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. 4,587,152 Peter Gleichenhagen, Ekkehard Behrend, Peter
Jauchen, RESIDUELESSLY REDETACHABLE CONTACT-ADHESIVE SHEETLIKE
STRUCTURES, Interference No. 101,660, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered April 11, 1995, as to claims 1-9.

Patent No. 4,623,461, Miles G. Hossom, Dinesh A. Jacob, TRANSVERSE FLOW
DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, Interference No. 102,696, final judgment adverse to
the patentees rendered September 21, 1994, as to claims 1-41.

Patent No. 4,830,460, Tsvi Goldenberg, GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR
DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR HIGH-ENERGY PULSED ULTRAVIOLET LASER LIGHT,
Interference No. 102,343, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered March 31, 1994, as to claims 1-8 and 13-22.

Patent No. 4,892,861, Siba P. Ray, LIQUID PHASE SINTERED SUPERCONDUCTIVE
CERMET, Interference No. 102,743, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered February 7, 1995, as to claims 1-10.

Patent No. 4,922,020, Peter Gregory, Nigel Hughes, 1,1,5,5-TETRA
(4-AMINOPHENYL)-PENTADIOL-1,4-ENE COMPOUNDS, Interference No. 103,031,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered April 5, 1995, as to
claims 1-5.

Patent No. 4,948,769, Andrew P. Chapple, CATALYST, Interference No.
103,330, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered August 28,
1995, as to claims 1-3.

Patent No. 4,855,409, Masakazu Kikuchi, Tsutomu Kurokawa, Susumu Honda,
NOVEL POLYPEPTIDES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME, Interference No.
103,529, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered July 25, 1995,
as to claims 1.

Patent No. 4,999,210, Donald D. Solomon, M. Parke Byron, ANTIINFECTIVE
AND ANTITHROMBOGENIC MEDICAL ARTICLES AND METHOD FOR THEIR PREPARATION,
Interference No. 103,339, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered August 23, 1995, as to claims 1-9.

Patent No. 5,021,540, Andrea Leone-Bay, Steven L. Peake, Stanley S.
Kaminski, POLYIMIDES FROM DIAMINOBENZOTRIFLOURIDES, Interference No.
103,396, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered August 10,
1995, as to claims 1-4.

Patent No. 5,091,015, Frank J. Bunick, Shiuh J. Luo, POLYDEXTROSE
COMPOSITIONS, Interference Nos. 103,506 and 103,507, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered August 7, 1995, as to claims 1-27.

Patent No. 5,151,366, Jonathan M. Serkes, Richard C. St. Pierre, CELL
CULTURE FLASK, Interference No. 103,498, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered July 24, 1995, as to claims 1-19.

Patent No. 5,164,418, Klaus-Jurgen Behme, Hans-Matthias Deger, PROCESS
FOR PRODUCING FOAMS WITH THE AID OF FLUOROALKANES, Interference No.
103,583, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered August 24,
1995, as to claims 1-20.

Patent No. 5,197,261, Thomas S. Hartness, Thomas P. Hartness, CONTINUOUS
CASE LOADING MACHINE, Interference No. 103,574, final judgment adverse
to the patentees rendered July 28, 1995, as to claims 1-13.

Patent No. 5,219,335, Lloyd Willard, Wayne Sieben, INTRAVASCULAR DEVICE
SUCH AS INTRODUCER SHEATH OR BALLOON CATHETER OR THE LIKE AND METHODS
FOR USE THEREOF, Interference No. 103,405, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered August 16, 1995, as to claims 1-15 and 16.

Patent No. 5,344,029, Anne T. Oghia, Hady G. Oghia, DISHWASHER HOLDDOWN
RACK, Interference No. 103,412, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered August 1, 1995, as to claims 1 and 3.

                                            OLIVIA M. DUVALL, Sup'v Legal
                                                     Instruments Examiner
                                                Board of Patent Appeals &
                                                            Interferences
                                                           (703) 308-9846