Requests for Reexamination - OG Date: 22 February 2000

                      Commissioner Ordered Reexamination

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(c). The orders for reexamination listed below
are open to inspection by the general public in the indicated Examining
Group. Copies of the orders and other related papers may be obtained by
paying the fee therefor established in the Rules (37 CFR 1.2(b)).
   In the event correspondence to the patent owner is not recieved, this
notice will be considered to be constructive notice to the patent owner
and reexamination will proceed (37 CFR 1.24(a)(5) and 1.525(b)).

   5,806,063, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,592, Dec. 21, 1999, Cl. 707/006, DATE
FORMATTING AND SORTING FOR DATES SPANNING THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, Bruce
Dickens, Owner of Record: McDonnell Douglas Corp., Long Beach, CA,
Attorney or Agent: Guy R. Gosnell, Bell Seltzer Park and Gibson, P. A.,
Charlotte, NC, Ex. Gp.: 2771, Requester: Commissioner of Patents and
Trademarks, Washington, DC


                       Requests for Reexamination Filed

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(c). The requests for reexamination listed
below are open to inspection by the general public in the indicated
Examining Groups. Copies of the requests and related papers may be
obtained by paying the fee therefor established in the Rules (37 CFR
1.19(a)).
   In the event correspondence to the patent owner is not received, this
notice will be considered to be constructive notice to the patent owner
and reexamination will proceed (37 CFR 1.248(a)(5) and 1.525(b)).

   4,678,472, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,596, Jun. 22, 1999, Cl. 623/018, BALL
AND SOCKET BEARING FOR ARTIFICIAL JOINT, Douglas G. Noiles, Owner of
Record: Stryker Technologies Corp., Kalamazoo, Mi., Attorney or Agent:
Maurice M. Klee, Fairfield, Ct., Ex. Gp.: 3738, Requester: Paul E.
Krieger, Fulbright and Jaworski, Houston, TX

   4,735,194, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,573, Nov. 23 1999, Cl. 600/104,
FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPIC LIGATING INTRUMENT, Greg V. Stiegmann, Owner of
Record: University Patents Inc., Westport, Ct.; Veterans Affairs Dept.
of US Govt., Washington, D.C., Attorney or Agent: Yahwak and Associates,
Trumbull, Ct., Ex. Gp.: 3739, Requester: Owner

   5,364,845, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,599, Dec. 24, 1999, Cl. 514/054,
GLUCOAMINE, CHONDROITIN AND MAGANESE COMPOSITION FOR THE PROTECTION AND
REPAIR OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE, Robert W. Henderson, Owner of Record:
Nutramax Laboratories, Inc., Baltimore, MD,  Attorney or Agent: Robert
M. Gamson, Law Offices of Leonard Bloom, Towson, MD, Ex. Gp.: 1623,
Requester: John H. Faro, Faro and Associates, Miami, FL

   5,373,317, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,598, Dec. 23, 1999, Cl. 348/065,
CONTROL AND DISPLAY SECTION FOR BORESCOPE OR ENDOSCOPE, Jon R. Salvati,
et. al., Owner of Record: Everest Visual Inspection Technologies, Inc.,
Flanders, NJ, Attorney or Agent: Bernhard P. Molldrem, Jr., Trapani and
Molldrem, Syracuse, NY, Ex. Gp.: 2713, Requester: Perry Palan, Barnes
and Thornburg, Washington, DC

   5,549,732, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,593, Dec. 16, 1999, Cl. 075/331,
PRODUCTION OF GRANULES OF REACTIVE METALS, FOR EXAMPLE MAGNESIUM AND
MAGNESIUM ALLOY, Ghyslain Dube, et. al., Owner of Record: Alcan
International Limited, Montreal, Canada, Attorney or Agent: Robert D.
Katz Cooper and Dunham, New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 1742, Requester: Owner

   5,683,971, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,600, Dec. 29, 1999, Cl. 510/130,
ABRASIVE HEAD CLEANING ARTICLE INCORPORATING WATERLESS HAND CLEANSER,
Edward S. Rose, et. al., Owner of Record: Illinois Tool Works, Inc.,
Glenview, IL, Attorney or Agent: Joan Optican Herman, Shook Hardy and
Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Ex. Gp.: 1751, Requester: Owner

   5,697,536, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,601, Dec. 30, 1999, Cl. 604/114,
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTROSURGICAL CUTTING AND ABLATION, Philip S.
Eggers,  et. al., Owner of Record: Arthrocare Corp., Sunnyvale, CA,
Attorney or Agent: James M. Heslin, Townsend and Townsend and Crew, San
Francisco, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3762, Requester: William C. Fuess, Fuess and
Davidenas, San Diego, CA

   5,822,110, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,595, Dec. 17, 1999, Cl. 359/293,
REFLECTIVE LIGHT VALVE MODULATOR, Rad Hassan Dabbaj, Owner of Record:
Rad Hassan Dabbaj, Slough, United Kingdom, Attorney or Agent: Jacobson
Price Holman and Stern, Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 2873, Requester: Owner

   5,871,523, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,594, Dec. 16 1999, Cl. 607/099,
HELICALLY WOUND RADIO-FREQUENCY EMITTING ELECTRODES FOR CREATING LESIONS
IN BODY TISSUE, Sidney D. Fleischman, et. al., Owner of Record: EP
Technologies Inc, San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: Craig A. Slavin,
Henricks Slavin and Holmes LLP., El Segundo, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3737,
Requester: Owner

   5,937,715, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,597, Dec. 21, 1999, Cl. 081/185,
SOCKET FOR FASTENERS OF VAROUS SIZES, Chin Ho Lin, Owner of Record: Chin
Ho Lin, Tai Ping City, Taiwan, Attorney or Agent: Raymond Kam on Wong,
c/o Advanced Micro Devices, Sunnyvale, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3723 Requester: Paul
Y. Feng, Fulwider Patton Lee and Utecht, Los Angeles, CA