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. 5,151,312, John L. Boeri, HOLLOW, NON-NESTABLE PACKING
PEANUTS OF RECYCLED NEWSPAPER, Interference No. 103,517, final judgment
adverse to the patentee rendered October 30, 1997, as to claims 1 to 21.
   
   Patent No. 5,188,323, Henry B. David, AMBULATORY SUPPORT APPARATUS,
Interference No. 103,755, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered October 24, 1997, as to claims 1-6.
   
   Patent No. 5,192,629, Dominique Guyomard, Jean-Marie Tarascon,
HIGH-VOLTAGE-STABLE ELECTROLYTES FOR LI1+XMN2O4/CARBON SECONDARY
BATTERIES, Interference No. 103,568, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered May 14, 1997, as to claims 1-19.
   
   Patent No. 5,197,699, Mark R. Smith, Philip G. Wessells, WRIST REST,
Interference No. 103,478, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered April 1, 1998, as to claims 5-11.
   
   Patent No. 5,248,655, Kenji Hayakawa, Ichiro Mori, Genji Jwasaki,
Shin-Ichiro Matsunaga, 1,2,4-TRIAZOLE-3-YL-ALKANE-OR
CYCLOALKANE-PHOSPHONIC ACIDS, AS ACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN WEED KILLERS,
Interference No. 103,813, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered February 9, 1998, as to claims 1-20.
   
   Patent No. 5,273,085, Robert W. Edwards, Terry M. Fulmer, Patrick J.
Schultz, FLUID EXCHANGER WITH FLUID RECONCILIATION, Interference No.
103,653, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered October 23,
1997, as to claims 1 to 15.
   
   Patent No. 5,287,989, LeRoy D. Luther, MOLDED PLASTIC TUB, Interference
No. 103,530, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered November
25, 1997, as to claims 1-13.
   
  Patent No. 5,312,392, Alfons Hofstetter, Rolf Muschter, Stefan Hessel,
Frank Frank, INTERSTITIAL LASER COAGULATION TREATMENT FOR BENIGN
PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA, Interference No. 103,871, final judgment adverse
to the patentees rendered December 17, 1997, as to claims 1 and 13.
   
   Patent No. 5,327,885, James M. Griffith, COMBINATION CATHETER FOR
INVASIVE PROBE DELIVERY AND BALLOON DILATION, Interference No. 103,837,
final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered March 25, 1998, as to
claims 15-19.
   
   Patent No. 5,327,885, James M. Griffith, COMBINATION CATHETER FOR
INVASIVE PROBE DELIVERY AND BALLOON DILATION, Interference No. 103,838,
final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered March 25, 1998, as to
claims 1-5, 13 and 14.
   
   Patent No. 5,342,978, William P. Enlow, Leo L. Valdiserri, ORGANIC
PHOSPHITE ESTER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING HINDERED PIPERDINYL LIGHT
STABILIZERS, Interference No. 103,609, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered February 23, 1998, as to claims 1-9.
   
   Patent No. 5,366,872, Robert F. Hird, Edward F. Cosgrove, TEST KITS AND
METHODS FOR EVALUATING STERILIZATION CYCLES, Interference No. 103,606,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered February 25, 1998, as
to claims 1-13.
   
   Patent No. 5,397,245, Randal D. Roebuck, Salvatore P. Rizzo,
NON-DESTRUCTIVE INTERCONNECT SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES,
Interference No. 103,796, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered March 25, 1998, as to claims 1-6, 10 and 12.
   
   Patent No. 5,564,935, Sakai Yagi, Tamio Watanabe, CONNECTOR ENGAGEMENT
DEVICE, Interference No. 103,965, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered January 9, 1998, as to claims 1-5.