United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 17 October 2006

                 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
                     Late Maintenance Fee from 09/18/2006

Patent          Application     Filing          Issue           Granted
Number          Number          Date            Date            Date

5,148,640       07/718,369      06/20/91        09/22/92       09/19/06
5,240,960       07/785,087      10/30/91        08/31/93       09/22/06
5,251,216       07/543,470      06/26/90        10/05/93       09/18/06
5,271,783       07/748,636      08/22/91        12/21/93       09/19/06
5,282,781       07/603,471      10/25/90        02/01/94       09/19/06
5,309,125       07/950,071      09/23/92        05/03/94       09/18/06
5,309,684       07/795,138      11/20/91        05/10/94       09/19/06
5,517,251       08/234,300      04/28/94        05/14/96       09/18/06
5,525,941       08/043,166      04/01/93        06/11/96       09/19/06
5,537,317       08/252,106      06/01/94        07/16/96       09/18/06
5,564,079       08/251,366      05/31/94        10/08/96       09/19/06
5,577,528       08/342,341      11/18/94        11/26/96       09/19/06
5,588,440       08/513,406      08/10/95        12/31/96       09/18/06
5,627,520       08/500,270      07/10/95        05/06/97       09/19/06
5,634,443       08/560,569      11/20/95        06/03/97       09/18/06
5,635,229       08/406,744      03/20/95        06/03/97       09/19/06
5,650,414       08/399,723      03/07/95        07/22/97       09/22/06
5,656,595       08/318,831      10/19/94        08/12/97       09/22/06
5,656,647       08/446,733      06/06/95        08/12/97       09/22/06
5,669,818       08/409,327      03/23/95        09/23/97       09/20/06
5,674,481       08/560,659      11/20/95        10/07/97       09/18/06
5,707,631       08/641,368      04/30/96        01/13/98       09/20/06
5,709,584       08/668,302      06/25/96        01/20/98       09/20/06
5,720,811       08/606,390      02/23/96        02/24/98       09/21/06
5,732,136       08/835,283      04/09/97        03/24/98       09/20/06
5,736,720       08/705,220      08/29/96        04/07/98       09/22/06
5,737,844       08/633,919      04/15/96        04/14/98       09/20/06
5,742,478       08/719,646      09/25/96        04/21/98       09/19/06
5,745,693       08/769,384      12/19/96        04/28/98       09/18/06
5,789,435       08/445,839      05/22/95        08/04/98       09/19/06
5,798,380       08/604,568      02/21/96        08/25/98       09/21/06
5,988,173       09/078,056      05/13/98        11/23/99       09/22/06
5,996,917       09/000,730      12/30/97        12/07/99       09/19/06
6,001,176       08/718,328      09/25/96        12/14/99       09/20/06
6,043,805       09/046,598      03/24/98        03/28/00       09/21/06
6,048,031       09/239,350      01/28/99        04/11/00       09/21/06
6,117,991       08/310,923      09/22/94        09/12/00       09/21/06
6,184,887       09/052,523      03/30/98        02/06/01       09/21/06
6,201,568       09/121,155      07/22/98        03/13/01       09/22/06
6,204,760       09/238,750      01/28/99        03/20/01       09/21/06
6,218,771       09/105,488      06/26/98        04/17/01       09/18/06
6,221,131       09/168,899      10/09/98        04/24/01       09/20/06
6,258,947       09/296,325      04/22/99        07/10/01       09/22/06
6,262,032       08/875,222      07/17/97        07/17/01       09/22/06
6,268,520       09/286,057      04/05/99        07/31/01       09/22/06
6,277,845       09/509,263      07/07/00        08/21/01       09/22/06
6,286,593       09/292,094      04/14/99        09/11/01       09/20/06
6,287,310       09/266,287      03/11/99        09/11/01       09/18/06
6,288,066       09/484,342      01/18/00        09/11/01       09/22/06
6,288,075       09/384,237      08/27/99        09/11/01       09/22/06
6,288,362       09/066,039      04/24/98        09/11/01       09/19/06
6,289,965       09/502,733      02/11/00        09/18/01       09/20/06
6,308,371       09/852,205      05/09/01        10/30/01       09/18/06
6,321,818       09/621,153      07/21/00        11/27/01       09/20/06
6,323,838       09/318,654      05/25/99        11/27/01       09/21/06
6,324,950       09/063,755      04/21/98        12/04/01       09/20/06
6,335,364       09/352,648      06/29/99        01/01/02       09/22/06
6,345,491       09/549,747      04/14/00        02/12/02       09/19/06
6,379,336       09/336,405      06/18/99        04/30/02       09/18/06
6,379,955       09/665,789      09/20/00        04/30/02       09/18/06
6,398,149       09/761,338      01/16/01        06/04/02       09/19/06