Adverse Decision 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. 5,914,826, Robert C. Smallwood, LIGHT SWITCH COVER
PLATE WITH AUDIO RECORDING AND PLAYBACK FEATURE, Interference No.
104,632, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered September 27,
2001, as to claims 1-15.

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