United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 16 August 2005

                 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
                     Late Maintenance Fee from 07/18/2005

Patent          Application     Filing          Issue           Granted
Number          Number          Date            Date            Date

5,007,000       07/373,281      06/28/89        04/09/91       07/20/05
5,168,677       07/436,665      11/15/89        12/08/92       07/19/05
5,430,346       08/149,367      11/09/93        07/04/95       07/20/05
5,462,225       08/192,163      02/04/94        10/31/95       07/21/05
5,486,748       08/195,636      02/14/94        01/23/96       07/22/05
5,492,136       08/153,571      11/17/93        02/20/96       07/22/05
5,509,095       08/189,661      02/01/94        04/16/96       07/18/05
5,509,909       08/319,032      10/06/94        04/23/96       07/22/05
5,541,991       08/392,024      02/21/95        07/30/96       07/20/05
5,606,166       08/443,539      05/18/95        02/25/97       07/19/05
5,627,367       08/662,313      06/13/96        05/06/97       07/19/05
5,907,704       08/720,660      10/02/96        05/25/99       07/18/05
5,991,367       09/172,565      10/14/98        11/23/99       07/18/05
6,006,265       09/054,362      04/02/98        12/21/99       07/18/05
6,039,678       09/184,556      11/02/98        03/21/00       07/21/05
6,085,357       09/057,836      04/09/98        07/11/00       07/22/05
6,121,544       09/007,650      01/15/98        09/19/00       07/21/05
6,149,220       08/910,967      08/07/97        11/21/00       07/18/05
6,168,922       09/255,151      02/22/99        01/02/01       07/22/05
6,170,989       09/095,413      06/10/98        01/09/01       07/20/05
6,175,338       09/324,854      06/03/99        01/16/01       07/21/05
6,180,033       08/968,237      11/12/97        01/30/01       07/21/05
6,211,469       08/993,233      12/18/97        04/03/01       07/19/05
RE. 38,272      10/139,859      05/03/02        10/14/03       07/20/05