conceived the idea for a key chain on 8 March 1996 and made a
drawing of the key chain on 10 March 1996.
17. Winter did not file a preliminary statement within the
time set by the Administrative Patent Judge's Order of 23 June
2000 (Paper 22).
18. An ORDER was issued on 24 July 2000 extending the time
for filing preliminary statements to 7 August 2000 (Paper 26).
19. On 7 August 2000, Winter filed a preliminary statement.
In the preliminary statement Winter states that he "commenced
design and construction of a snowboard keychain" and bought a
full size snowboard from Sports Chalet for guidance in the
general appearance of snowboards on 5 October 1996. According to
Winter, a model of the key chain was completed on or about
1 November 1996 and "the first technical drawings were then made
from the wooden snowboard keychain." Winter states that he
disclosed his design to Tony Hiebel on 1 November 1996 and that
he hired Mr. Hiebel to assist in the construction of the key
chain model.
20. On 7 August 2000, Winter filed a submission entitled
"WINTER, JUNIOR PARTY, CASE IN CHIEF" (Paper 28). The submission
consists of the following:
(a) a photocopy of what appears to be two checks dated
10/5/96 and 10/7/96 said to be checks written to pay for the
snowboard and to pay Mr. Hiebel for work on the snowboard key
chain;
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