United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 29 July 2003

                       dverse 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. 5,766,520, Victor Bronshtein, PRESERVATION BY FOAM
FORMATION, Interference No. 104,727, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered March 3, 2003, as to claims 1-14.

   Patent No. 6,269,576, Charles David Williams, DISABLEMENT
MECHANISM FOR A FIREARM, Interference No. 105,018, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered May 20, 2003, as to claims 1-7,
18, 19.

   Patent No. 6,352,379, Kazuo Sanada, DEVELOPING DEVICE AND
PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL PROCESSING METHOD, Interference No. 105,029,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered June 19, 2003, as to
claims 1-31.

   Patent No. 5,796,858, Gan Zhou, Yong Qiao, Fai Mok, FINGERPRINT
SENSING SYSTEM USING A SHEET PRISM, Interference No. 104,649, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered May 14, 2002, as to claims
1-10 and 18-27.