SHI V. NAKAMURA et al. - Page 2






               A.   Background                                                          
               Junior party Shi is involved in this interference on the                 
          basis of his continuation-in-part application 08/886,553,                     
          filed August 11, 1997 (the '553 application), which was                       
          substituted in the interference during the preliminary motion                 
          period for Shi application 08/304,451, filed September 12, 1994               
          (the '451 application).  The '451 application has since become                
          abandoned by way of an express abandonment.                                   
               Senior party Nakamura is involved in the interference on                 
          the basis of his application 08/337,219, filed November 7, 1994.              
               The counts in this interferences are Count 4 and Count 5,                
          which read:                                                                   
                                        Count 4                                         
                               Benzoxazole-based device                                 
                    An EL device in accordance with claim 5 of the Nakamura             
               application,                                                             
                                          or                                            
               an organic light emitting device in accordance with claim 1              
               of Shi application '553,                                                 
                                          or                                            
               a method of fabricating an organic light emitting device                 
               according to claim 10 of Shi application '553.                           



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