United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 20 April 2004

                                  Disclaimers

   5,190,533 - William A. Blackburn, Cary, NC (US), BIODEGRADABLE
FLUID-ABSORBING STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME, Patent dated Mar.
2, 1992, Disclaimer filed Dec. 24, 2003, by the Inventor.

   Hereby disclaims and dedicates to the public all claims of said patent.


   5,464,709 - Getz et al., ALKALINE CELLS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY
FREE OF MERCURY, Patent dated Nov. 7, 1995, Disclaimer filed January 13,
2004, by the Assignee, Eveready Battery Company, Inc.

   Hereby enter this disclaimer to claims 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of said
patent.


   5,797,088 - Ivano Stamegna, Irvine, CA (US), VEHICULAR AUDIO
SYSTEM INCORPORATING DETACHABLE CELLULAR TELEPHONE, Patent dated Aug.
18, 1998, Disclaimer filed Mar. 14, 1998, by the Assignee, Vosi
Technologies, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1, 2, and 4 of said patent.


   5,980,413 - Anderson et al., ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER FOR A MULTIPLE
SPEED AXLE SHIFTING APPARATUS, Patent dated Nov. 9, 1999, Disclaimer filed
Oct. 29, 2003, by the Inventors.

   Hereby disclaims and dedicates to the public all claims of said patent.


   6,391,335 - Pather et al., EFFERVESCENT DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR
ORAL ADMINISTRATION, Patent dated May 21, 2002, Disclaimer filed Jan.13,
2004, by the Assignee, Cima Labs Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 1 of said patent.


   6,436,918 - Li et al., STEROID SULFATASE INHIBITORS AND METHODS
FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME, Patent dated Aug. 20, 2002, Disclaimer
filed Dec. 29, 2003, by the Assignee's, Duquesne University of the Holy
Ghost and Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 1 of said patent.


   6,445,059 - Shunper Yamazaki, Tokyo (JP), SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE,
Patent dated Sep. 3, 2002, Disclaimer filed Dec. 30, 2003, by the
Assignee, Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 1 of said patent.


   6,509,036 - Pather et al., EFFERVESCENT DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR
ORAL ADMINISTRATION, Patent dated Jan. 21, 2003, Disclaimer filed Jan.
13, 2004, by the Assignee, Cima Labs Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer of claim 1 of said patent.


   6,555,373 - Stern et al., METHODS FOR INDENTIFYING HUMAN CELL
LINES USEFUL FOR ENDOGENOUS GENE ACTIVATION ISOLATED HUMAN CELL LINES
INDENTIFIED THEREBY, AND USES THEREOF, Patent dated Apr. 29, 2003,
Disclaimer filed Oct. 14, 2003, by the Assignee, Roche Diagnostic, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 1 of said patent.