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. 5,067,789, Douglas W. Hall, Robert M. Hawk, FIBER
OPTIC COUPLING FILTER AND AMPLIFIER, Interference No. 104,075, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered March 28, 2001, as to claims
1-7, 9-22 and 24-30.

   Patent No. 5,131,069, Douglas W. Hall, Mark A. Newhouse, FIBER
AMPLIFIER HAVING MODIFIED GAIN SPECTRUM, Interference No. 104,069,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered March 28, 2001, as to
claims 1, 2, 10, 12-14, 17 and 18.

   Patent No. 5,069,002, Gurtej S. Sandhu, Laurence D. Schultz,
Trung Tri Doan, AN APPARATUS FOR ENDPOINT DETECTION DURING MECHANICAL
PLANARIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, Interference No. 103,958, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered March 9, 2001, as to claims
1-9.

   Patent No. 5,036,015, Gurtej S. Sandhu, Laurence D. Schultz,
Trung T. Doan, METHOD OF ENDPOINT DETECTION DURING CHEMICAL/MECHANICAL
PLANARIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS, Interference No. 103,957, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered March 9, 2001, as to claims
1-11.

   Patent No. 5,110,730, Thomas S. Edginton, James H. Morrissey,
HUMAN TISSUE FACTOR RELATED DNA SEGMENTS, Interference No. 103,203,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered September 29, 2000, as
to claims 1-7.

   Patent No. 5,478,925, David Wallach, Cord Brakebusch, MULTIMERS
OF THE SOLUBLE FORMS OF TNF RECEPTORS, THEIR PREPARATION AND
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM, Interference No. 103,854,
final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered August 11, 2000, as to
claims 1-7.