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         Interference No. 104,06ý                                                    


              According to Mr. Trzyna (Trzyna affidavit dated January 28,            
         2000, paragraphs 8 and 9):                                                  
              8. On or about December 23, 1992, Leslie F. Chard,                     
              III and I were provided a memorandum entitled "Tire                    
              Grinder" and dated December 23, 1992, together with a                  
              series of accompanying photographs and listing of part                 
              numbers identified in the drawings for the purposes of                 
              conducting a patentability search.                                     
              9. The disclosure documents comprising the memorandum                  
              and a series of photographs and number code listing of                 
              items numbered on photographs is attached to the                       
              Affidavit of Leslie F. Chard, III, as Exhibit 1.                       
              Leslie F. Chard, III adds (Chard affidavit dated January 28,           
         2000, paragraphs 5 and 6):                                                  
              5. 1 remember seeing a disclosure memorandum                           
              including a number code description list relating to                   
              photographs forming part of the memorandum for the                     
              invention entitled "Tire Grinder", a copy of the                       
              disclosure memorandum and attachments is attached                      
              hereto and labeled as Exhibit 1.                                       
              6. The photographs disclosed a functional,                             
              constructed embodiment of the "Tire Grinder" as                        
              described in Jr. Party Kramp's application now involved                
              in this interference.                                                  
                                        III.                                         
              In order to establish an actual reduction to practice of the           
         subject matter of a count, an inventor must prove that: (1) he              
         constructed an embodiment or performed a process that met all the           
         limitations of the interference count, and (2) he determined that           
         the invention would work for its intended purpose. Coooer,                  


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