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. 4,997,903, Masaya Okamoto, POLYCARBONATE-MADE OPTICAL
ARTICLE, Interference No. 103,732, final judgment adverse to the
patentee rendered September 30, 1998, as to claims 1-7.

   Patent No. 5,086,835, Toshiharu Shinmura, HEAT EXCHANGER, Interference
No. 103,775, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered January 25,
1999, as to claims 1, 2, 9 and 12.

   Patent No. 5,185,413, Kenji Yoshinaga, Toshiko Nakamura, Kiichi Itoh,
PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HIGHLY WATER-ABSORTIVE POLYMERS, Interference No.
103,672, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered January 13,
1999, as to claims 1-10.

   Patent No. 5,196,496, Maurizio Galimberti, Enrico Albizzati, Romano
Mazzocchi, SYNDIOTACTIC CRYSTALLINE COPOLYMERS OF PROPYLENE AND
1-BUTENE, Interference No. 103,303, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered May 18, 1998, as to claims 1 and 2.

   Patent No. 5,248,781, Alexander McKillop, PREPARATION OF SUBSTITUTED
ANILINO-NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVES, Interference No. 104,060, final
judgment adverse to the patentee rendered December 23, 1998, as to
claims 1-20.

   Patent No. 5,266,592, Helmut Grub, Ralf Pelzer, Rudolf Hopp, Roland
Emberger, Heinz-Jurgen Bertram, COMPOSITIONS WHICH HAVE A PHYSIOLOGICAL
COOLING EFFECT, AND ACTIVE COMPOUNDS SUITABLE FOR THESE COMPOSITIONS,
Interference No. 103,700, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered October 13, 1998, as to claims 1-5.

   Patent No. 5,314,682, Mark A. Sweval, W. Douglas Register, Mark L.
Robin, Yuichi Iikubo, OZONE FRIENDLY STERILANT MIXTURE, Interference No.
103,677, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered June 23, 1997,
as to claims 1-8.

   Patent No. 5,344,677, Gilbert H. Hong, PHOTOCHEMICALLY STABLE DEEP
ULTRAVIOLET PELLICLES FOR EXCIMER LASERS, Interference No. 103,636,
final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered July 15, 1997, as to
claim 3.

   Patent No. 5,346,669, Mark A. Sweval, W. Douglas Register, Mark L.
Robin, Yuichi Iikubo, OZONE-FRIENDLY STERILANT MIXTURE, Interference No.
103,742, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered June 20, 1997,
as to claims 1-8.

   Patent No. 5,377,104, Gordon G. Sorrells, J. Craig Woerpel, PASSIVE
SEISMIC IMAGING FOR REAL TIME MANAGEMENT AND VERIFICATION OF HYDRAULIC
FRACTURING AND OF GEOLOGIC CONTAINMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTES INJECTED INTO
HYDRAULIC FRACTURES, Interference No. 103,734, final judgment adverse to
the patentees rendered August 14, 1998, as to claims 1 and 2.

   Patent No. 5,415,937, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Frank M. Simonutti, GOLF BALL
COVER, Interference No. 104,150, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered December 1, 1998, as to claims 1-13.

   Patent No. 5,424,786, Gerald T. McCarthy, LATERAL VISION CONTROLLING
DEVICE, Interference No. 103,867, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered October 21, 1997 as to claims 1, 7, 8 and 11-14.

   Patent No. 5,486,253, Svatoboj Otruba, METHOD OF LABELING CONTAINERS,
Interference No. 104,045, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered November 5, 1998, as to claims 1, 4-11 and 15.

   Patent No. 5,509,064, Stephen Welner, Elliot Millenson, Wendy Strongin,
CALL ROUTING AND HANDLING SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL TEST
RESULT INFORMATION TO ANONYMOUS CALLERS, Interference No. 104,198, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered December 17, 1998, as to
claims 1-17.

   Patent No. 5,538,794, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Frank M. Simonutti, GOLF BALL
COVOER, Interference No. 104,150, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered December 1, 1998 as to claims 1-7.

   Patent No. 5,561,248, Yasuhiro Negoro, ACCELERATION SENSOR, Interference
No. 104,243, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered January 6,
1999, as to claims 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17 and 19.

   Patent No. 5,631,239, Tai-Shun Lin, Yung-Chi Cheng, NOVEL
L-2',3'-DIDEOXY NUCLEOSIDE ANALOGS AS ANTI-HEPATITIS B (HBV) AGENTS,
Interference No. 104,175, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered December 8, 1998, as to claims 1-2.

                                                            WANDA M. TIGNER
                                           Sup'v Legal Instruments Examiner
                                    Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences
                                                             (703) 308-9797