Interference No. 105;
2. Bourbeau is involved on the basis of his Patent No. 5,647,119, based on
application 08/506,660, filed on July 15, 1995.
3. Tarpill is involved on the basis of his application 09/065,192, filed April 23,
1998, which is said to be a continuation of its application 08/733,261, filed October 18,
1996, which is in turn said to be a continuation of its application 08/331,136, filed
October 28, 1994.
4. There is only one count in this interference, Count 1.
5. Bourbeau's claims 1-14, 16, 18, 20-25 and 27 were designated as corresponding
to Count I and Senior Party Tarpill's claims 9-11, 14-23, and 25-49 were designated as
corresponding to Count 1.
6. Bourbeau was accorded, for purposes of priority, the benefit of the filing date
of its application 08/506,660, filed July 25, 1995.
7. Tarpill filed Preliminary Motion I (Paper 25), which alleges that Bourbeau's
claim I is unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) for anticipation by Nilsson U.S. Patent
5,040,288 (Ex. 2018) and/or under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being obvious to one of ordinary
skill in the art over Nilsson U.S. Patent 5,040,288 (Ex. 2018) in view of Bihler U.S.
Patent 2,202,894 (ex. 2019), Nakamura U.K. Patent Application GB 2081629A (Ex.
2020) and/or Taylor U.S. Patent 1,813,971 (Ex. 202 1).
8. Bourbeau has filed an Opposition to Tarpill's Preliminary Motion I (Paper 35).
9. Claim I of Bourbeau reads as follows:
A cable terminating tool for applying an electrical connector to an
end portion of a cable and comprising a tool holder, cable retaining means
for positioning and retaining a cable to be terminated and including a pair
of cable retaining members having opposing arcuate jaws supported for
movement away from each other and to a cable receiving position to
receive therebetween an associated portion of a cable to be terminated and
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