Interference 103,685
February 7, 1997 - Riggins filed Preliminary Motion 8 under
37 CFR § 1.633(i) to redefine the interfering subject matter by
adding new Claim 77 and designating new Claim 77 as corresponding
to Count 1 or proposed Count 2 (Paper No. 38).
April 30, 1997 - Holsten replaced Holsten’s Preliminary
Motion 1 (Paper No. 26) with Holsten’s amended Preliminary
Motion 1 (Paper No. 76).
April 30, 1997 - Holsten replaced Holsten’s Preliminary
Motion 2 (Paper No. 27) with Holsten’s amended Preliminary
Motion 2 (Paper No. 77).
June 6, 1997 - A “Decision on preliminary and other motions”
was entered of record as a Memorandum Opinion and Order (Paper
No. 83) with the following findings of fact, conclusions of law,
and orders:
Riggins’ Preliminary Motion 1 (Paper No. 19) is denied
(Paper No. 83, p. 26).
. . . . .
5. Riggins’ 405 claim 78 reads (underlined
portion new vis-a-vis claim 65):
78. a method of dyeing aromatic polyamide
fibers comprising contacting the fibers with an
aqueous dyebath comprising a functional amount of
at least one dye and a dye diffusion promoting agent
comprising an aromatic amide having 7 to 14 carbon
atoms capable of increasing the swelling value at
least 1.5%, and heating the fibers while in contact
with the dyebath to fix the dye within the fibers.
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