Interference No. 104,067
filing date of U.S. Patent No. 5,390,861, involved in this
interference.
The sole count at issue in this interference relates to
reducing rubber tire material having metal stranding to a
pulverulent form. The count reads as follows:'
COUNT 1
Claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,390,861 to Bishop
or
claim 5 of U.S. Patent No. 5,390,861 to Bishop
or
claim 25 of Application 08/110,909 to Kramp
or
claim 26 of Application 08/110,909 to Kramp.','
3The copy of the count appearing in Appendix I of the junior
party's brief is incorrect. Namely, the first and third
alternatives of the count (claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,390,861
to Bishop and claim 25 of Application 08/110,909 to Kramp) are
missing and certain language appearing in the second and fourth
alternatives of the count (claim 5 of U.S. Patent No. 5,390,861
to Bishop and claim 26 of Application 08/110,909 to Kramp) is
also missing. A correct copy of the count is reproduced in this
decision.
4ClaiM 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,390,861 to Bishop and claim 25
of Application 08/110,909 to Kramp read as follows:
A method of reducing rubber tire material having a metal
constituent to a pulverulent form having a predetermined range of
particulate dimension, comprising:
(continued...
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