United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 10 August 2004

                       Adverse Decision in Interference

   In the designated interference involving the following patent,
final decisions have been rendered that the respective patentee is not
entitled to the patent containing the claims listed.

Patent No. 5,573,778, Donald J. Therriault, Kenneth W. Rodgers,
DRUG FLUX ENHANCER-TOLERANT PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION,
Interference No. 104,263, final judgment adverse to the patentees
rendered December 10, 2003, as to claims 1-15.

                                                            WANDA M. TIGNER
                                                                Sup'v Legal
                                                       Instruments Examiner
                                    Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences