United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 04 February 2003

                   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   4,728,721, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,490, Requested Date: Dec.
20, 2002, Cl. 528/361, Title: POLYMER, PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF,
Inventor: Masaki Yamamoto, et. al., Owner of Record: Takeda
Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan; Wako Pure Chemical Industries,
Ltd., Osaka, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Foley and Lardner,
Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 1711, Requester: William C. Mitchell, Oakwood
Laboratories, LLC, Oakwood Village, OH

   4,913,233, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,488, Requested Date:
Dec. 18, 2002, Cl. 166/285, Title: METHODS OF FIELD BLASTING OF EARTH
FORMATIONS USING INFLATABLE DEVICES FOR SUSPENDING EXPLOSIVES IN
BOREHOLES, Inventor: Daniel F. Fitzgibbon, Jr., Owner of Record:
Daniel F. Fitzgibbon, Jr., Simpsonville, KY, Attorney or
Agent: Kenneth Darnell, Rodeo, NM, Ex. Gp.: 3672, Requester: Wood
Herron & Evans, LLP, Cincinnati, OH

   5,261,858, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,489, Requested Date:
Dec. 17, 2002, Cl. 474/069, Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR
COMPUTER-CONTROLLED BICYCLE GEAR SHIFTING, Inventor: David L. Browning,
Owner of Record: Browning Automatic Transmissions, Bainbridge
Island, WA, Attorney or Agent: Seed and Berry (a.k.a. Seed I. P.
Law Group, Seattle, WA), Ex. Gp.: 3682, Requester: Shimano, Inc., Sakai
Osaka, Japan; c/o Deland Law Office, Klamath River, CA