United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 18 December 2001

                       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. 5,106,829, Syed B. Quadri, Louis E. Toth, Michael S.
Osofsky, Steven H. Lawrence, Donald U. Gubser, Stuart A. Wolf, MEHTOD
OF MAKING SUBSTANTIALLY SINGLE PHASE SUPERCONDUCTING OXIDE CERAMICS
HAVING A TC ABOVE 85 DEGREES K, Interference No. 103,183, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered August 22, 2001, as to
claims 1-24.

Patent No. 5,064,802, James C. Stevens, David R. Neithamer, METAL
COMPLEX COMPOUNDS, Interference No. 103,112, final judgment adverse to
the patentees rendered September 29, 2001, as to claims 1-10.

Patent No. 5,132,380, James C. Stevens, David R. Neithamer, METAL
COMPLEX COMPOUNDS, Interference No. 103,113, final judgment adverse to
the patentees rendered September 28, 2001, as to claim 3.

Patent No. 5,132,380, James C. Stevens, David R. Neithamer, METAL
COMPLEX COMPOUNDS, Interference No. 103, 114, final judgment adverse to
the patentees rendered September 28, 2001, as to claims 1, 2 and 4-9.

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