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. 5,260,778, Marc KauffMan, APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE
DISTRIBUTION OF MESSAGES OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, Interference No.
103,964, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered July 21, 1999,
as to claims 1-3, 5-6, 8-10, 12, 14, and 17-21.

   Patent No. 5,362,716, Thomas E. Kmiecik, George F. Vande Woude, METHODS
FOR STIMULATING HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITORS USING HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR
AND LYMPHOKINES, Interference No. 104,081, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered May 10, 1999, as to claim 1.

   Patent No. 4,990,658, Barbara C. Stahly, Ronny E. Lin and E.E. Atkinson,
Jr., PROCESS FOR PREPARING IBUPROFEN AND ITS ALKYL ESTERS, Interference
No. 103,852, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered May 26,
1999, as to claims 1-41.

   Patent No. 5,244,757, Norio Takami and Takahisa Ohsai, LITHIUM SECONDARY
BATTERY, Interference No. 103,575, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered March 4, 1999, as to claims 1-8, 16/1, 17/161, and
18/1.

   Patent No. 5,053,503, Richard T. Dean, and Robert W. Weber, CHELATING
AGENTS, Interference No. 103,056, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered April 22, 1999, as to claims 1-23.

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