United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 12 October 2004

                      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. 6,364,519, Christopher P. Hughes, Richard A. Rocco,
BONE CEMENT SYSTEM, Interference No. 105,160, final judgment adverse to
the patentees rendered July 15, 2004, as to claims 1-6, 8-11, 13-14,
and 16-20.

   Patent No. 5,884,417, J.R. Jocelyn Pare, MICROWAVE-ASSISTED
SEPARATIONS USING VOLATILES, Interference No. 104,692, final judgment
adverse to the patentee rendered August 21, 2003, as to claims 1-15.

   Patent No. 5,831,797, Mark J. Schaenzer, Lori G. Swanson, Gregory
S. Mowry, Lance E. Stover, SLIDER WITH MESA FOR OPTICAL DISC DATA
STORAGE SYSTEM, Interference No. 105,058, final judgment adverse to the
patentees rendered October 29, 2003, as to claims 1-15.

   Patent No. 5,662,885, Alfred Pollak, Anne Goodbody, PEPTIDE
DERIVED RADIONUCLIDE CHELATORS, Interference No. 104,789, final
judgement adverse to the patentees rendered April 8, 2004, as to claims
1-9, 14-15.

   Patent No. 5,780,006, Alfred Pollak, Anne Goodbody, PEPTIDE
DERIVED RADIONUCLIDE CHELATORS, Interference No. 104,789, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered April 8, 2004, as to claims
1-3, 5-6, 8-11, and 15-18.


   Patent No. 5,976,495, Alfred Pollak, Anne Goodbody, PEPTIDE
DERIVED RADIONUCLIDE CHELATORS, Interference No. 104,789, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered April 8, 2004, as to claims
1-3, 5-6, 8-11, and 14-25. 
                                                            WANDA M. TIGNER
                                           Sup'v Legal Instruments Examiner
                                    Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences