Findings of Fact
The following findings are supported by a preponderance of the evidence.
F 1. This interference is between Application 09/101,663 and Patent 5,895,628.
F 2. The Stiller application is said to be assigned to
Helmut Goldbecker
Fuhrenkamp 21
D-30916 Isernhagen, Germany
Paper 5.
F 3. The Heid patent is said to be assigned to Microm International Gmbh. Paper 14.
F 4. The subject matter of the interference relates to devices for transporting medical specimens.
F 5. Heid’s Claim 18 is representative of Heid’s claimed subject matter (indentation added):
18. Apparatus for treatment of specimens, comprising:
a plurality of treatment containers representing treatment stations, and
a transport device
for specimen holders
transporting the specimen holders between said treatment stations,
said transport device comprising
a vertical guide,
a receiving device and
a unit movably arranged at said transport device,
wherein said receiving device is designed to pick up said specimen holders,
wherein said unit is brought under said specimen holders
during transport of said specimen holders between said treatment
stations, and
wherein said receiving device and said unit are vertically movably guided,
independently of each other, on said vertical guide.
F 6. Stiller’s Claim 9 is representative of Stiller’s claimed subject matter (indenting added):
9. A transport device for conveying at least one sample holder
containing a medical specimen comprising:
(a) a carriage conveyed horizontally in at least one axis;
(b) a vertically movable hoisting device;
(c) a coupling element for the sample holder arranged on the hoisting
device;
(d) a collecting device for liquid dripping off the sample holder
positioned beneath the sample holder while the sample holder
is being conveyed.
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