Adverse Decisions in Interference

   In the designated interferences involving the following patents, final
decisions have been rendered that the respective patentees are not
entitled to patents containing the claims listed.

   Patent No. 4,788,036, Herbert L. Eiselstein, Jerry A. Harris, Darrell
F. Smith, Jr., Edward F. Clatworthy, Stephen Floreen, Jeffrey M.
Davidson, CORROSION RESISTANT HIGH-STRENGTH NICKELBASE ALLOY,
Interference No. 102,601, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered February 9, 1994, as to claims 1-19.

   Patent No. 4,845,118, Hans-Jochen Lang, Robert Rippel, Andreas W.
Herling, Klaus Weidmann, SUBSTITUTED THIENOIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES,
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM, AND THEIR USE AS INHIBITORS
OF GASTRIC ACID SECRETION, Interference No. 102,841, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered February 27, 1995, as to claims 1-7
and 9-12.

   Patent No. 4,854,980, Ramaswamy V. Raman, Shih C. Hsu, REFRACTORY
TRANSITION METAL GLASSY ALLOYS CONTAINING MOLYBDENUM, Interference No.
103,038, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered May 2, 1995,
as to claims 1 and 4-6.

   Patent No. 4,871,738, Klaus Opitz, Maria-Luise Weischer, Jorg Traber,
USE OF 2-PYRIMIDINYL-1-PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES IN THE TREATMENT OF
DEPENDENCE ON NICOTINE, Interference No. 102,504, final judgment adverse
to the patentees rendered February 16, 1995, as to claims 1-7.

   Patent No. 4,900,326, Jean F. Grollier, DYE COMPOSITION FOR HUMAN
KERATINOUS FIBRES IN THE FORM OF FOAM, BASED ON 5,6-DIHYDROXYINDOLE,
Interference No. 102,807, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered June 20, 1995, as to claims 1-19.

   Patent No. 5,016,128, Mark S. Diiorio, Stephen E. Robinson, Duane B.
Crum, Douglas N. Paulson, D. S. Buchanan, James R. Marsden,
SUPERCONDUCTING INFORMATION STORAGE DEVICE, Interference No. 103,390,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered April 11, 1995, as to
claims 1-12.

   Patent No. 5,017,416, George R. Imperial, Hsiang-Ching Kung, Paul A.
Makarewicz, Bonnie J. McCormick, Lori S. Slovik, PAPER FOR USE IN ION
DEPOSITION PRINTING, Interference No. 102,702, final judgment adverse to
the patentees rendered March 22, 1995, as to claims 1-6.

   Patent No. 5,056,029, Thomas G. Cannon, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
MANUFACTURING AND VENDING SOCIAL EXPRESSION CARDS, Interference No.
102,872, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered May 15, 1995,
as to claims 1-21.

   Patent No. 5,061,807, Hanspeter Gethoffer, Gerd Reinhardt,
IMIDOPEROXYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS, PROCESSES FOR THEIR PREPARATION AND THEIR
USE, Interference No. 103,149, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered April 26, 1995, as to claims 1-2.

   Patent No. 5,099,380, Richard K. Childers, John H. Bunch, Karen P.
Shrier, ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION FEATURE,
Interference No. 103,288, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered December 2, 1994, as to claims 1-5.

   Patent No. 5,075,871, William E. Weideman, VARIABLE GAIN NEURAL
NETWORK IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, Interference No. 103,109, final
judgment adverse to the patentee rendered May 23, 1995, as to claims 1
and 4.

   Patent No. 5,102,971, Thomas Himmler, Rudolf Braden, Joachim Genz,
Karsten-Josef Idel, Ralf Pakull, SOLUBLE POLYAROMATIC COMPOUNDS,
Interference No. 103,302, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered May 16, 1995, as to claim 1.

   Patent No. 5,188,942, John J. Reddington, Ginger M. Reddington,
METHOD FOR DETERMINING BLUETONGUE VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN SERUM,
Interference No. 103,585, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered June 22, 1995, as to claims 6 and 7.

   Patent No. 5,202,831, Brian K. Blackburn, Joseph F. Mazur, Scott B.
Gentry, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN OCCUPANT RESTRAINT
SYSTEM USING REAL TIME VECTOR ANALYSIS, Interference No. 103,356, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered May 18, 1995, as to claims
1-23.

   Patent No. 5,215,989, John J. Baldwin, David A. Claremon, Jason M.
Elliott, Gerald S. Ponticello, David C. Remy, Harold G. Selnick,
NITROGEN-CONTAINING HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS CLASS III ANTIARRHYTHMIC
AGENTS, Interference No. 103,445, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered May 9, 1995, as to claims 2 and 6.

                                                  OLIVIA M. DUVALL, Sup'v Legal
                                                           Instruments Examiner
                                                      Board of Patent Appeals &
                                                                  Interferences
                                                                 (703) 603-3298