Interference No. 104,267 Monaco v. Kalina it is stated: “Junior Party Monaco et al. (Monaco) hereby abandons the contest as to the sole Count (Count 1) in this interference pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 1.662.” Under 37 CFR § 1.662(a), the abandonment of contest is treated as a request for entry of adverse judgment against junior party Monaco. Paper No. 29 further includes party Monaco’s discussion of why it believes the subject matter of the count and the claims of the parties which have been designated as corresponding to the count are unpatentable over certain alleged prior public use, as well as evidence of that alleged prior public use. Also pending before the Board is Kalina’s preliminary motion 1 (Paper No. 25) for judgment against Monaco’s claims 62 and 63 on the ground of an on-sale bar under 35 U.S.C. § 102, and Kalina’s miscellaneous motion 2 (Paper No. 26) to take testimony to support Kalina’s preliminary motion 1. Monaco’s request for entry of adverse judgment is granted. We decline to take up the issue of whether Kalina’s claims are patentable over the public use alleged by party Monaco, in light of party Monaco’s failure to file a - 2 -Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007