United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 28 May 2002
Adverse Decision in Interference
In the designated interference involving the following patent,
final decisions have been rendered that the respective patentees are
not entitled to patents containing the claims listed.
Patent No. 5,426,576, William E. Hewlett, COLOUR CROSS-FADING
SYSTEM FOR A LUMINAIRE, Interference No. 104,555, final judgment
adverse to the patentee rendered April 18, 2002, as to claims 1-4, 7,
8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 20-24, and 26-28.