PATENT EXAMINING CORPS BRUCE LEHMAN, Commissioner LAWRENCE J. GOFFNEY, Jr., Assistant Commissioner STEPHEN G. KUNIN, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Phone Number New Case PATENT EXAMINING GROUPS Area Code 703 Date* CHEMICAL EXAMINING GROUPS GENERAL METALLURGICAL, INORGANIC, PETROLEUM AND ELECTRICAL CHEMISTRY, AND ENGINEERING, GROUP 1100 - JOHN E. KITTLE, Director 308-0661 11/29/93 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, GROUP 1200 - JOHN F. TERAPANE, JR., Director 308-1235 09/23/93 SPECIALIZED CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, GROUP 1300 -RICHARD V. FISHER, Director 308-0651 02/08/94 HIGH POLYMER CHEMISTRY, PLASTICS, COATING, PHOTOGRAPHY, STOCK MATERIALS AND COMPOSITIONS, GROUP 1500 - J. O. THOMAS, Director 308-2351 12/09/93 BIOTECHNOLOGY, GROUP 1800 - BARRY S. RICHMOND, Director 308-0196 08/11/93 ELECTRICAL EXAMINING GROUPS INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, PHYSICS AND RELATED ELEMENTS, GROUP 2100 - JOSEPH J. ROLLA, Jr. Director 308-1782 10/12/92 SPECIAL LAWS ADMINISTRATION, GROUP 2200 - ROBERT E. GARRETT, Director 308-0511 04/19/93 COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER APPLICATION, GROUP 2300 - GERALD GOLDBERG, Director 305-9600 10/26/92 PACKAGES, CLEANING, TEXTILES AND GEOMETRICAL INSTRUMENTS GROUP 2400 - CARLTON CROYLE, Director 308-0771 11/01/93 ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, GROUP 2500 - JANICE A. HOWELL, Director 308-0956 09/09/93 COMMUNICATIONS, MEASURING, TESTING AND LAMP/DISCHARGE GROUP, GROUP 2600 - BOBBY R. GRAY, Director 305-4700 04/08/93 DESIGN, GROUP 2900 - ROBERT E. GARRETT, Director 308-0511 02/02/93 MECHANICAL EXAMINING GROUPS HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION MEDIA, GROUP 3100 - F. R. SCHMIDT, Director 308-1113 11/08/93 MATERIAL SHAPING, ARTICLE MANUFACTURING AND TOOLS, GROUP 3200 - N. GODICI, Director 308-1148 10/19/93 MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND HUSBANDRY PERSONAL TREATMENT INFORMATION, GROUP 3300 - J. J. LOVE, Director 308-0858 11/25/93 SOLAR, HEAT, POWER, AND FLUID ENGINEERING DEVICES, GROUP 3400 - DONALD G. KELLY, Director 308-0861 06/04/93 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING, GROUP 3500 A.L. SMITH, Director 308-1021 09/09/93 *A communication from the examiner should have been received in most applications filed prior to this date. Expiration of Patents: The patents within the range of numbers indicated below expire during November 1994 except those which may have had their terms curtailed by disclaimer under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 253. Other patents, issued after the dates of the range of numbers indicated below, may have expired before the full term of 17 years for the same reasons, or have lapsed under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 151 Patents Numbers 4,055,852 to 4,060,851 inclusive Plant Patents 4,138 to 4,160