Interference No. 104,693
Preputnick v. Provencher
with the Notice Declaring Interference, a motion shall begin with
a section setting forth the precise relief requested. In
Preputnick's statement of the precise relief requested, no less
than five, six if the connector ưand/or" is counted as setting
forth two grounds, grounds of alleged unpatentability are listed,
one of which is hopelessly ambiguous -- 'obvious in view of the
same in combination with . . . ."I (Emphasis added.)
It appears that the grounds of unpatentability are divided
into two groups, one based on Hashiguchi as a primary reference,
and one based on any one of three catalogues collectively
referred to as AMPMODU catalogues as a primary reference. With
this understanding,.we proceed, but not without further
frustration. one of the grounds of unpatentability relying on
Hashiguchi as the primary reference also relies on U.S. Patent
No. 4,129,727, referred to by Preputnick only as the 1727 patent.
This reference, however, has not been furnished as an exhibit,
and does not appear to have been discussed with meaningful
specificity in Preputnik's motion with a citation to column and
line numbers. When we obtained a copy of this patent from the
database of the USPTO, we see that it is directed to a gear pump,
and evidently has nothing to do with electrical connectors.
3 Six prior art references have been previously noted in
the same paragraph.
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