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