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. 5,034,545, Martin Fischer, PREPARATION OF 2,5-DIHYDROFURANS,
Interference No. 103,455, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered August 31, 1998, as to claims 1-6.

   Patent No. 5,443,772, Shigeki Inoue, Fumiaki Tsuda, Mitsuo Nagai,
Tadamoto Sakai, Kazuyuki Nakamura, METHOD OF RECLAIMING PLASTIC PRODUCT
WITH PAINT FILM, Interference No. 104,362, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered September 6, 2000, as to claims 1-6.

   Patent No. 5,458,111, Carl G. Coin, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC COLONOSCOPY,
Interference No. 104,366, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered August 30, 2000, as to claims 1-12.

   Patent No. 5,147,397, F. Richard Christ, David A. Fencil, Patricia M.
Knight, INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME, Interference No.
103,435, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered June 20, 2000,
as to claims 1-17.

   Patent No. 5,578,450, Steven N. Thibodeau, METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A
TUMOR, Interference No. 103,859, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered May 15, 2000, as to claims 1-14.