Appeal 2006-1875
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,272
1 21. Mr. Miller testifies (2003 Miller Declaration ¶ 5) that the June 20
2 memorandum refers to the 1997 Copes-Vulcan Brochure as evidenced by
3 several textual references to the brochure: (a) the memo says that RAVEN is
4 an acronym for Reduce and Attenuate Velocity Erosion and Noise, and this
5 appears on the cover of the brochure (¶ 6); (b) the memo says that the pictures
6 in the brochure show "pressure equalizing rings," and the disc on the cover of
7 the brochure shows rings corresponding to an inner periphery ring prior to the
8 channel entry 72 and to passageways 80 and 82 in the '076 patent (¶ 7); (c) the
9 memo says that there are "only two designs shown," where a first design is
10 shown on the cover of the brochure, and repeated on pages 2, 3, and 4, and a
11 second design is shown on page 2 of the brochure (¶ 8); (d) the memo says
12 that the brochure shows expanding and non-expanding flow channels and that
13 the discs shown have 14 and 40 turns, and the brochure shows discs with 14
14 and 40 turns with the flow channels expanding toward the outer rim of the
15 discs (¶ 9); and (e) the memo comments on a picture showing noise versus
16 pressure differential on page 3 which does not mention which competitor's
17 disc is being compared, and page 3 of the brochure has a graph of noise
18 versus pressure differential which does not identify the competitors (¶ 10).
19 22. Mr. Miller testifies that the memorandum refers to a copy being sent to
20 S.A. Carson and V.K. Nagpal, and that he spoke to Mr. Carson and
21 Mr. Nagpal who both recalled receiving a copy of the memorandum of
22 Exhibit 15 and a copy of the Copes-Vulcan Brochure in the summer of 1997
23 (2003 Miller declaration ¶¶ 11-12).
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