Interference No. 104,192
Cragg v. Martin v. Fogarty
15. Upon declaration of this interference, Cragg was
accorded benefit of U.S. application 08/317,763, filed October
4, 1994, European application EP94400284.9, filed February 9,
1994, and European application EP94401306.9, filed June 10,
1994. The European applications did not identify any inventor
and were filed by the entity MINTEC SARL.
16. Based on representations from individuals associated
with party Cragg, party Fogarty regarded as true, until the
service of party Cragg’s preliminary statement, that European
applications EP94400284.9 and EP94401306.9 were filed by
MINTEC SARL on behalf of inventors Goicoechea, Hudson, Mialhe,
and Cragg. (Fogarty Preliminary Motion 12, Fact No. 5 – not
disputed by Cragg).
17. Michael D. Dake made an assignment of rights,
including his interests in the invention covered by Cragg’s
involved application relating to a bifurcated stent-graft, to
MinTec, Inc., for a one time payment of eight hundred thousand
U.S. dollars (U.S. $800,000) and other considerations, on May
6, 1996, with a stated effective date of April 30, 1996.
(Cragg Exhibit 1025, CE-1025). The date of assignment was
nearly two years and three months from the date of filing of
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