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. 4,883,830, Michiharu Kitabatake, Akira Tominaga, COATING
RESIN COMPOSITION, Interference No. 103,572, final judgment adverse to
the patentee rendered June 6, 1996, as to claims 1-13.

Patent No. 4,894,107, Samuel W. Tse, Almar T. Widiger, Keith D. Lind,
PROCESS FOR MAKING MULTIPLE LAYER POLYMERIC FILMS, Interference No.
102,917, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered April 30,
1996, as to claims 1, 2, 4 and 5.

Patent No. 4,953,189, Shih-Ping Wang, X-RAY RADIOGRAPHY METHOD AND
SYSTEM, Interference No. 102,603, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered March 22, 1996, as to claims 1-52.

Patent No. 4,957,801, Artun Maranci, Steven L. Peake, Stanley S.
Kaminski, ADVANCE COMPOSITES WITH THERMOPLASTIC PARTICLES AT THE
INTERFACE BETWEEN LAYERS, Interference No. 103,231, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered June 19, 1996, as to claim 7.

Patent No. 5,002,023, Roger P. Butterfield, Franklin R. Smith, VARIABLE
CAMSHAFT TIMING FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, Interference No.
102,923, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered April 11,
1996, as to claims 1-6.

Patent No. 5,018,176, Rene Romeas, Didier Rouchy, Alain Gilleron,
MAMMOGRAPH EQUIPPED WITH AN INTEGRATED DEVICE FOR TAKING STEREOTAXIC
PHOTOGRAPHS AND A METHOD OF UTILIZATION OF SAID MAMMOGRAPH, Interference
No. 103,005, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered August 1,
1996, as to claims 1-6.

Patent No. 5,107,804, Thomas J. Becker, Roger P. Butterfield, Stanley K.
Dembosky, Franklin R. Smith, VARIABLE CAMSHAFT TIMING FOR INTERNAL
COMBUSTION ENGINE, Interference No. 102,960, final judgment adverse to
the patentees rendered June 19, 1996, as to claims 1-19.

Patent No. 5,202,720, Akihiko Fujino, Kenji Tsuji, Hidehiko Fujii,
Nobuyuki Taniguchi, Sadafusa Tsuji, PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA WITH FLASH UNIT,
Interference No. 103,485, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered November 6, 1995, as to claim 8.

Patent No. 5,266,237, Michael B. Freeman, Yi H. Paik, Ethan S. Simon,
Graham Swift, ENHANCING DETERGENT PERFORMANCE WITH POLYSUCCINIMIDE,
Interference No. 103,644, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered January 23, 1996, as to claims 1-10.

Patent No. 5,285,516, Ren-Sue Wong, FUSED FIBER OPTIC ATTENUATOR HAVING
AXIALLY OVERLAPPING FIBER END PORTIONS, Interference No. 103,698, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered June 27, 1996, as to claims
1-20.

Patent No. 5,304,203, Amin El-Mallawany, Jan J. Lewandowski, TISSUE
EXTRACTING FORCEPS FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY, Interference No. 103,600,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered June 13, 1996, as to
claims 1-12.

Patent No. 5,326,675, Hirokazu Niki, Rumiko Hayase, Naohiko Oyasato,
Yasunobu Onishi, Akitoshi Kumagae, Kazuo Sato, Masataka Miyamura,
Yoshihito Kobayashi, PATTERN FORMING METHOD INCLUDING THE FORMATION OF
AN ACIDIC COATING LAYER ON THE RADIATION-SENSITIVE LAYER, Interference
No. 103,560, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered June 11,
1996, as to claims 1-2, 4-7, 9, 11, 14-16 and 18.

Patent No. 5,383,678, Gary L. Sokol, MULTI-ELEMENT WHEEL ALIGNMENT SHIM
ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF USE, Interference No. 103,634, final judgment
adverse to the patentee rendered August 13, 1996, as to claims 1, 2,
4-7, 12-18 and 20.

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