United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 21 November 2006

                       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. 5,943,593, Takashi Noguchi, Yasushi Shimogaichi,
"METHOD FOR FABRICATING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR DEVICE", Interference
No. 105,339, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered, March 9,
2006, as to claims 1-7.

Patent No. 5,875,056, Koichi Takahashi, HEAD OR FACE MOUNTED
IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, Interference No. 105,343, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered, June 21, 2006, as to claims 1, 3-10,
14-15, 17/10, 17/14-15, 18/5-7, 18/10, 18/14-15, 19/5-7, 19/10,
19/14-15, 20/5-7, 20/10, 20/14-15, 21/5-7, 21/10, 21/14-15, and 22-24.

Patent No. 6,317,267, Koichi Takahashi, HEAD OR FACE MOUNTED
IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, Interference No. 105,343, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered, June 21, 2006, as to claims 1-11.

Patent No. 6,195,207, Koichi Takahashi, HEAD OR FACE MOUNTED
IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, Interference No. 105,343, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered, June 21, 2006, as to claims 1, 2,
and 8-14.

Patent No. 6,500,890, Walter Lee Edwards, Robert Joseph
Schiavone, POLYESTER BOTTLE RESINS HAVING REDUCED FRICTIONAL PROPERTIES
AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME, Interference No. 105,321, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered, June 28, 2006, as to claims
1-4 and 9-10.

Patent No. 5,587,523, Pan S. Jung, Daphna R. Yaniv, ATOMIC FORCE
MICROSCOPE EMPLOYING BEAM TRACKING, Interference No. 105,396, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered, March 29, 2006, as to
claims 17, 34, 36, and 37.

                                                          CRAIG R. FEINBERG
                                           Deputy Chief Trial Administrator
                                    Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences