NEDELK V. STIMSON et al. - Page 2



            Interference No. 102,755                                                                   


                                          Contents                          Page                       

            A.  The issues ...................................... 2                                    
            B.  Priority ........................................  3                                   
                        1.  Stimson's motion to suppress most                                          
            of Nedelk's priority evidence .........  4                                                 
                        2.  Nedelk's case for conception ..........  7                                 
                        3.  Diligence ............................. 14                                 
            C.  Nedelk's belated on-sale and XB-70 motions ...... 24                                   
                        1.  Standard of review .................... 25                                 
                        2.  Background facts leading up to the                                         
            filing of the two belated motions ..... 26                                                 
                        3.  The excuses for the belatedness                                            
            of the XB-70 motion ................... 30                                                 
                        4.  The excuses for the belatedness                                            
            of the on-sale motion ................. 44                                                 
            D.  Judgment ........................................ 52                                   















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