F6. The Notice Declaring Interference accorded Par& the benefit ofApplication 08/653,553, filed
24 May 1996. Paper 1.
F 7. Mengal was accorded the benefit of Application 08/553,621, filed 28 November 1995.
Paper 1.
F 8. In view of the earlier effective filing date, Mengal is the senior party.
F9. The sole Count of this interference is the disjunction of Par6's Claims I and 10 and Mengal's
Claims 1, 14, 20 and 29:
Count 1
Claim I or Claim 10 of the Par6 Patent 5,8 84,417 or
Claim I or Claim 14 or Claim 20 or Claim 29 of Mengal Application
09/102,788.
Paper 1, p. 5.
F 10. The claims of the parties which correspond to Count I are:
Par6: 1-15
Mengal: 1-5, 8, 9,11, 14-21, 23-32
Paper 1, p. 5.
Fll. The claims of the parties which do n-ot correspond to Count 1, and therefore are not involved
in the interference, are:
Parư: None
Mengal: None
Paper 1, p. 5.
2. The Subject Matter of the Interference
F 12. The common inventive subject matter of the parties relates to methods and corresponding
apparatus for microwave extraction of a desired product from biological materials.
F 13. The biological material is subject to microwave energy to heat and volatilize the desired
natural product.
F 14. During microwave irradiation, the biological material is subject to cyclically and
intermittently reduced pressure.
F 15. The volatilizable component is then separated to obtain the desired natural product.
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