United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 11 June 2002

                             Notice of Reprimand


   A practitioner has been privately reprimanded by the Director
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
   32 for engaging in conduct that adversely reflects on his fitness to
practice, engaging in conduct the practitioner knew or should have
known he or she was not competent to engage in, without properly
associating with another practitioner, engaging in conduct that
constituted handling a legal matter without adequate preparation under
the circumstances, and engaging in conduct that constituted neglecting
a legal matter entrusted to the practitioner.



                                                          JAMES A. TOUPIN1
                                                            General Counsel
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office


1On January 31, 2002, the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual
Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
delegated to the General Counsel the authority under 37 C.F.R.    10.156
to decide appeals from the initial decisions of administrative law judges,
and to issue final decisions in proceedings under 35 U.S.C.    32.