Interference 103,482
FINAL DECISION
Introduction and Summary of the Issues
Dolle is Senior Party to this interference because Dolle
has been accorded benefit of the May 20, 1989, foreign filing
date of Federal Republic of Germany Application P 3916553.1
for substitute Count 2, to which Claims 4-6, 8 and 12-37 of
Dolle Application 08/147,006, filed November 1, 1993,
correspond.
Ewen is Junior Party to this interference because Ewen has
been denied benefit of a filing date earlier than the October
10, 1989, filing date of U.S. Application 07/419,221, now U.S.
Patent 5,036,034, patented July 30, 1991, for substitute Count
2, to which Claims 1-8 of U.S. Patent 5,036,034 and Claims 1-
28 of Reissue Application 08/489,800, filed June 12, 1995,
correspond.
The following contentions are presented at final hearing:
A. Ewen contends that Claims 4-6, 8, 12-37 of Dolle
Application 08/147,006, filed November 1, 1993, are
unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 102 over, and/or under 35
U.S.C. § 103 in view of, Ewen et al., U.S. Patent 4,892,851,
issued January 9, 1990, or Ewen et al., “Syndiotactic
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