PREPUTNICK et al. V. PROVENCHER et al. - Page 4





             Interference No. 104,693                                                                      
             Preputnick v. Provencher                                                                      
                   11. Junior party Preputnick filed preliminary motions 1, 2                              
             and 3: (1) Preliminary Motion 1 alleging that senior party                                    
             Provencher's claims 17-19 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C.                                    
             § 102(b) for anticipation by Japanese Utility Model Application                               
             6-88065 (Hashiguchi); (2) Preliminary Motion 2 alleging that                                  
             senior party Provencher's claims 17-19 are unpatentable under                                 
             3S U.S.C. § 103 over various combinations of prior art                                        
             references; and (3) Preliminary Motion 3 alleging that senior                                 
             party's claims 17-19 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 112,                                  
             first paragraph, as lacking written description in the                                        
             specification.                                                                                
                   12. Junior party Preputnick has not filed any preliminary                               
             motion to attack the benefit accorded senior party Provencher at                              
             the commencement of this interference.                                                        
                   13. Senior party Provencher filed preliminary motions I and                             
             2: (1) Preliminary Motion 1 attacking the benefit accorded                                    
             junior party's involved patent; and (2) Preliminary Motion 2                                  
             alleging that junior party Preputnick's claims 12-14 are                                      
             unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by U.S.                               
             Patent No. 5,702,258, and that junior party Preputnick's claims                               
             9-11 are unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious over                             
             U.S. Patent No. 5,702,258 in view of U.S. Patent Nos. 4,705,332                               
             and 5,224,867.                                                                                

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