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. 103,272, final judgment adverse to the
patentee rendered September 30, 1998, as to claims 1-7.

   Patent No. 5,097,276, Masaru Midorikawa, INK JET HEAD CAPPING DEVICE,
Interference No. 103,736, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered May 12, 1997, as to claims 1-11.

   Patent No. 5,109,958, Kunio Kato, Yasumasa Iida, Takenobu Honda,
Kazuhiko Sugita, Shinji Yamasaki, BRAKE UNIT FOR AN ELEVATOR HOIST
APPARATUS, Interference No. 103,501, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered January 23, 1997, as to claims 1-3.

   Patent No. 5,242,044, Shoichi Yamaguchi, Hisashi Shimizu, APPARATUS FOR
ROTATING AND CONVEYING AN ARTICLE TO BE PAINTED ON COATING LINE,
Interference No. 103,705, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered February 4, 1997, as to claim 1.

   Patent No. 5,315,636, Rajendra Patel, PERSONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM, Interference No. 104,166, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered February 3, 1999, as to claims 11, 13, 14, 18, 19 and 25.

   Patent No. 5,382,743, James H. Beech, Jr., Roland B. Saeger, Robert A.
Ware, SKELETAL ISOMERIZATION OF N-PENTENES USING ZSM-35 IN THE PRESENCE
OF HYDROGEN, Interference No. 103,902, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered March 4, 1999, as to claims 1-13.

   Patent No. 5,512,436, Timothy Stone, ENHANCEMENT OF POLYNUCLEOTIDE
HYBRIDIZATION, Interference No. 103,849, final judgment adverse to the
patentee rendered January 30, 1998, as to claims 1-14.

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