OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the
                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
                                
January 9, 2001                 Volume 1242                    Number 2

                                 CONTENTS                        Page

Patent and Trademark Office Notices                               
   Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information                    
   Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable                             
   Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay 
      Maintenance Fee                                             
   Errata
   Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
      Late Maintenance Fee from 11/24/00
   Reissue Applications Filed                                     
   Requests for Reexamination Filed                               
   Service by Publication
   Registration to Practice
   Changes to Implement the Patent Business Goals
   Changes in Procedure for Papers Filed at the Customer
      Service Window
   Status of Office of Public Records Services
   Patents Available for License or Sale
   Errata
   Adverse Decisions in Interference
   Certificates of Correction                                     
   Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board                            
Special Boxes for Mail                                            
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in
   Patent Depository Libraries                                    
Patent Technology Centers                                         
Condition of Trademark Applications                               
Reexaminations                                                   
Reissue Patents Granted (37,009)                                 
Plant Patents Granted (11,735)                                   
Patents Granted
   General and Mechanical (6,170,084)                            
   Chemical (6,171,345)                                          
   Electrical (6,172,286)                                        
Design Patents Granted (435,955)                                 
Index of Patentees                                                
Indices of Reissue, Reexaminations, Design and Plant Patents      
Classification of
   Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)                
   Designs and Plants Applications                                
Geographical Index of Residence of Inventors
   Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)                
   Designs and Plant Applications                                 
Change of Address Form                                            
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