
to judgment with respect to the patentee. The showing must
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