Findings of Fact
F. 1. This interference is between U.S. Patent 5,752,945 to Mosley et al. and reissue Application
09/314,492 of Dodge et al. Paper 1.
F. 2. The Mosley patent issued from Application 08/846,003, filed 25 April 1997.
F. 3. The Dodge application is a reissue of Dodge Patent 5,820,973. Application 09/314,492,
Declaration for Reissue Patent Application For Richard Norris Dodge, IL
F. 4. Dodge was accorded the benefit of the 22 November 1996 filing date of Application
08/754,417, which issued as the Dodge Patent. Paper 89, p.24.
F. 5. The sole count of this interference is
Count 2
Claim 1 of Mosley patent 5,752,945
or
Claim 25 of Dodge Application 09/314,492 wherein said at least one
first surge layer and said at least one second surge layer are bonded
together.
Paper 90.
F. 6. The claims of the parties which correspond to Count 1 are:
Dodge 25-29
Mosley 1-10
Paper 90.
F. 7. The claims of the parties which do not correspond to Count 1, and therefore are not involved
in this interference, are:
Dodge None
Mosley None
Paper 90.
F. 8. Dodge Claims 25-29 were included in Application 09/314,492 to provoke an interference with
the Mosley patent. Application 09/314,492, Declaration for Reissue Patent Application For
Richard Norris Dodge, II, p. 2.
F. 9. Dodge Claims 25-29 were said to be "copied or substantially copied from Mosley's involved
patent for the purpose of interference." Application 09/314,492, Declaration for Reissue
Patent Application For Richard Norris Dodge, II, p. 2.
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