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. 5,203,208, Jonathan J. Bernstein, SYMMETRICAL MICROMECHANICAL
GYROSCOPE, Interference No. 103,908, final judgment adverse to the
patentee rendered November 18, 1999, as to claims 1-10.

   Patent No. 5,206,523, Ulrich M. Gosele, Volker E. Lehman, MICROPOROUS
CRYSTALLINE SILICON OF INCREASED BAND-GAP FOR SEMICONDUCTOR
APPLICATIONS, Interference No. 103,954, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered September 30, 1999, as to claims 1-6.

   Patent No. 5,227,292, Raymond L. White, Peter O'Connell, David H.
Viskochil, Richard M. Cawthon, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1 GENE,
Interference No. 104,030, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered February 12, 1999, as to claims 1-24.

   Patent No. 5,298,571, Robert J. Statz, John F. Hagman, HIGH-RESILIENCE
IONOMERIC COMPOSITIONS FOR GOLF BALL COVERS, Interference No. 103,491,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered June 30, 1999, as to
claims 1-10.

   Patent No. 5,527,384, Gareth Williams, Judith A. Cornfield, Janet Brown,
Neil P. Ryan, PRESERVATIVES FOR WOOD AND OTHER CELLULOSIC MATERIALS,
Interference No. 104,078, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered September 3, 1999, as to claims 1-5.

   Patent No. 5,546,659, Masao Tanahashi, Takeshi Shiba, Toshio Ikuta,
RECIPROCATORY DRY SHAVER, Interference No. 104,378, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered November 23, 1999, as to claims 1-5.

   Patent No. 5,548,899, Maso Tanahashi, Takeshi Shiba, Toshio Ikuta,
RECIPROCATORY DRY SHAVER, Interference No. 104,376, final judgment
adverse to the patentees rendered November 23, 1999, as to claim 1.

   Patent No. 5,634,967, Gareth Williams, Judith A. Cornfield, Janet Brown,
Neil P. Ryan, PRESERVATIVES FOR WOOD AND OTHER CELLULOSIC MATERIALS,
Interference No. 104,077, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered September 3, 1999, as to claims 1, 5, 6 and 10.

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