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. 4,801,510, Pankaj K. Mehrotra, Elizabeth R. Billman, ALUMINA
COATED SILICON CARBIDE WHISKER-ALUMINA COMPOSITION, Interference No.
102,712, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered June 29, 2000,
as to claims 1-40.

   Patent No. 4,476,877, John M. Barker, FLUID TEMPERATURE SENSOR,
Interference No. 103,146, final judgment adverse to the patentee
rendered June 29, 1999, as to claims 1-18.

   Patent No. 4,877,326, Curt H. Chadwick, Robert R. Sholes, John D.
Greene, Francis D. Tucker, III, Michael E. Fein, P. C. Jann, David J.
Harvey, William Bell, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION OF
SUBSTRATES, Interference No. 102,407, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered September 27, 2000, as to claims 46 and 48.

   Patent No. 5,036,118, Eloy C. Martinez, REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITIONS
HAVING IMPROVED DISTINCTNESS OF IMAGE, Interference No. 103,446, final
judgment adverse to the patentee rendered November 30, 1999, as to
claims 1-25.

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