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. 5,684,813, Douglas A. Keszler, POLYBORATES USEFUL FOR OPTICAL
FREQUENCY CONVERSION, Interference No. 104,577, final judgment adverse to 
the patentee rendered December 12, 2000, as to claims 1-26.

   Patent No. 5,421,924, Paul Ziegelhoffer, Gary E. Johnson, APPARATUS AND 
METHOD FOR ULTRASONIC SEALING DISPOSABLE DIAPERS, Interference No. 104,623, 
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered November 21, 2000, as to 
claims 1, 3-8, and 12-14.

   Patent No. 5,412,049, John N. Argyropoulos, Molly I-Chin Busby, 
Jeffrey M. 0. Lewis, POLYMER COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING HYDROXYL FUNCTIONAL
(METH)ACRYLATES AND HYDROXYALKYL CARBAMATE (METH)ACRYLATES AND
NHXTURES THEREOF, Interference No. 104,465, final judgment adverse to the 
patentees rendered September 22, 2000, as to claims 1-3 and 5-10.

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