Interference 103,482
impossibilities “presumes stupidity rather than skill.” In re
Sovish, 769 F.2d 738, 743, 226 USPQ 771, 774 (Fed. Cir. 1985).
Contrary to party Ewen’s view, our interpretations of the
meanings of the words and phrases in Dolle’s claims, and the
scope of the subject matter encompassed by Dolle’s claims,
have been both systematic and sensible. As said in Autogiro
Company of Am. v. United States, 384 F.2d 391, 397, 155 USPQ
697, 702 (Ct. Cl. 1967):
The necessity for a sensible and systematic
approach to claim interpretation is axiomatic. The
Alice-in-Wonderland view that something means whatever
one chooses it to mean makes for enjoyable reading,
but bad law.
3. Ewen’s contentions
A. Patentability of Dolle Claims 4-6, 8,
and 12-37 under 35 U.S.C. § 102 or 103
Ewen contends that Claims 4-6, 8, and 12-37 of Dolle
Application 08/147,006 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.
§ 102 over, and/or 35 U.S.C. § 103 in view of, Ewen et al.,
U.S. Patent 4,892,851 (EE I), or Ewen et al., “Syndiotactic
Polypropylene Polymerizations with Group IVB Metallocenes,”
JACS, Vol. 110, No. 18, pp. 6255-6256 (1988)(Ewen JACS)(EE
III), and so moves for judgment (Paper No. 18). Ewen’s motion
is denied for Claims 4-6, 8, 12-26, and 31-37. However, the
motion is granted in-part for Claims 27-30 (Appendix E).
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