Interference No. 104,158 Althaus: Claims 1-8, 12, 13 4 Oldroyd: Claims 9-28 Issues In a decision on preliminary motions (Paper No. 47), the Administrative Patent Judge (APJ) held claims 1-8, 12 and 13 of Althaus unpatentable over the prior art. Althaus does not challenge the holding with respect to claims 1-6, 8, 12 and 13. The following issues were raised by the parties in their briefs at final hearing: a) whether Althaus has sustained his burden of showing that the involved claims of Oldroyd, viz., claims 9- 28, are unpatentable to Oldroyd under 35 U.S.C. § 103; b) whether Althaus has sustained his burden of showing that Althaus claim 9 should be designated as not corresponding to the count; c) whether Althaus has sustained his burden of showing that Althaus claim 7 recites a separate patentable 4Pursuant to redeclaration after the decision on preliminary motions. See Paper No. 48. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007