may be entered against a junior party that fails to timely file a brief on priority. 37 CFR
§ 1.656(i). At any rate, we treat Hart's statements during the conference call as a request for
adverse judgment under 37 CFR § 1.662(a).
Upon consideration of the record of the interference and for reasons given, it is
ORDERED that judgment on priority is awarded against junior party CHARLES
E. HART, RICHARD D. KENAGY, and ALEXANDER CLOWES;
FURTHER ORDERED that junior party CHARLES E. HART, RICHARD D.
KENAGY, and ALEXANDER CLOWES is not entitled to a patent containing claims 1-19 of its
patent 5,620,687, which claims correspond to count 1, the sole count of the interference;
FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this judgment be entered into the
administrative records of Hart's 5,620,687 patent and Ramakrishnan's 09/003,810 application;
and
FURTHER ORDERED that if there is a settlement agreement, the parties are
directed to 35 USC § 135(b) and 37 CFR § 1.666(a).
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SALLY GARDNER LANE )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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SALLY C. MEDLEY ) APPEALS AND
Administrative Patent Judge ) INTERFERENCES
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MICHAEL P. TIERNEY )
Administrative Patent Judge )
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