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          Interference 103,482                                                        
          § 1.633(a)(Paper 14) in his June 30, 1998, Decision On Dolle                
          Motion For Judgment Pursuant To 37 CFR § 1.633(a)(Paper                     
          14)(Paper No. 52).  A decision granting Dolle Motion For                    
          Judgment Pursuant To 37 CFR § 1.633(a)(Paper 14) that the                   
          subject matter of   Claims 1-3 and 5-8 of U.S. Patent                       
          5,036,034, which corresponds                                                
          to original Count 1, is unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103, is              
          a condition precedent to Ewen Responsive Motion No. 2 To                    
          Redefine Under 37 CFR § 1.633(c) And (i)(Paper 20)(Paper No.                
          56, p. 2).                                                                  
               AA. June 30, 1998 -- The APJ entered Decision On Dolle                 
          § 1.633(f) Motion (Paper 13)(Paper No. 57).  The APJ granted                
          Dolle’s motion to be accorded benefit of the August 10, 1992,               
          filing date of U.S. Application 07/927,869; the May 17, 1990,               
          filing date of U.S. Application 07/525,096; and the May 20,                 
          1989, filing date of Fed. Rep. Germany Application P3916553.1               
          for substitute Count 2 (Paper No. 57, p. 2).  After concluding              
          that “[b]enefit of an earlier application for purposes of                   
          priority requires only that an embodiment within the scope of               
          the count be described in the earlier copending application.                
          Weil v. Fritz, 572 F.2d 856, 865-66 n. 16, 196 USPQ 600, 608                
          n. 16 (CCPA 1978),” the APJ found (Paper No. 57, p. 3):                     

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