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. 4,272,402, Warden W. Mayes, PROCESS FOR REGENERATING
FLUIDIZABLE PARTICULATE CRACKING CATALYSTS, Interference No. 103,564,
final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered February 14, 1996, as to
claims 1-44.

Patent No. 4,639,365, A. Dean Sherry, GADOLINIUM CHELATES AS NMR
CONTRAST AGENTS, Interference No. 103,295, final judgment adverse to the
patentee rendered February 6, 1996, as to claims 1-4.

Patent No. 4,771,054, John M. Domagala, Thomas F. Mich, Jeffrey B.
Nichols, ANTIBACTERIAL AGENTS, Interference No. 103,333, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered April 18, 1996, as to claims 1-3,
10-12.

Patent No. 4,875,924, Masato Mizutani, Masao Shiroshita, Masaharu
Sakaki, Hiroki Okuda, Nobuaki Mito, CINNOLINE DERIVATIVE, PROCESS FOR
PREPARING THE SAME AND HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME,
Interference No. 103,044, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered January 26, 1996, as to claims 1-7.

Patent No. 4,896,939, Donald G. O'Brien, HYBRID FIBER OPTIC/ELECTRICAL
CABLE AND CONNECTOR, Interference No. 102,721, final judgment adverse to
the patentee rendered April 25, 1996, as to claims 1 and 2.

Patent No. 4,915,727, Masato Mizutani, Masao Shiroshita, Nobuaki Mito,
Hiroki Okuda, Masaharu Sakaki, PLANT MALE STERILANT, Interference No.
103,043, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered January 26,
1996, as to claims 1-7.

Patent No. 5,061,047, Madeline J. Bradshaw, Edward P. Raynes, SMECTIC
LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICES, Interference No. 103,213, final judgment adverse
to the patentees rendered April 25, 1996, as to claims 1, 3, 4, 7, 8,
20-28.

Patent No. 5,190,741, Marie-France Moreau, Josette Michelot, Annie
Veyre, Jean-Claude Madelmont, Denise Godeneche, Pierre Labarre, Daniel
Parry, Gaston Meyniel, AGENTS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING MELANOMAS,
AROMATIC HALOGENATED DERIVATIVES USABLE AS SUCH AGENTS AND THEIR
PREPARATION, Interference No. 103,545, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered May 9, 1996, as to claims 1 and 2.

Patent No. 5,200,749, Philip S. Crosby, Ajay K. Luthra, FORMAT COVERTER
ARCHITECTURE, Interference No. 103,581, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered February 27, 1996, as to claims 1, 2, 4-6, 9-11, 14
and 15.

Patent No. 5,205,213, Michel Bresson, AXIALLY SYMMETRICAL GAPLESS
LAYERED SLEEVE PRINTING BLANKET SYSTEM, Interference No. 103,411, final
judgment adverse to the patentee rendered January 24, 1996, as to claims
1-13.

Patent No. 5,219,897, William M. Murray, DENTAL AND ORTHOPEDIC CEMENT
METHOD AND PREFORMS, Interference No. 103,550, final judgment adverse to
the patentee rendered April 18, 1996, as to claims 1-21.

Patent No. 5,228,056, Donald L. Schilling, SYNCHRONOUS SPREAD--SPECTRUM
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD, Interference No. 103,480, final
judgment adverse to the patentee rendered February 14, 1996, as to
claims 31, 32 and 37.

Patent No. 5,236,971, William M. Murray, DENTAL AND ORTHOPEDIC CEMENT
METHOD AND PREFORMS Interference No. 103,551, final judgment adverse to
the patentee rendered April 18, 1996, as to claims 1-29.

Patent No. 5,390,075, John J. English, Robert D. Loy, Oswaldo A.
Mantilla, Walter Melnychenko, Roger J. Stockholm, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
WITH FLEXIBLE CABLE INTERCONNECT HAVING INDEPENDENTLY MOVABLE MEMBER
SUPPORTED ON TAB PORTIONS, Interference No. 103,473, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered March 6, 1996, as to claims 1-6.

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