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. 4,926,248, Shin'ya Kobayashi, Masayasu Anzai, SCANNING
RECORDING TYPE PRINTING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING IMAGE
QUALITY BY CONTROLLING TONE DOT LOCATIONS WITHIN IMAGE PIXELS,
Interference No. 103,780, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered December 15, 1999, as to claims 1, 4 and 8-12.

Patent No. 5,174,302, Matthew A. Palmer, VARIABLE RADIOPACITY GUIDEWIRE,
Interference No. 104,093, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered November 3, 1999, as to claims 1-5 and 7-12.

Patent No. 5,643,752, Phillip R. Hawkins, Lynn E. Murry, NOVEL TISSUE
INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASES, Interference No. 104,330, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered December 20, 1999, as to
claims 1-6.

Patent No. 5,659,426, Masayuki Aoki, ZOOM LENS, Interference No.
104,419, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered November 2,
1999, as to claims 1-8.

Patent No. 5,760,228, Paul S. Waterman, HYDROXY ARYL TRIAZINE
ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBERS, Interference No. 104,282, final judgment adverse
to the patentee rendered December 20, 1999, as to claims 1-16.

Patent No. 5,788,886, Barbara Haviland Minor, Tuneen E. C. Chisolm,
PENTA FLUOROPROPANE COMPOSITIONS, Interference No. 104,342, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered July 21, 1999, as to claims
1, 2 and 5.

Patent No. 5,612,801, Bruce K. Winker, MONOLITHIC OPTICAL COMPENSATION
DEVICE FOR IMPROVED VIEWING ANGLE IN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS,
Interference No. 104,372, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered November 23, 1999, as to claims 1-7.

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