Appeal 2006-1875
Reexamination Control No. 90/006,272
1 23. Mr. Miller also refers to Exhibit 16, a copy of a letter sent by facsimile
2 and dated June 26, 1997, from Mr. J.C. Sykes, IMI Patents and Licensing
3 Department, to himself, H.L. Miller, CCI, and received June 26, 1997
4 (2003 Miller declaration ¶ 13).
5 24. Mr. Miller states that item 3, page 2, of the June 26 letter refers to the
6 memorandum of June 20 (Exhibit 15) and the RAVEN brochure of
7 Copes-Vulcan (Exhibit 11) and states (2003 Miller declaration ¶ 14).
8 Your note of 20 June contains details of the Raven product offering by
9 Copes Vulcan. My copy of the photographs of the disc configuration is
10 not too clear, but . . . [rest redacted].
11 25. Mr. Miller states that since the Copes-Vulcan Brochure was sent to
12 Mr. Sykes by facsimile, one would expect that the photographs of the discs
13 shown in the brochure would not be too clear as stated in the June 26 letter
14 (2003 Miller declaration ¶ 15).
15 26. Mr. Miller states that the handwritten notes at the upper left corner of
16 Exhibit 16 were made by him, listing the names of persons to whom he
17 distributed copies of Mr. Sykes letter (2003 Miller declaration ¶ 16).
18 27. Mr. Miller states that his letter of June 20, 1997, to Mr. Sykes
19 (Exhibit 15) and Mr. Sykes letter of June 26, 1997, back to him (Exhibit 16),
20 are two dated documents corroborating the publication of the Copes-Vulcan
21 Brochure more than one year before the June 30, 1998, filing date of the
22 patent application (2003 Miller declaration ¶ 17).
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