cancelled all of its pending application claims and has presented new claims 76-86 which do not interfere in fact with the remaining claims of the Richards patent. While claims 76-86 shall be entered into Hartley’s 08/183,354 application, there has been no determination made that these claims are patentable to Hartley. As we noted in our decision on the joint motion (Paper 21 at 12), Our decision to allow Hartley to add new claims to its application should not be construed as a determination that these new claims are patentable to Hartley. For example, we note that certain of Hartley’s new claims, e.g., claims 82 [footnote omitted] through 86, appear to be of broader scope than the claims involved in the interferences. These new claims may be thoroughly examined upon the resumption of ex parte prosecution. It is appropriate to return the Hartley application. Upon consideration of the record and for reasons given, it is ORDERED that there is no interference-in-fact between claims 2-7 of Richards’ involved patent 6,037,152 and claims 76-86 of Hartley’s involved application 08/183,354. FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk is authorized to enter the Richards statutory disclaimer filed with the joint motion (Paper 19 at Joint Exhibit 8). FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk is authorized to enter the Hartley amendment filed May 24, 2005 (Paper 20). FURTHER ORDERED that Richards is not entitled to a patent containing claims 1, 8, and 9 of patent 6,037,152. FURTHER ORDERED that Hartley is not entitled to a patent containing claims 47-53, 56-72, 74 and 75 of application 08/183,354, filed January 19, 1994. 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007