United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 12 February 2002
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. 5,465,023, Charles E. Garner, CARBON-CARBON GRID FOR ION ENGINES, Interference No. 104,248, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered December 5, 2001, as to claims 16-38. Patent No. 5,182,529, Wen-Foo Chern, ZERO CROSSING-CURRENT RING OSCILLATOR FOR SUBSTRATE CHARGE PUMP, Interference No. 104,624, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered January 7, 2002, as to claims 1-20. WANDA M. TIGNER, Sup'v. Legal Instruments Examiner Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences (703) 308-9797