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. 4Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007