United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 14 January 2003

                       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. 5,833,367, Edward P. Cheslock, Eric L. Canfield,
Richard K. Harris, TYMPANIC THERMOMETER PROBE COVER, Interference No.
104,708, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered November 26,
2002 as to claims 1-4 and 8-22.

Patent No. 6,030,117, Edward P. Cheslock, Eric L. Canfield,
Richard K. Harris, TYMPANIC THERMOMETER PROBE COVER, Interference No.
104,708, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered November 26,
2002, as to claims 1, 3-8 and 10-14.

Patent No. 6,042,266, Edward P. Cheslock, Eric L. Canfield,
Richard K. Harris, TYMPANIC THERMOMETER PROBE COVER, Interference No.
104,708, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered November 26,
2002, as to claims 1-7.