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. 4,835,230, Nitya P. Khasat, Birendra K. Patnaik, USE OF A
CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION INITIATOR IN THE PREPARATION OF THERMOSET
POLYMER, Interference No. 103,422, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered September 27, 1996, as to claims 1-5.

Patent No. 4,877,805, Albert M. Kligman, METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF
SUNDAMAGED HUMAN SKIN WITH RETINOIDS, Interference No. 102,638, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered September 30, 1996, as to
claim 5.

Patent No. 4,941,883, Aldo Venturini, DISPOSABLE SAFETY SYRINGE,
Interference No. 103,359, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered October 24, 1996, as to claims 1, 4-6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15 and 17.

Patent No. 4,979,084, Martin Krauthamer, FINIAL SUPPORT FOR TABLE LAMP,
Interference No. 102,878, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered May 21, 1996, as to claims 1 and 3-5.

Patent No. 4,991,197, Walker C. Morris, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF VOICE AND DATA SIGNALS, Interference
No.103,466, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered September
25, 1996, as to claims 1-21.

Patent No. 5,013,134, Ronald T. Smith, GHOST-FREE AUTOMOTIVE HEAD-UP
DISPLAY EMPLOYING A WEDGED WINDSHELD, Interference No. 103,070, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered September 28, 1995, as to
claims 1-16.

Patent No. 5,068,634, Karen P. Shrier, OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION DEVICE AND
MATERIAL, Interference No. 103,573, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered September 30, 1996, as to claims 1-4, 10-12 and 15-20.

Patent No. 5,084,875, Joseph Weinberger, Gary Bricault, James Laird,
SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY MONITORING COPIERS FROM A REMOTE LOCATION,
Intefference No. 103,166, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered September 4, 1996, as to claims 1-9.

Patent No. 5,126,323, David T. Rogers, Neil M. Wolfman, Jasbir S.
Seehra, HOMOGENEOUS PURIFIED K-FGF AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME,
Interference No. 103,464, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered September 20, 1996, as to claims 1-8.

Patent No. 5,139,565, Fumio Kimura, Takahiro Haga, Nobuyuki Sakashita,
Shigeo Murai, Yuji Nakamura, Shooichi Honzawa, SUBSTITUTED
PYRIDENESULFONAMIDE COMPOUNDS, AND HERBICIDAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING
THEM, Interference No. 103,406, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered November 1, 1996, as to claims 1-9.

Patent No. 5,156,315, David T. Green, Henry Bolanos, Robert J. Geiste,
Wayne P. Young, Stephen W. Gerry, Frank M. Rende, III, ARCUATE APPARATUS
FOR APPLYING TWO-PART SURGICAL FASTENERS, Interference No. 103,319,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered November 7, 1996, as to
claims 1-16.

Patent No. 5,184,195, Eric L. Goldner, TRIAXIAL FIBER OPTIC SAGNAC
INTERFEROMETER WITH SINGLE SOURCE AND DETECTOR, Interference 103,458,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered October 16, 1996, as to
claim 9.

Patent No. 5,195,969, James C. Wang, George T. Roberts, Brian A.
Pederson Sr., CO-EXTRUDED MEDICAL BALLOONS AND CATHETER USING SUCH
BALLOONS, Interference 103,502, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered August 28, 1996, as to claims 1-10.

Patent No. 5,292,423, Joseph Wang, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACE METAL
TESTING, Interference 103,679, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered September 9, 1996, as to claims 1-7, 12-19, 24-30 and 33-46.

Patent No. 5,256,252, Jawed M. Sarkar, Martha R. Finck, METHOD FOR
CONTROLLING PITCH DEPOSITS USING LIPASE AND CATIONIC POLYMER,
Interference 103,627, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered
October 24, 1996, as to claims 1-20.

Patent No. 5,283,968, Christopher Williams, EDGELIT LUMINAIRES,
Interference 103,690, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered
September 9, 1996, as to claims 1-9.

Patent No. 5,318,226, James A. Kime, Jeremy J. Margeson, DEPOSITION OF
SNOW-ICE TREATMENT MATERIAL FROM A VEHICLE WiTH CONTROLLED SCATTER,
Interference 103,628, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered
August 26, 1996, as to claims 1-3.

Patent No. 5,420,217, Jo Ann M. Canich, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AMORPHOUS
POLY-ALPHA-OLEFINS WITH A MONOCYCLOPENTADIENYL TRANSITION METAL CATALYST
SYSTEM, Interference 103,663, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered August 15, 1996, as to claims 1-8.

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