Requests for Reexaminations 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)).

   4,476,168, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,626, Feb. 1, 2000, Cl. 428/004,
ARTIFICIAL-FLOWER-FORMING RIBBON, Ryuji Aoyama, Owner of Record:
Kabushiki Kaisha Aoyama, Nagoya-shi, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Thomas A
O'Rourke, Wyatt Gerber Meller and O'Rourke, New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 1775,
Requester: Martin G. Raskin, Steinberg and Raskin, New York, NY

   4,660,170, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,619, Jan. 24, 2000, Cl. 710/131,
SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REPROGRAMMING DATA TO AN EMBEDDED PROCESSOR,
Kenneth H. Hui, et. al., Owner of Record: Hughes Missile Systems Co.,
Canoga Park, CA, Attorney or Agent: Edward B. Johnson, General Dynamics
Corp., Pomona, CA,   Ex. Gp.: 2781, Requester: Howard G. Garner, U.S.
Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL

   5,189,605, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,623, Jan. 28, 2000, Cl. 701/050,
CONTROL AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A LIFTCRANE, Arthur Zuehlke, et. al.,
Owner of Record: Manitowoc Crane Group, Inc., Reno, NV, Attorney or
Agent: Steven P. Shurtz, Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione, Chicago, IL, Ex.
Gp.: 3661, Requester: Owner

   5,297,019, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,624, Jan. 28, 2000, Cl. 701/050,
CONTROL AND HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A LIFTCRANE, Arthur Zuehlke, et. al.,
Owner of Record: Manitowoc Crane Group, Inc., Reno, NV, Attorney or
Agent: Steven P. Shurtz, Brinks Hofer Gilson and Lione, Chicago, IL, Ex.
Gp.: 3661, Requester: Owner

   5,690,869, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,625, Jan. 28, 2000, Cl. 264/004.1, USE
OF A POLYMER MATERIAL ON THE BASIS OF MODIFIED HYDROCOLLOIDS AS COVERING
MATERIAL, Rudolf Hinterwaldner, et. al., Owner of Record: Precote USA,
Inc., McComb, MI, Attorney or Agent: Arthur A Gasey, Niro Scavone,
Haller, and Niro, Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 1711, Requester: Owner

   5,703,176, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,620, Jan. 26, 2000, Cl. 525/369,
POLYACRYLATE THICKENER AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME, Gary Allan Ungefug,
et. al., Owner of Record: Para-Chem Southern Inc., Simpsonville, SC.,
Attorney or Agent: Dority and Manning, Greenville, SC, Ex. Gp.: 1713,
Requester: Owner

   5,886,118, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,627, Jan. 2, 2000, Cl. 526/146,
PROCESS FOR POLYMERIZING ACRYLONITRILE, Virgil Percec, Owner of Record:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Attorney or Agent: Neil
A. Duchez, Renner Otto Boisselle and Sklar, Cleveland OH, Ex. Gp.: 1713,
Requester: Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier and Neustadt, Arlington, VA

   5,963,968, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,618, Jan. 11, 2000, Cl. 707/517,
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC PRESS TO PRINT FIXED
AND VARIABLE INFORMATION, James L. Warmus, et. al., Owner of Record: R.
R. Donnelley and Sons Co., Lisle, IL, Attorney or Agent: Marshall
O'Toole Gerstein Murray and Borun, Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 2776,
Requester: Owner