1997 PATENT AWARD WINNERS MEDICAL/HEALTH Company: Merck Research Laboratories Title: Crixivan a New Class of HIV/AIDS Medicine Inventors: Dr. David Askin, Dr. Kan Eng and Dr. R.P. Volante CONSUMER Company: AT&T Title: FASTAR a Fiber Optic Cable Network Inventors: Dr. James D. Askew, Dr. Chin-Wang Chao, Robert Guenther, Dr. David R. Cochran, Dr. Peter M. Dollard, Dr. Hossein Eslambolchi, William E. Goodson, Dr. Omar Mansour, Mr. Liem T. Nguyen and Dr. Sarma S. Tanuku Back