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