United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 18 January 2005
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. 6,197,182, ROBERT KAUFMAN, GARY C. DOWNES, DANIEL J. GRAMAROSSA, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLATING WAFERS, SUBSTRATES AND OTHER ARTICLES, Interference No. 105,233, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered, November 19, 2004 as to claims 1-28. Patent No. 6,139,922, ALAIN E. KALOYEROS, BARRY C. ARKLES, TANTALUM AND TANTALUM-BASED FLMS FORMED USING FLUORINE-CONTAINING SOURCE PRECURSORS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME, Interference No. 105,161, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered, November 30, 2004 as to claims 1-19, 23-25. Patent No. 5,914,392, Phillip R. Hawkins, Lynn E. Murry, ANTIBODIES TO A NOVEL TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASES, Interference No. 105,177, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered March 11, 2004, as to claim 1. 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. WANDA M. TIGNER Supervisory Legal Instruments Examiner Board of Patent Appeals & Interferences