Cooper 1998
Tea Rochlitz
One of the first things that spring into mind when discussing British motoring is of course the Mini. This small city car conceived in the 1960s won the hearts of drivers all over the world. Last series of the original Mini went on sale in 1995 and was the most refined iteration of the British city car. It also lost none of the original character or timeless style despite numerous modern touches and bold colours.
Example shown in the catalogue is a vehicle in perfect condition. It was destined to be a classic right from the moment it left the showroom. It was originally sold in 1998 and remained in the hands of a single family based in Germany. Last year the car was sold to a Polish collector and enthusiast of the brand. Remarkably deep Tahiti Blue paint still looks really fresh despite the fact that the car is 20 years old. The only metal part that was replaced is the front left fender, the rest remains intact. Monaco Leather upholstery and Horizon Blue carpets perfectly match the exterior colour. The dashboard has no signs of bleaching, which can often be found in cars from this period. Factory Minilite 136 wheels, flared wheel-arches and chrome tailpipe give this charming classic a sporty character. The owner committed himself to cover all the import fees before the car is sold at auction.
The late Mini Cooper is a great offer for those who are after a car with real heritage, but also one that allows trouble-free ownership and can be driven on a regular basis. Its mint condition is a perfect proof of low mileage, which is a considerable factor that increases collector value. Prices of these cars are already on the rise in Western countries. To sum up, the Mini offered here is a perfect combination of a recognizable retro-style body shape with modern technology, such as airbags for example. On top of that, it definitely has a potential to go up in value.
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1. Whether a junior party has priorityof invention when he files a patent for the same invention as a pendingpatent, the senior party has prior conception but a later reduction topractice, and when the senior party does not prove that he exercised diligenceto achieve reduction to practice.
2. Whether a junior party can prove a reductionto practice by a preponderance of the evidence when there is no evidencein the contemporaneous research record that supports the junior party'spersonal testimony, but only the corroboration of witnesses that statethat he "had in mind a structure that corresponded to what was neededfor reduction to practice." Cooper,1998 WL, at *6.
The patent is for expanded polytetraflouroethylene (PTFE) artificialvascular grafts that are flexible membranes. After the PTFE is stretched,there are nodes of PTFE connected by thin PTFE fibrils. It is importantto have a length between the nodes of the fibers that is long enough topermit tissue growth into the walls of the graft, but short enough to preventexcessive bleeding through the graft walls. The dispute centers aroundthe question of who was the first to recognize the significance of thelength between the fibers and the first to reduce the invention to practiceby performing a successful experiment.
Cooper's research team was determined bythe Board of Patent of Appeals and Interferences (the Board) to have conceivedthe invention by June 5, 1973. On that date, Cooper, the plant managerof W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore), told a Gore manufacturing engineerthat there was a need for sufficient internodal separation in order toallow tissue ingrowth. Goldfarb did not prove conception prior toCooper. Goldfarb's conception was determined by the Board to be byJuly 1973, based on the testimony of Goldfarb that is corroborated by twoGore employees.
On April 22, 1973, Cooper's research teamharvested two successful grafts out of four grafts placed in a test subject. The Board determined this not to be a successful reduction to practicebecause there was no corroborated evidence that the successful grafts werewithin the parameters of the required internodal length. On the otherhand, the Board found Goldfarb to have successful reduction to practiceby July 1973. This is based on Goldfarb's testimony, corroboratedby two witnesses, that he measured the internodal lengths of the successfulgrafts and realized that the lengths were within the desired amount. Cooper's reduction to practice was determined by the Board to be afterJuly, 1973.
The court followed the rule that "priorityof invention goes to the first party to reduce an invention to practiceunless the other party can show that it was the first to conceive of theinvention and that it exercised reasonable diligence in later reducingthat invention to practice." Cooper,1998 WL, at *4. The court found that Cooper did not provide evidencewhich would prove a reduction in practice prior to July 1973 and that Cooper'spatent filing date, a constructive reduction to practice, on April 2, 1974,was after Goldfarb's actual reduction to practice. As for the evidencesupporting Goldberg's reduction to practice, the court found that "circumstantialevidence provided sufficient corroboration," to prove a reductionto practice in July, 1973. The court did not require that "eachindividual act in the reduction to practice of a count must be proved indetail by an unbroken chain of corroboration." Also, "[i]nthe final analysis, each corroboration case must be decided on its ownfacts with a view to deciding whether the evidence as a whole is persuasive."Berges v. Gottstein, 618 F.2d 771, 776, 205 U.S.P.Q. 691, 695 (C.C.P.A.1980).
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The car has since been back to my local mini specialist and had the coolant temp sensor harness mod/a thermostat and coolant flush. The car sits perfectly at temperature and the fan is kicking in at 105 degrees when sat idling, so spot on.
So, as the title says I have two issues. The first one is more pressing. I have googled this to death and read a lot of differing opinions so I'll try and be specific. The car is standard other than a maniflow exhaust. It's driving me nuts!
When I bought it and drove it home from South Wales (120 miles) it didn't miss a beat. I knew the top engine steady was shot so I drove very carefully, but having read a few other threads, it seems maybe the top steady being bust (snapped off bracket) may be the cause as it's only started cutting out since I did the top steady repair.
The first time it cut out it did it once whilst changing gear - but I didn't think too much of it, I just started the car while rolling and carried on. When repairing the top steady I had to take the master cylinders off to sort some rust as well as the top steady bracket fix, so I disturbed the loom and had all the connectors off of the inlet manifold.
When it cuts out, I will be driving along and when I come up to a junction and depress the clutch, or sometimes just change gear it just stalls. It always starts again straight away. No idling issues or running issues, just this cutting out. No sputtering, a clean cut out.
I have literally just changed the coil pack, leads and plugs and I've checked all connections on these parts but all seems fine. On a 2 mile test drive today it cut out twice. The issue seems electrical, like a faulty sensor, connection or loom break somewhere (maybe due to engine movement from top steady break?)
This issue has always been there. The fan was coming on when the car got up to temp and stayed on constantly until I turned the engine off. Today it came on halfway up to temp. The temp gauge suggested I was up to temp on my test drive, and after the first engine cut out the temp gauge then read stone cold. When I got the car home it was in fast idle (as if I'd just started it).
Having googled this I can see Rover released a water temp sensor harness mod with new brown connector (technical bulletin 0043) and I guess I should change the temp sensor in the thermostat sandwich plate too.
cutting out map sensor, or an air leak somewhere. fan will not cause it to cut out but the modified siring is a good move and i guess a new sensor, engine earths can cause issues with running too as voltages affect sensors
Thanks. I cleaned up the main engine earth strap when I fixed the top engine steady. I'm 99% sure this is OK. I also cleaned up the battery earth strap as the connection through the boot floor was corroded - but I think this would have just caused the battery to go flat over time.
MAP sensor - is this the sensor on the back right of the inlet manifold (looking at engine from front of car)? Not the sensor a bit further forward than this with the green connector? Is it a good idea to clean the MAP sensor or replace?
I had this very same problem and it ended up being a break in the wiring loom. I traced back from the water temp sender and found the break to the right of the injection looking from the front of the engine. It had being rubbing against the metal fuel lines. My guess is it was confusing the ecu into thinking the engine was overheating which then turned the engine off and in your case also activating the cooling fan.
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