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 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1364 OG 1 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

March 1, 2011 Volume 1364 Number 1

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1364 OG 2
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1364 OG 5
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1364 OG 6
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 1/31/20111364 OG 32
Reissue Applications Filed1364 OG 33
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1364 OG 35
Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed1364 OG 38
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1364 OG 40
Service by Publication1364 OG 41
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication1364 OG 42
Registration to Practice1364 OG 43
Status of Public Records Division1364 OG 45
Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures1364 OG 50
Notice of Roundtable and Request for Comments on How To More Effectively Use the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program1364 OG 63
Errata1364 OG 65
Certificates of Correction1364 OG 67
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1364 OG 69

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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
                  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information

   For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1350 O.G. 73, on January 12, 2010.

   For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular
International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT
Applicants' Guide.

European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching
Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the United
States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving
Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or
resident of the United States of America. However, the EPO is no longer
a competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Article 16(3), for
international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals on or
after March 1, 2002, in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office, and where
the application contains one or more claims directed to the field of
business methods. For the definition of what the EPO considers to be
precluded subject matter in the field of business methods, applicants
should see the "Notice from the President of the European Patent
Office", dated November 26, 2001, and which was published as Annex A in
the "Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as PCT Authority" in
the Official Gazette at 1255 O.G. 878, on February 19, 2002.

   The European Patent Office may act as the International Preliminary
Examining Authority (IPEA) for an international application filed in the
United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau as Receiving
Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or
resident of the United States of America, provided that the European
Patent Office acted as the International Searching Authority. However,
the EPO is no longer a competent IPEA, within the meaning of PCT Article
32(3), for international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals
in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office where the corresponding demand is
filed with the EPO on or after March 1, 2002, and where the application
contains one or more claims directed to the field of business methods.

   The search fee of the European Patent Office was increased, effective
January 1, 2011, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1361 O.G.
180, on December 28, 2010.

Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   For use of the Korean Intellectual Property Office as an International
Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for
international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office,
see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G. 1261 on
January 17, 2006.

   The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was increased,
effective January 1, 2011, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1361 O.G. 180, on December 28, 2010.

Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) may act as the International
Searching Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the
United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as
Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national
or resident of the United States of America. However, IP Australia is not a
competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Artical 16(3), for international
applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a
Receiving Office, and where the application contains one or more claims
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directed to the field of business methods or mechanical inventions.

   IP Australia may act as the International Preliminary Examining
Authority (IPEA) for an international application filed in the United
States Receiving Office or the International Bureau as Receiving Office
where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of
the United States of America, provided that IP Australia acted as the
International Searching Authority. However, IP Australia is not a competent
IPEA, within the meaning of PCT Article 32(3), for international
applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a
Receiving Office where the corresponding demand is filed with IP Australia
and where the application contains one or more claims directed to the
fields of business methods or mechanical engineering or analogous fields of
technology as defined by specified areas of the International Patent
Classification System, as indicated in Annex A to the agreement between the
USPTO and IP Australia. See the notice appearing in the Official Gazette
at 1337 O.G. 261 on December 23, 2008.

   For use of IP Australia as an International Searching Authority and
International Preliminary Examining Authority for international
applications filed in the United States Receiving Office, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 265 on December 23, 2008.

   The search fee of IP Australia was increased, effective January 1, 2011,
and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1361 O.G. 180, on December 28,
2010.

Fees

   The transmittal fee and search fees for the USPTO were changed,
effective January 12, 2009, and were announced in the Federal Register on
November 12, 2008. The fee for filing a request for the restoration of the
right of priority was established, effective November 9, 2007, and was
announced in the Federal Register on September 10, 2007.

   International filing fees were increased, effective November 1, 2010, and
were announced in the Official Gazette at 1360 O.G. 5, on November 2, 2010.

   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of January 1, 2011, is
as follows:

International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:

   Transmittal fee                                                  $240.00

   Search fee

      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
      International Searching Authority (ISA)
         - Search fee                                             $2,080.00
         - Supplemental search fee, per additional
            invention (payable only upon invitation)              $2,080.00

      European Patent Office as ISA                               $2,443.00

      Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA
         - for international applications filed in English        $1,157.00

      IP Australia as ISA                                         $1,837.00

   International fees

      International filing fee                                    $1,367.00
      International filing fee-filed in paper
         with PCT EASY zip file or
         electronically without PCT EASY zip file                 $1,264.00
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      International filing fee-filed
         electronically with PCT EASY zip files                   $1,161.00
      Supplemental fee for each page over 30                         $15.00

   Restoration of Priority

      Filing a request for the restoration of the
      right of priority under § 1.452                             $1,410.00

   International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
   with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:

      Handling fee                                                  $206.00
      Handling fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria
      specified at:
        http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf            $20.60
      Preliminary Examination Fee
         USPTO as International Preliminary
         Examining Authority (IPEA)
            - USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I                        $600.00
            - USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I                    $750.00
            - Additional preliminary examination fee,
              per additional invention
              (payable only upon invitation)                        $600.00

   U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering
the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's
Web site (www.uspto.gov).

December 13, 2010                                            ROBERT W. BAHR
                                              Acting Associate Commissioner
                                              for Patent Examination Policy
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
                  Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable

   Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides
that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month
period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents
based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional
six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e)
for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR
1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is
not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on
the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on February 19, 2008
for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 7,331,4064 through 7,334,268
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on February 17, 2004
for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 6,691,314 through 6,694,518
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on February 15, 2000
for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

        Utility Patents 6,023,784 through 6,026,508
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Click on the "Site Index" link at the
top of the homepage (www.uspto.gov), and then scroll down and click on the
"Maintenance Fees" link for more information.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically
over the Internet should be mailed to "United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000".

   Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of
maintenance fees in patents is not to be mailed to P.O. Box 979070,
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, but must be mailed to "Mail Stop M
Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450".

   Patent owners must establish small entity status according to 37 CFR
1.27 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small entity
amount.
   The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six
months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set forth
in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g). To obtain
the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO Contact Center
at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule posted on the USPTO
Internet web site. At the top of the USPTO homepage at www.uspto.gov, click
on the "Site Index" link and then scroll down and click on the "Fees,
USPTO" link to find the current USPTO fee schedule.
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Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee
                        Notice of Expiration of Patents
                     Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee

   35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required
maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent
requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th
or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first
maintenance fee which was not paid.
   According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have
expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any
applicable surcharge.

                    PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON January 12, 2011
                     DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                            Number                             Date

5,857,216                       08/751,114                       01/12/99
5,857,218                       08/782,535                       01/12/99
5,857,242                       08/746,989                       01/12/99
5,857,254                       08/900,970                       01/12/99
5,857,262                       08/752,061                       01/12/99
5,857,263                       08/794,347                       01/12/99
5,857,265                       08/632,632                       01/12/99
5,857,266                       08/692,555                       01/12/99
5,857,272                       08/944,213                       01/12/99
5,857,283                       08/838,450                       01/12/99
5,857,296                       08/857,641                       01/12/99
5,857,302                       08/831,879                       01/12/99
5,857,304                       08/834,989                       01/12/99
5,857,311                       08/892,318                       01/12/99
5,857,325                       08/697,499                       01/12/99
5,857,327                       08/876,386                       01/12/99
5,857,331                       08/933,438                       01/12/99
5,857,332                       08/771,032                       01/12/99
5,857,336                       08/642,390                       01/12/99
5,857,339                       08/447,518                       01/12/99
5,857,343                       08/916,453                       01/12/99
5,857,353                       08/819,705                       01/12/99
5,857,354                       08/877,660                       01/12/99
5,857,355                       08/878,528                       01/12/99
5,857,363                       08/692,223                       01/12/99
5,857,366                       08/765,170                       01/12/99
5,857,370                       08/823,060                       01/12/99
5,857,375                       08/455,651                       01/12/99
5,857,376                       08/908,622                       01/12/99
5,857,377                       08/637,748                       01/12/99
5,857,379                       08/712,028                       01/12/99
5,857,381                       08/827,978                       01/12/99
5,857,387                       08/838,273                       01/12/99
5,857,389                       08/864,360                       01/12/99
5,857,399                       08/900,108                       01/12/99
5,857,401                       08/823,049                       01/12/99
5,857,408                       08/965,572                       01/12/99
5,857,414                       08/684,564                       01/12/99
5,857,428                       08/960,018                       01/12/99
5,857,429                       08/575,834                       01/12/99
5,857,434                       08/737,885                       01/12/99
5,857,437                       08/955,692                       01/12/99
5,857,440                       08/870,503                       01/12/99
5,857,442                       08/971,129                       01/12/99
5,857,445                       08/703,358                       01/12/99
5,857,448                       08/855,484                       01/12/99
5,857,449                       08/950,614                       01/12/99
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5,857,450                       08/881,212                       01/12/99
5,857,455                       08/883,921                       01/12/99
5,857,459                       08/800,655                       01/12/99
5,857,462                       08/505,829                       01/12/99
5,857,466                       08/766,625                       01/12/99
5,857,474                       08/766,579                       01/12/99
5,857,481                       08/632,797                       01/12/99
5,857,484                       08/651,700                       01/12/99
5,857,492                       09/045,435                       01/12/99
5,857,493                       08/683,647                       01/12/99
5,857,495                       08/844,200                       01/12/99
5,857,498                       08/869,563                       01/12/99
5,857,500                       08/563,686                       01/12/99
5,857,514                       08/710,257                       01/12/99
5,857,533                       08/732,367                       01/12/99
5,857,536                       08/755,204                       01/12/99
5,857,539                       08/826,971                       01/12/99
5,857,542                       08/974,900                       01/12/99
5,857,559                       08/704,948                       01/12/99
5,857,569                       08/811,200                       01/12/99
5,857,574                       08/776,769                       01/12/99
5,857,584                       09/006,807                       01/12/99
5,857,586                       08/898,027                       01/12/99
5,857,600                       08/823,242                       01/12/99
5,857,607                       08/874,371                       01/12/99
5,857,617                       08/919,591                       01/12/99
5,857,623                       08/708,377                       01/12/99
5,857,624                       08/951,407                       01/12/99
5,857,634                       08/892,500                       01/12/99
5,857,641                       08/868,169                       01/12/99
5,857,642                       08/920,191                       01/12/99
5,857,644                       07/199,365                       01/12/99
5,857,645                       08/783,035                       01/12/99
5,857,648                       08/789,146                       01/12/99
5,857,650                       08/861,708                       01/12/99
5,857,654                       08/781,348                       01/12/99
5,857,656                       08/866,711                       01/12/99
5,857,657                       08/959,273                       01/12/99
5,857,660                       08/848,507                       01/12/99
5,857,677                       08/820,807                       01/12/99
5,857,690                       08/750,038                       01/12/99
5,857,698                       08/668,833                       01/12/99
5,857,699                       08/810,118                       01/12/99
5,857,700                       08/731,976                       01/12/99
5,857,705                       08/563,474                       01/12/99
5,857,708                       08/862,111                       01/12/99
5,857,718                       08/737,397                       01/12/99
5,857,720                       08/766,261                       01/12/99
5,857,725                       08/679,617                       01/12/99
5,857,728                       08/716,063                       01/12/99
5,857,729                       08/822,214                       01/12/99
5,857,732                       08/604,586                       01/12/99
5,857,734                       08/802,921                       01/12/99
5,857,737                       08/790,160                       01/12/99
5,857,750                       08/616,034                       01/12/99
5,857,755                       08/950,467                       01/12/99
5,857,759                       08/407,879                       01/12/99
5,857,765                       08/754,864                       01/12/99
5,857,781                       08/711,371                       01/12/99
5,857,799                       08/339,314                       01/12/99
5,857,803                       08/806,989                       01/12/99
5,857,804                       08/700,211                       01/12/99
5,857,807                       08/661,336                       01/12/99
5,857,810                       08/807,616                       01/12/99
5,857,812                       08/809,196                       01/12/99
5,857,816                       08/817,344                       01/12/99
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5,857,823                       08/815,606                       01/12/99
5,857,825                       08/782,614                       01/12/99
5,857,827                       08/910,057                       01/12/99
5,857,833                       08/494,801                       01/12/99
5,857,844                       08/762,414                       01/12/99
5,857,852                       08/974,354                       01/12/99
5,857,856                       08/439,979                       01/12/99
5,857,863                       08/755,008                       01/12/99
5,857,866                       08/818,487                       01/12/99
5,857,867                       08/896,188                       01/12/99
5,857,870                       08/769,618                       01/12/99
5,857,874                       08/757,091                       01/12/99
5,857,891                       08/899,583                       01/12/99
5,857,896                       08/872,132                       01/12/99
5,857,899                       08/826,552                       01/12/99
5,857,900                       08/567,993                       01/12/99
5,857,906                       08/861,996                       01/12/99
5,857,909                       08/668,917                       01/12/99
5,857,919                       08/876,185                       01/12/99
5,857,932                       08/855,886                       01/12/99
5,857,943                       08/963,975                       01/12/99
5,857,949                       08/709,870                       01/12/99
5,857,954                       08/590,276                       01/12/99
5,857,956                       08/480,307                       01/12/99
5,857,969                       08/836,967                       01/12/99
5,857,978                       08/619,030                       01/12/99
5,857,980                       08/778,617                       01/12/99
5,857,984                       08/846,840                       01/12/99
5,857,991                       08/694,670                       01/12/99
5,857,992                       08/607,534                       01/12/99
5,857,993                       08/679,067                       01/12/99
5,858,000                       08/917,337                       01/12/99
5,858,005                       08/919,146                       01/12/99
5,858,011                       08/510,356                       01/12/99
5,858,021                       08/939,099                       01/12/99
5,858,025                       08/832,768                       01/12/99
5,858,026                       08/750,405                       01/12/99
5,858,034                       08/821,767                       01/12/99
5,858,061                       08/896,512                       01/12/99
5,858,089                       08/917,535                       01/12/99
5,858,090                       08/573,322                       01/12/99
5,858,093                       08/724,007                       01/12/99
5,858,095                       08/640,217                       01/12/99
5,858,102                       09/023,996                       01/12/99
5,858,105                       08/754,952                       01/12/99
5,858,106                       08/781,229                       01/12/99
5,858,115                       08/876,065                       01/12/99
5,858,119                       08/442,860                       01/12/99
5,858,138                       08/974,896                       01/12/99
5,858,145                       08/730,594                       01/12/99
5,858,147                       08/839,520                       01/12/99
5,858,152                       08/552,117                       01/12/99
5,858,156                       09/024,447                       01/12/99
5,858,162                       08/877,979                       01/12/99
5,858,171                       08/795,912                       01/12/99
5,858,180                       08/770,692                       01/12/99
5,858,186                       08/777,682                       01/12/99
5,858,189                       08/785,911                       01/12/99
5,858,192                       08/733,508                       01/12/99
5,858,193                       08/556,423                       01/12/99
5,858,194                       08/678,428                       01/12/99
5,858,199                       08/678,892                       01/12/99
5,858,204                       08/615,885                       01/12/99
5,858,206                       08/859,298                       01/12/99
5,858,215                       08/761,351                       01/12/99
5,858,218                       08/767,395                       01/12/99
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5,858,221                       08/944,909                       01/12/99
5,858,231                       08/660,450                       01/12/99
5,858,234                       08/491,677                       01/12/99
5,858,247                       08/733,528                       01/12/99
5,858,251                       08/909,462                       01/12/99
5,858,253                       08/740,629                       01/12/99
5,858,259                       08/892,267                       01/12/99
5,858,265                       08/836,993                       01/12/99
5,858,276                       08/906,478                       01/12/99
5,858,278                       08/803,508                       01/12/99
5,858,287                       08/507,582                       01/12/99
5,858,289                       08/823,991                       01/12/99
5,858,293                       08/940,719                       01/12/99
5,858,294                       08/906,037                       01/12/99
5,858,297                       08/637,623                       01/12/99
5,858,300                       08/857,587                       01/12/99
5,858,303                       08/888,656                       01/12/99
5,858,304                       08/783,504                       01/12/99
5,858,310                       08/848,130                       01/12/99
5,858,313                       08/669,788                       01/12/99
5,858,324                       08/840,872                       01/12/99
5,858,326                       08/471,093                       01/12/99
5,858,327                       08/613,121                       01/12/99
5,858,328                       08/337,925                       01/12/99
5,858,332                       08/781,858                       01/12/99
5,858,345                       08/833,635                       01/12/99
5,858,347                       08/470,775                       01/12/99
5,858,352                       08/866,586                       01/12/99
5,858,360                       08/751,965                       01/12/99
5,858,364                       08/455,937                       01/12/99
5,858,366                       08/135,312                       01/12/99
5,858,372                       08/928,959                       01/12/99
5,858,380                       08/815,514                       01/12/99
5,858,381                       08/846,469                       01/12/99
5,858,382                       08/592,432                       01/12/99
5,858,385                       08/897,372                       01/12/99
5,858,392                       08/806,218                       01/12/99
5,858,395                       08/885,845                       01/12/99
5,858,398                       08/635,945                       01/12/99
5,858,400                       08/731,257                       01/12/99
5,858,405                       08/887,162                       01/12/99
5,858,409                       08/785,228                       01/12/99
5,858,415                       08/768,977                       01/12/99
5,858,417                       08/854,539                       01/12/99
5,858,423                       08/627,544                       01/12/99
5,858,428                       08/786,454                       01/12/99
5,858,430                       08/963,018                       01/12/99
5,858,433                       08/776,841                       01/12/99
5,858,441                       08/917,538                       01/12/99
5,858,455                       08/946,948                       01/12/99
5,858,458                       08/657,101                       01/12/99
5,858,467                       08/588,692                       01/12/99
5,858,478                       08/982,666                       01/12/99
5,858,479                       08/783,675                       01/12/99
5,858,480                       08/718,183                       01/12/99
5,858,481                       08/791,132                       01/12/99
5,858,487                       08/629,774                       01/12/99
5,858,493                       08/714,685                       01/12/99
5,858,496                       08/941,475                       01/12/99
5,858,497                       08/760,785                       01/12/99
5,858,503                       08/548,855                       01/12/99
5,858,504                       08/745,237                       01/12/99
5,858,516                       08/846,398                       01/12/99
5,858,518                       08/799,930                       01/12/99
5,858,538                       08/772,914                       01/12/99
5,858,541                       08/943,792                       01/12/99
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 10 

5,858,544                       08/573,284                       01/12/99
5,858,545                       08/622,075                       01/12/99
5,858,550                       08/796,163                       01/12/99
5,858,555                       08/551,744                       01/12/99
5,858,557                       08/949,981                       01/12/99
5,858,559                       07/964,739                       01/12/99
5,858,564                       08/993,863                       01/12/99
5,858,568                       08/710,562                       01/12/99
5,858,577                       08/644,103                       01/12/99
5,858,578                       08/665,622                       01/12/99
5,858,583                       08/888,266                       01/12/99
5,858,585                       08/793,559                       01/12/99
5,858,590                       08/959,961                       01/12/99
5,858,594                       08/864,406                       01/12/99
5,858,595                       08/475,511                       01/12/99
5,858,600                       08/856,284                       01/12/99
5,858,602                       08/939,229                       01/12/99
5,858,604                       08/592,325                       01/12/99
5,858,607                       08/752,994                       01/12/99
5,858,608                       08/953,867                       01/12/99
5,858,613                       08/786,458                       01/12/99
5,858,616                       08/729,164                       01/12/99
5,858,617                       08/812,030                       01/12/99
5,858,626                       08/907,607                       01/12/99
5,858,627                       08/920,564                       01/12/99
5,858,629                       08/980,429                       01/12/99
5,858,632                       08/953,621                       01/12/99
5,858,633                       08/857,375                       01/12/99
5,858,634                       08/879,059                       01/12/99
5,858,640                       08/857,750                       01/12/99
5,858,643                       08/854,878                       01/12/99
5,858,663                       08/678,854                       01/12/99
5,858,669                       08/712,939                       01/12/99
5,858,670                       08/735,623                       01/12/99
5,858,671                       08/742,755                       01/12/99
5,858,673                       08/851,135                       01/12/99
5,858,674                       08/852,945                       01/12/99
5,858,676                       08/891,337                       01/12/99
5,858,679                       08/432,176                       01/12/99
5,858,681                       08/664,857                       01/12/99
5,858,699                       08/718,359                       01/12/99
5,858,711                       08/755,584                       01/12/99
5,858,716                       08/866,757                       01/12/99
5,858,718                       08/889,711                       01/12/99
5,858,720                       08/899,028                       01/12/99
5,858,721                       08/978,520                       01/12/99
5,858,738                       08/964,081                       01/12/99
5,858,744                       08/793,610                       01/12/99
5,858,747                       08/447,810                       01/12/99
5,858,752                       08/483,151                       01/12/99
5,858,754                       08/600,450                       01/12/99
5,858,774                       08/543,559                       01/12/99
5,858,779                       08/567,748                       01/12/99
5,858,780                       08/853,021                       01/12/99
5,858,784                       07/972,135                       01/12/99
5,858,785                       08/476,021                       01/12/99
5,858,790                       08/673,672                       01/12/99
5,858,791                       08/931,944                       01/12/99
5,858,793                       08/741,314                       01/12/99
5,858,794                       08/854,914                       01/12/99
5,858,799                       08/738,445                       01/12/99
5,858,804                       08/914,941                       01/12/99
5,858,812                       08/804,108                       01/12/99
5,858,816                       08/991,182                       01/12/99
5,858,821                       08/706,641                       01/12/99
5,858,859                       08/874,317                       01/12/99
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 11 

5,858,894                       08/837,946                       01/12/99
5,858,896                       08/941,542                       01/12/99
5,858,914                       08/668,818                       01/12/99
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5,858,925                       08/727,501                       01/12/99
5,858,933                       09/132,975                       01/12/99
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5,858,953                       08/627,978                       01/12/99
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5,858,967                       08/938,001                       01/12/99
5,858,968                       08/461,585                       01/12/99
5,858,974                       08/621,259                       01/12/99
5,858,978                       08/837,114                       01/12/99
5,858,979                       08/459,394                       01/12/99
5,858,980                       08/468,540                       01/12/99
5,858,988                       08/604,871                       01/12/99
5,858,993                       08/713,586                       01/12/99
5,859,001                       08/685,574                       01/12/99
5,859,005                       08/764,500                       01/12/99
5,859,007                       08/722,051                       01/12/99
5,859,014                       08/658,774                       01/12/99
5,859,017                       08/221,814                       01/12/99
5,859,018                       08/485,322                       01/12/99
5,859,024                       08/855,521                       01/12/99
5,859,031                       08/650,461                       01/12/99
5,859,033                       08/838,764                       01/12/99
5,859,034                       08/984,198                       01/12/99
5,859,037                       08/970,057                       01/12/99
5,859,041                       08/871,382                       01/12/99
5,859,050                       08/926,307                       01/12/99
5,859,054                       08/682,724                       01/12/99
5,859,066                       08/827,726                       01/12/99
5,859,077                       08/574,964                       01/12/99
5,859,081                       08/731,782                       01/12/99
5,859,083                       08/778,369                       01/12/99
5,859,085                       08/787,270                       01/12/99
5,859,089                       08/886,681                       01/12/99
5,859,092                       08/840,451                       01/12/99
5,859,101                       08/811,345                       01/12/99
5,859,117                       08/931,263                       01/12/99
5,859,122                       08/816,653                       01/12/99
5,859,123                       08/749,698                       01/12/99
5,859,124                       08/839,209                       01/12/99
5,859,126                       08/704,487                       01/12/99
5,859,129                       08/740,552                       01/12/99
5,859,130                       08/903,265                       01/12/99
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5,859,136                       08/963,184                       01/12/99
5,859,138                       08/803,941                       01/12/99
5,859,139                       08/862,332                       01/12/99
5,859,144                       08/712,701                       01/12/99
5,859,154                       08/938,542                       01/12/99
5,859,158                       08/749,018                       01/12/99
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5,859,184                       08/846,431                       01/12/99
5,859,188                       08/866,845                       01/12/99
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 12 

5,859,190                       08/794,363                       01/12/99
5,859,191                       08/761,023                       01/12/99
5,859,192                       08/204,417                       01/12/99
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5,859,231                       08/716,718                       01/12/99
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5,859,265                       08/776,056                       01/12/99
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5,859,269                       08/661,344                       01/12/99
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5,859,286                       08/659,907                       01/12/99
5,859,297                       08/735,517                       01/12/99
5,859,298                       08/799,902                       01/12/99
5,859,302                       08/739,225                       01/12/99
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5,859,327                       08/517,914                       01/12/99
5,859,334                       08/379,482                       01/12/99
5,859,338                       08/473,553                       01/12/99
5,859,340                       08/475,427                       01/12/99
5,859,346                       08/748,725                       01/12/99
5,859,351                       08/680,327                       01/12/99
5,859,356                       08/892,013                       01/12/99
5,859,362                       08/734,880                       01/12/99
5,859,370                       08/883,733                       01/12/99
5,859,379                       08/896,032                       01/12/99
5,859,380                       08/856,300                       01/12/99
5,859,386                       08/841,567                       01/12/99
5,859,396                       08/936,835                       01/12/99
5,859,416                       08/641,422                       01/12/99
5,859,418                       08/591,809                       01/12/99
5,859,441                       08/794,904                       01/12/99
5,859,444                       08/795,207                       01/12/99
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5,859,450                       08/941,800                       01/12/99
5,859,459                       08/825,803                       01/12/99
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5,859,466                       08/659,653                       01/12/99
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5,859,497                       08/573,798                       01/12/99
5,859,510                       08/018,575                       01/12/99
5,859,512                       08/787,597                       01/12/99
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 13 

5,859,513                       09/042,374                       01/12/99
5,859,517                       08/827,948                       01/12/99
5,859,519                       08/865,135                       01/12/99
5,859,524                       08/877,378                       01/12/99
5,859,525                       08/837,566                       01/12/99
5,859,528                       08/880,693                       01/12/99
5,859,538                       08/594,189                       01/12/99
5,859,540                       08/705,859                       01/12/99
5,859,553                       08/779,804                       01/12/99
5,859,557                       08/855,090                       01/12/99
5,859,562                       08/772,813                       01/12/99
5,859,571                       08/814,913                       01/12/99
5,859,578                       08/811,341                       01/12/99
5,859,581                       08/879,270                       01/12/99
5,859,593                       08/895,893                       01/12/99
5,859,603                       08/887,324                       01/12/99
5,859,614                       08/648,265                       01/12/99
5,859,615                       08/814,367                       01/12/99
5,859,617                       08/776,655                       01/12/99
5,859,618                       08/770,351                       01/12/99
5,859,631                       08/769,866                       01/12/99
5,859,634                       08/567,259                       01/12/99
5,859,642                       08/723,944                       01/12/99
5,859,646                       08/892,158                       01/12/99
5,859,650                       08/802,568                       01/12/99
5,859,656                       08/727,116                       01/12/99
5,859,659                       08/680,649                       01/12/99
5,859,661                       08/640,348                       01/12/99
5,859,668                       08/757,905                       01/12/99
5,859,670                       08/881,604                       01/12/99
5,859,671                       08/750,014                       01/12/99
5,859,672                       08/732,883                       01/12/99
5,859,678                       08/749,570                       01/12/99
5,859,682                       08/713,735                       01/12/99
5,859,685                       08/683,297                       01/12/99
5,859,697                       08/920,048                       01/12/99
5,859,698                       08/852,849                       01/12/99
5,859,700                       08/562,272                       01/12/99
5,859,707                       08/796,320                       01/12/99
5,859,710                       08/618,955                       01/12/99
5,859,723                       08/586,838                       01/12/99
5,859,728                       08/327,762                       01/12/99
5,859,730                       08/705,842                       01/12/99
5,859,732                       08/971,326                       01/12/99
5,859,739                       08/640,530                       01/12/99
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5,859,750                       08/844,716                       01/12/99
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5,859,762                       08/645,461                       01/12/99
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5,859,777                       08/855,514                       01/12/99
5,859,788                       08/911,614                       01/12/99
5,859,793                       08/825,463                       01/12/99
5,859,800                       08/949,821                       01/12/99
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5,859,813                       08/963,986                       01/12/99
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5,859,822                       08/766,780                       01/12/99
5,859,827                       08/688,990                       01/12/99
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 14 

5,859,829                       08/460,929                       01/12/99
5,859,832                       08/688,548                       01/12/99
5,859,836                       08/681,747                       01/12/99
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5,859,842                       08/555,117                       01/12/99
5,859,844                       08/703,094                       01/12/99
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5,859,862                       08/492,617                       01/12/99
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5,859,866                       08/797,276                       01/12/99
5,859,867                       08/565,344                       01/12/99
5,859,883                       08/881,339                       01/12/99
5,859,902                       08/851,794                       01/12/99
5,859,903                       08/780,142                       01/12/99
5,859,907                       08/507,507                       01/12/99
5,859,908                       08/767,358                       01/12/99
5,859,915                       08/846,637                       01/12/99
5,859,940                       08/813,332                       01/12/99
5,859,941                       08/760,491                       01/12/99
5,859,943                       08/919,139                       01/12/99
5,859,947                       08/809,870                       01/12/99
5,859,949                       08/862,065                       01/12/99
5,859,957                       08/691,388                       01/12/99
5,859,960                       08/408,911                       01/12/99
5,859,963                       08/544,917                       01/12/99
5,859,974                       08/677,634                       01/12/99
5,859,977                       08/453,338                       01/12/99
5,859,981                       08/678,085                       01/12/99
5,859,984                       08/695,279                       01/12/99
5,859,987                       08/536,156                       01/12/99
5,859,988                       08/536,275                       01/12/99
5,859,989                       08/855,341                       01/12/99
5,859,990                       08/581,494                       01/12/99
5,860,014                       08/729,307                       01/12/99
5,860,015                       08/572,313                       01/12/99
5,860,017                       08/672,621                       01/12/99
5,860,020                       08/622,545                       01/12/99
5,860,028                       08/595,383                       01/12/99
5,860,031                       08/989,818                       01/12/99
5,860,051                       08/651,907                       01/12/99
5,860,056                       08/374,841                       01/12/99
5,860,062                       08/874,331                       01/12/99
5,860,065                       08/731,727                       01/12/99
5,860,077                       08/763,291                       01/12/99
5,860,089                       08/790,707                       01/12/99
5,860,101                       08/992,785                       01/12/99
5,860,106                       08/502,094                       01/12/99
5,860,108                       08/635,171                       01/12/99
5,860,112                       08/579,116                       01/12/99
5,860,122                       08/747,601                       01/12/99
5,860,123                       08/638,825                       01/12/99
5,860,124                       08/722,979                       01/12/99
5,860,127                       08/653,278                       01/12/99
5,860,129                       08/534,764                       01/12/99
5,860,145                       08/534,361                       01/12/99
5,860,154                       08/778,969                       01/12/99
5,860,156                       08/686,814                       01/12/99
5,860,157                       08/850,653                       01/12/99

                   PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON January 7, 2011
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application           Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 15 

6,502,255                       09/623,701                       01/07/03
6,502,256                       09/773,714                       01/07/03
6,502,258                       09/887,243                       01/07/03
6,502,260                       09/728,216                       01/07/03
6,502,262                       09/624,676                       01/07/03
6,502,266                       09/582,467                       01/07/03
6,502,268                       09/837,092                       01/07/03
6,502,269                       09/685,386                       01/07/03
6,502,276                       09/864,796                       01/07/03
6,502,284                       09/730,638                       01/07/03
6,502,286                       09/647,542                       01/07/03
6,502,290                       09/909,719                       01/07/03
6,502,294                       09/877,766                       01/07/03
6,502,297                       09/927,120                       01/07/03
6,502,301                       09/571,345                       01/07/03
6,502,303                       09/850,362                       01/07/03
6,502,313                       09/589,162                       01/07/03
6,502,322                       09/798,910                       01/07/03
6,502,323                       09/924,030                       01/07/03
6,502,331                       09/731,162                       01/07/03
6,502,332                       09/705,693                       01/07/03
6,502,339                       09/596,337                       01/07/03
6,502,340                       09/838,746                       01/07/03
6,502,346                       09/576,593                       01/07/03
6,502,356                       09/796,646                       01/07/03
6,502,361                       09/918,236                       01/07/03
6,502,362                       09/594,818                       01/07/03
6,502,363                       09/841,647                       01/07/03
6,502,372                       09/623,096                       01/07/03
6,502,373                       09/409,009                       01/07/03
6,502,390                       09/924,461                       01/07/03
6,502,398                       09/761,206                       01/07/03
6,502,401                       09/812,574                       01/07/03
6,502,405                       10/079,052                       01/07/03
6,502,406                       09/955,156                       01/07/03
6,502,408                       10/030,892                       01/07/03
6,502,415                       09/887,973                       01/07/03
6,502,416                       09/833,197                       01/07/03
6,502,417                       10/135,606                       01/07/03
6,502,418                       09/782,986                       01/07/03
6,502,423                       09/557,834                       01/07/03
6,502,425                       09/539,188                       01/07/03
6,502,435                       09/880,520                       01/07/03
6,502,442                       09/852,779                       01/07/03
6,502,449                       09/640,202                       01/07/03
6,502,460                       09/481,220                       01/07/03
6,502,467                       09/400,946                       01/07/03
6,502,468                       09/472,105                       01/07/03
6,502,474                       09/792,031                       01/07/03
6,502,478                       09/802,011                       01/07/03
6,502,483                       09/942,538                       01/07/03
6,502,486                       09/485,149                       01/07/03
6,502,491                       10/003,536                       01/07/03
6,502,493                       09/892,584                       01/07/03
6,502,498                       09/840,258                       01/07/03
6,502,501                       10/167,521                       01/07/03
6,502,504                       09/763,800                       01/07/03
6,502,505                       09/983,527                       01/07/03
6,502,506                       09/907,697                       01/07/03
6,502,508                       09/868,926                       01/07/03
6,502,510                       09/677,355                       01/07/03
6,502,511                       09/552,166                       01/07/03
6,502,513                       09/716,831                       01/07/03
6,502,515                       09/735,615                       01/07/03
6,502,523                       09/722,830                       01/07/03
6,502,527                       09/946,306                       01/07/03
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 16 

6,502,529                       09/321,485                       01/07/03
6,502,532                       10/095,194                       01/07/03
6,502,536                       09/813,425                       01/07/03
6,502,549                       09/762,689                       01/07/03
6,502,554                       09/646,189                       01/07/03
6,502,555                       09/648,932                       01/07/03
6,502,562                       10/007,001                       01/07/03
6,502,568                       09/817,127                       01/07/03
6,502,569                       09/636,577                       01/07/03
6,502,571                       09/592,900                       01/07/03
6,502,585                       09/697,977                       01/07/03
6,502,586                       09/854,532                       01/07/03
6,502,594                       09/574,400                       01/07/03
6,502,598                       09/958,839                       01/07/03
6,502,604                       10/184,497                       01/07/03
6,502,607                       10/120,098                       01/07/03
6,502,610                       09/953,635                       01/07/03
6,502,613                       09/796,533                       01/07/03
6,502,615                       09/470,354                       01/07/03
6,502,617                       09/838,193                       01/07/03
6,502,624                       09/551,105                       01/07/03
6,502,629                       09/768,952                       01/07/03
6,502,632                       09/818,356                       01/07/03
6,502,633                       09/817,803                       01/07/03
6,502,636                       09/785,906                       01/07/03
6,502,649                       09/978,371                       01/07/03
6,502,658                       09/652,131                       01/07/03
6,502,660                       09/400,520                       01/07/03
6,502,665                       09/702,909                       01/07/03
6,502,670                       09/364,542                       01/07/03
6,502,671                       09/764,684                       01/07/03
6,502,672                       09/751,306                       01/07/03
6,502,673                       09/684,895                       01/07/03
6,502,675                       09/758,827                       01/07/03
6,502,683                       09/732,593                       01/07/03
6,502,685                       09/507,986                       01/07/03
6,502,687                       09/555,985                       01/07/03
6,502,691                       09/758,650                       01/07/03
6,502,696                       09/774,077                       01/07/03
6,502,700                       09/758,522                       01/07/03
6,502,703                       09/839,285                       01/07/03
6,502,706                       09/836,676                       01/07/03
6,502,707                       09/943,810                       01/07/03
6,502,711                       09/838,849                       01/07/03
6,502,712                       09/652,373                       01/07/03
6,502,715                       10/005,272                       01/07/03
6,502,717                       10/040,234                       01/07/03
6,502,719                       09/765,567                       01/07/03
6,502,725                       10/071,334                       01/07/03
6,502,728                       09/833,899                       01/07/03
6,502,730                       09/756,341                       01/07/03
6,502,731                       09/922,145                       01/07/03
6,502,739                       09/835,778                       01/07/03
6,502,740                       09/803,902                       01/07/03
6,502,742                       09/994,033                       01/07/03
6,502,744                       09/903,045                       01/07/03
6,502,745                       09/008,885                       01/07/03
6,502,748                       10/145,076                       01/07/03
6,502,752                       09/769,221                       01/07/03
6,502,755                       09/289,447                       01/07/03
6,502,763                       09/761,266                       01/07/03
6,502,765                       09/686,001                       01/07/03
6,502,768                       09/835,466                       01/07/03
6,502,772                       09/647,723                       01/07/03
6,502,777                       09/860,545                       01/07/03
6,502,778                       09/836,262                       01/07/03
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 17 

6,502,783                       09/639,279                       01/07/03
6,502,785                       09/714,455                       01/07/03
6,502,788                       09/801,842                       01/07/03
6,502,789                       09/775,111                       01/07/03
6,502,790                       09/988,781                       01/07/03
6,502,791                       09/870,195                       01/07/03
6,502,795                       10/105,913                       01/07/03
6,502,805                       09/754,096                       01/07/03
6,502,812                       09/750,929                       01/07/03
6,502,813                       09/576,880                       01/07/03
6,502,817                       09/805,356                       01/07/03
6,502,829                       09/799,695                       01/07/03
6,502,830                       09/799,517                       01/07/03
6,502,831                       09/772,057                       01/07/03
6,502,834                       09/985,584                       01/07/03
6,502,835                       09/709,602                       01/07/03
6,502,836                       09/731,086                       01/07/03
6,502,837                       09/439,109                       01/07/03
6,502,839                       09/108,511                       01/07/03
6,502,842                       09/774,738                       01/07/03
6,502,843                       09/967,798                       01/07/03
6,502,854                       09/915,149                       01/07/03
6,502,857                       09/909,855                       01/07/03
6,502,861                       09/767,029                       01/07/03
6,502,862                       09/016,642                       01/07/03
6,502,870                       09/647,517                       01/07/03
6,502,874                       10/024,555                       01/07/03
6,502,875                       09/912,707                       01/07/03
6,502,880                       09/521,273                       01/07/03
6,502,881                       10/036,535                       01/07/03
6,502,882                       09/909,134                       01/07/03
6,502,883                       09/729,548                       01/07/03
6,502,885                       10/010,249                       01/07/03
6,502,886                       09/719,059                       01/07/03
6,502,888                       09/898,654                       01/07/03
6,502,889                       10/040,706                       01/07/03
6,502,890                       09/786,081                       01/07/03
6,502,894                       09/753,406                       01/07/03
6,502,900                       09/965,941                       01/07/03
6,502,901                       09/764,125                       01/07/03
6,502,905                       09/836,749                       01/07/03
6,502,906                       10/015,197                       01/07/03
6,502,907                       09/811,520                       01/07/03
6,502,918                       09/942,475                       01/07/03
6,502,922                       09/822,172                       01/07/03
6,502,929                       08/364,261                       01/07/03
6,502,934                       09/842,055                       01/07/03
6,502,938                       10/015,717                       01/07/03
6,502,939                       09/878,807                       01/07/03
6,502,940                       10/013,899                       01/07/03
6,502,941                       09/970,120                       01/07/03
6,502,944                       09/387,843                       01/07/03
6,502,946                       09/787,475                       01/07/03
6,502,957                       09/832,983                       01/07/03
6,502,958                       09/965,838                       01/07/03
6,502,962                       09/694,226                       01/07/03
6,502,963                       09/284,360                       01/07/03
6,502,968                       09/468,285                       01/07/03
6,502,971                       09/578,485                       01/07/03
6,502,972                       09/164,590                       01/07/03
6,502,989                       09/743,136                       01/07/03
6,502,993                       09/912,303                       01/07/03
6,502,994                       09/859,882                       01/07/03
6,502,998                       09/817,924                       01/07/03
6,503,000                       09/610,602                       01/07/03
6,503,001                       09/972,974                       01/07/03
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 18 

6,503,002                       09/487,967                       01/07/03
6,503,012                       09/773,291                       01/07/03
6,503,022                       09/640,323                       01/07/03
6,503,024                       09/799,653                       01/07/03
6,503,025                       09/634,596                       01/07/03
6,503,031                       09/840,696                       01/07/03
6,503,032                       09/503,318                       01/07/03
6,503,036                       10/068,541                       01/07/03
6,503,056                       09/841,996                       01/07/03
6,503,061                       09/888,548                       01/07/03
6,503,063                       09/823,074                       01/07/03
6,503,069                       09/964,314                       01/07/03
6,503,071                       09/729,505                       01/07/03
6,503,073                       09/683,280                       01/07/03
6,503,074                       09/924,095                       01/07/03
6,503,075                       09/648,936                       01/07/03
6,503,076                       09/646,360                       01/07/03
6,503,080                       09/592,866                       01/07/03
6,503,085                       09/689,145                       01/07/03
6,503,091                       09/969,457                       01/07/03
6,503,093                       08/896,055                       01/07/03
6,503,096                       09/781,307                       01/07/03
6,503,104                       09/009,690                       01/07/03
6,503,113                       10/015,288                       01/07/03
6,503,121                       09/535,054                       01/07/03
6,503,122                       09/690,682                       01/07/03
6,503,148                       09/825,695                       01/07/03
6,503,154                       09/924,683                       01/07/03
6,503,160                       09/854,383                       01/07/03
6,503,161                       09/248,536                       01/07/03
6,503,167                       09/670,810                       01/07/03
6,503,172                       09/761,746                       01/07/03
6,503,176                       09/747,223                       01/07/03
6,503,178                       09/264,482                       01/07/03
6,503,186                       09/280,097                       01/07/03
6,503,192                       09/572,584                       01/07/03
6,503,201                       09/970,531                       01/07/03
6,503,212                       09/774,977                       01/07/03
6,503,216                       09/655,689                       01/07/03
6,503,217                       09/447,165                       01/07/03
6,503,220                       09/462,132                       01/07/03
6,503,223                       09/646,396                       01/07/03
6,503,227                       09/624,429                       01/07/03
6,503,251                       09/694,417                       01/07/03
6,503,255                       09/645,296                       01/07/03
6,503,261                       09/765,126                       01/07/03
6,503,262                       09/707,641                       01/07/03
6,503,267                       09/737,380                       01/07/03
6,503,283                       09/331,251                       01/07/03
6,503,287                       09/545,249                       01/07/03
6,503,289                       09/820,610                       01/07/03
6,503,296                       09/700,736                       01/07/03
6,503,297                       09/778,253                       01/07/03
6,503,303                       09/843,275                       01/07/03
6,503,306                       09/646,585                       01/07/03
6,503,319                       09/130,469                       01/07/03
6,503,320                       09/942,285                       01/07/03
6,503,327                       09/804,760                       01/07/03
6,503,336                       09/813,697                       01/07/03
6,503,337                       09/459,760                       01/07/03
6,503,342                       09/647,768                       01/07/03
6,503,348                       09/572,872                       01/07/03
6,503,354                       09/439,855                       01/07/03
6,503,355                       09/492,621                       01/07/03
6,503,359                       09/263,972                       01/07/03
6,503,361                       09/090,803                       01/07/03
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 19 

6,503,367                       09/521,799                       01/07/03
6,503,368                       09/607,533                       01/07/03
6,503,371                       09/600,361                       01/07/03
6,503,376                       09/777,872                       01/07/03
6,503,383                       09/653,660                       01/07/03
6,503,384                       09/536,128                       01/07/03
6,503,391                       10/001,425                       01/07/03
6,503,392                       09/824,400                       01/07/03
6,503,395                       09/549,981                       01/07/03
6,503,405                       09/496,341                       01/07/03
6,503,407                       09/625,004                       01/07/03
6,503,412                       09/645,644                       01/07/03
6,503,417                       09/290,315                       01/07/03
6,503,423                       09/591,155                       01/07/03
6,503,431                       09/343,049                       01/07/03
6,503,432                       09/517,298                       01/07/03
6,503,434                       09/346,797                       01/07/03
6,503,436                       09/480,247                       01/07/03
6,503,439                       09/594,275                       01/07/03
6,503,448                       09/321,354                       01/07/03
6,503,450                       09/475,467                       01/07/03
6,503,457                       09/549,285                       01/07/03
6,503,458                       09/531,809                       01/07/03
6,503,464                       09/416,415                       01/07/03
6,503,466                       09/130,176                       01/07/03
6,503,468                       10/042,617                       01/07/03
6,503,473                       09/514,281                       01/07/03
6,503,479                       08/802,939                       01/07/03
6,503,483                       09/818,807                       01/07/03
6,503,489                       09/743,088                       01/07/03
6,503,492                       10/079,083                       01/07/03
6,503,494                       09/542,293                       01/07/03
6,503,496                       09/817,741                       01/07/03
6,503,498                       08/224,595                       01/07/03
6,503,500                       09/147,259                       01/07/03
6,503,501                       09/374,909                       01/07/03
6,503,502                       09/544,618                       01/07/03
6,503,503                       08/855,280                       01/07/03
6,503,504                       08/896,152                       01/07/03
6,503,506                       09/927,174                       01/07/03
6,503,508                       09/832,496                       01/07/03
6,503,515                       09/283,146                       01/07/03
6,503,521                       09/717,269                       01/07/03
6,503,524                       09/596,162                       01/07/03
6,503,533                       09/199,269                       01/07/03
6,503,541                       09/847,283                       01/07/03
6,503,553                       09/709,345                       01/07/03
6,503,562                       09/743,764                       01/07/03
6,503,573                       09/401,972                       01/07/03
6,503,579                       09/403,772                       01/07/03
6,503,596                       09/727,795                       01/07/03
6,503,601                       09/486,829                       01/07/03
6,503,605                       09/456,190                       01/07/03
6,503,606                       09/618,627                       01/07/03
6,503,607                       09/626,883                       01/07/03
6,503,608                       09/770,127                       01/07/03
6,503,612                       09/594,885                       01/07/03
6,503,618                       08/839,617                       01/07/03
6,503,645                       09/684,239                       01/07/03
6,503,647                       09/635,934                       01/07/03
6,503,648                       09/817,533                       01/07/03
6,503,654                       09/886,540                       01/07/03
6,503,658                       09/902,871                       01/07/03
6,503,664                       09/289,227                       01/07/03
6,503,665                       09/428,479                       01/07/03
6,503,670                       09/893,072                       01/07/03
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 20 

6,503,672                       09/820,101                       01/07/03
6,503,674                       09/841,204                       01/07/03
6,503,695                       09/704,780                       01/07/03
6,503,698                       09/594,704                       01/07/03
6,503,700                       09/282,218                       01/07/03
6,503,701                       09/979,354                       01/07/03
6,503,702                       08/963,842                       01/07/03
6,503,707                       08/650,965                       01/07/03
6,503,710                       09/321,005                       01/07/03
6,503,712                       09/569,975                       01/07/03
6,503,714                       09/713,031                       01/07/03
6,503,738                       09/329,422                       01/07/03
6,503,743                       09/711,681                       01/07/03
6,503,747                       09/115,150                       01/07/03
6,503,748                       09/826,205                       01/07/03
6,503,761                       09/420,472                       01/07/03
6,503,766                       09/605,562                       01/07/03
6,503,772                       09/455,772                       01/07/03
6,503,774                       09/840,562                       01/07/03
6,503,775                       09/956,799                       01/07/03
6,503,778                       09/670,275                       01/07/03
6,503,797                       09/930,950                       01/07/03
6,503,798                       09/609,168                       01/07/03
6,503,799                       09/991,959                       01/07/03
6,503,804                       09/908,849                       01/07/03
6,503,807                       09/803,893                       01/07/03
6,503,808                       09/687,251                       01/07/03
6,503,814                       09/765,740                       01/07/03
6,503,827                       09/605,806                       01/07/03
6,503,830                       09/897,472                       01/07/03
6,503,831                       10/068,453                       01/07/03
6,503,834                       09/677,585                       01/07/03
6,503,835                       09/939,606                       01/07/03
6,503,845                       09/846,580                       01/07/03
6,503,847                       09/841,940                       01/07/03
6,503,858                       09/626,389                       01/07/03
6,503,860                       09/499,010                       01/07/03
6,503,864                       09/779,759                       01/07/03
6,503,867                       09/636,690                       01/07/03
6,503,873                       09/053,770                       01/07/03
6,503,889                       09/793,520                       01/07/03
6,503,890                       09/450,082                       01/07/03
6,503,891                       09/652,437                       01/07/03
6,503,892                       09/841,936                       01/07/03
6,503,897                       09/914,049                       01/07/03
6,503,900                       10/017,738                       01/07/03
6,503,907                       09/998,882                       01/07/03
6,503,910                       09/622,134                       01/07/03
6,503,912                       09/582,679                       01/07/03
6,503,919                       09/594,853                       01/07/03
6,503,920                       09/674,838                       01/07/03
6,503,921                       09/987,812                       01/07/03
6,503,923                       09/926,267                       01/07/03
6,503,928                       09/954,784                       01/07/03
6,503,930                       09/540,464                       01/07/03
6,503,938                       09/579,467                       01/07/03
6,503,942                       09/989,000                       01/07/03
6,503,947                       09/239,056                       01/07/03
6,503,949                       09/572,553                       01/07/03
6,503,957                       09/444,055                       01/07/03
6,503,968                       09/654,846                       01/07/03
6,503,974                       09/913,275                       01/07/03
6,503,977                       09/526,831                       01/07/03
6,503,981                       09/747,640                       01/07/03
6,503,989                       09/624,163                       01/07/03
6,504,009                       09/418,780                       01/07/03
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 21 

6,504,010                       09/702,705                       01/07/03
6,504,023                       09/461,908                       01/07/03
6,504,029                       08/501,933                       01/07/03
6,504,033                       09/390,286                       01/07/03
6,504,034                       10/043,732                       01/07/03
6,504,036                       10/006,115                       01/07/03
6,504,042                       08/728,780                       01/07/03
6,504,052                       09/979,437                       01/07/03
6,504,056                       09/845,268                       01/07/03
6,504,058                       10/068,621                       01/07/03
6,504,060                       10/122,769                       01/07/03
6,504,071                       09/732,918                       01/07/03
6,504,074                       09/204,576                       01/07/03
6,504,078                       09/850,372                       01/07/03
6,504,080                       09/687,731                       01/07/03
6,504,081                       09/089,940                       01/07/03
6,504,087                       09/779,922                       01/07/03
6,504,095                       09/493,610                       01/07/03
6,504,096                       09/404,478                       01/07/03
6,504,110                       09/655,488                       01/07/03
6,504,111                       09/867,312                       01/07/03
6,504,116                       09/972,427                       01/07/03
6,504,117                       10/090,913                       01/07/03
6,504,121                       09/861,000                       01/07/03
6,504,122                       09/811,089                       01/07/03
6,504,125                       09/988,289                       01/07/03
6,504,128                       09/788,360                       01/07/03
6,504,136                       10/013,415                       01/07/03
6,504,137                       09/712,860                       01/07/03
6,504,153                       09/624,996                       01/07/03
6,504,159                       09/395,417                       01/07/03
6,504,163                       09/731,312                       01/07/03
6,504,171                       09/490,777                       01/07/03
6,504,173                       09/757,153                       01/07/03
6,504,175                       09/067,943                       01/07/03
6,504,203                       09/681,197                       01/07/03
6,504,207                       09/609,292                       01/07/03
6,504,212                       09/497,361                       01/07/03
6,504,232                       09/224,711                       01/07/03
6,504,258                       09/876,976                       01/07/03
6,504,263                       09/736,660                       01/07/03
6,504,269                       09/450,306                       01/07/03
6,504,271                       09/798,066                       01/07/03
6,504,275                       09/789,246                       01/07/03
6,504,277                       09/801,708                       01/07/03
6,504,279                       09/701,227                       01/07/03
6,504,287                       10/021,095                       01/07/03
6,504,288                       09/730,640                       01/07/03
6,504,293                       09/589,804                       01/07/03
6,504,297                       09/547,875                       01/07/03
6,504,298                       09/261,845                       01/07/03
6,504,304                       09/689,711                       01/07/03
6,504,316                       09/796,291                       01/07/03
6,504,320                       09/866,416                       01/07/03
6,504,324                       09/598,224                       01/07/03
6,504,331                       09/818,336                       01/07/03
6,504,337                       09/877,877                       01/07/03
6,504,358                       09/537,884                       01/07/03
6,504,361                       09/582,275                       01/07/03
6,504,364                       09/763,876                       01/07/03
6,504,365                       09/966,342                       01/07/03
6,504,368                       09/829,356                       01/07/03
6,504,369                       09/655,254                       01/07/03
6,504,370                       10/010,509                       01/07/03
6,504,372                       09/683,415                       01/07/03
6,504,373                       09/778,995                       01/07/03
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 22 

6,504,377                       09/763,792                       01/07/03
6,504,386                       09/422,376                       01/07/03
6,504,392                       09/277,233                       01/07/03
6,504,406                       09/698,445                       01/07/03
6,504,412                       09/663,750                       01/07/03
6,504,417                       09/930,670                       01/07/03
6,504,426                       09/820,178                       01/07/03
6,504,430                       09/955,119                       01/07/03
6,504,443                       09/573,786                       01/07/03
6,504,444                       09/187,868                       01/07/03
6,504,445                       10/005,520                       01/07/03
6,504,451                       09/722,756                       01/07/03
6,504,471                       08/514,994                       01/07/03
6,504,476                       09/424,679                       01/07/03
6,504,477                       09/963,032                       01/07/03
6,504,480                       09/925,264                       01/07/03
6,504,482                       09/753,672                       01/07/03
6,504,484                       09/670,024                       01/07/03
6,504,487                       09/591,123                       01/07/03
6,504,490                       09/887,221                       01/07/03
6,504,499                       09/703,974                       01/07/03
6,504,500                       09/712,208                       01/07/03
6,504,512                       09/885,117                       01/07/03
6,504,515                       09/846,786                       01/07/03
6,504,518                       08/885,831                       01/07/03
6,504,529                       09/179,870                       01/07/03
6,504,533                       09/551,175                       01/07/03
6,504,534                       08/712,091                       01/07/03
6,504,553                       09/257,666                       01/07/03
6,504,561                       09/638,918                       01/07/03
6,504,574                       09/149,658                       01/07/03
6,504,579                       09/127,750                       01/07/03
6,504,588                       09/446,618                       01/07/03
6,504,595                       09/942,674                       01/07/03
6,504,598                       09/288,021                       01/07/03
6,504,599                       09/879,193                       01/07/03
6,504,605                       09/695,811                       01/07/03
6,504,606                       09/746,799                       01/07/03
6,504,612                       09/850,772                       01/07/03
6,504,614                       09/415,600                       01/07/03
6,504,619                       08/903,420                       01/07/03
6,504,620                       09/046,590                       01/07/03
6,504,632                       09/427,677                       01/07/03
6,504,635                       09/381,636                       01/07/03
6,504,637                       09/266,069                       01/07/03
6,504,638                       09/206,512                       01/07/03
6,504,654                       09/463,027                       01/07/03
6,504,667                       09/314,016                       01/07/03
6,504,677                       09/472,996                       01/07/03
6,504,678                       09/711,102                       01/07/03
6,504,679                       09/674,070                       01/07/03
6,504,686                       09/659,710                       01/07/03
6,504,687                       09/660,928                       01/07/03
6,504,689                       09/614,932                       01/07/03
6,504,691                       09/613,734                       01/07/03
6,504,696                       09/556,259                       01/07/03
6,504,699                       09/671,563                       01/07/03
6,504,706                       09/423,608                       01/07/03
6,504,707                       09/853,295                       01/07/03
6,504,708                       09/878,364                       01/07/03
6,504,720                       09/955,045                       01/07/03
6,504,721                       09/676,099                       01/07/03
6,504,722                       09/896,164                       01/07/03
6,504,723                       09/990,489                       01/07/03
6,504,724                       09/984,189                       01/07/03
6,504,727                       09/694,694                       01/07/03
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6,504,734                       10/022,892                       01/07/03
6,504,739                       09/861,367                       01/07/03
6,504,741                       09/984,779                       01/07/03
6,504,744                       09/736,501                       01/07/03
6,504,745                       09/860,215                       01/07/03
6,504,746                       09/871,504                       01/07/03
6,504,762                       09/280,036                       01/07/03
6,504,763                       09/683,845                       01/07/03
6,504,772                       09/761,709                       01/07/03
6,504,773                       09/952,804                       01/07/03
6,504,784                       10/119,093                       01/07/03
6,504,790                       09/925,257                       01/07/03
6,504,794                       09/814,175                       01/07/03
6,504,796                       09/603,072                       01/07/03
6,504,808                       09/414,034                       01/07/03
6,504,810                       09/749,625                       01/07/03
6,504,811                       09/285,196                       01/07/03
6,504,820                       10/127,525                       01/07/03
6,504,821                       08/868,857                       01/07/03
6,504,823                       09/353,057                       01/07/03
6,504,834                       09/102,838                       01/07/03
6,504,844                       09/057,287                       01/07/03
6,504,845                       09/188,097                       01/07/03
6,504,852                       09/228,684                       01/07/03
6,504,854                       09/058,724                       01/07/03
6,504,868                       09/266,607                       01/07/03
6,504,878                       09/292,637                       01/07/03
6,504,879                       09/275,757                       01/07/03
6,504,917                       09/301,932                       01/07/03
6,504,920                       09/594,835                       01/07/03
6,504,925                       08/213,427                       01/07/03
6,504,930                       08/806,286                       01/07/03
6,504,936                       09/164,177                       01/07/03
6,504,939                       09/554,141                       01/07/03
6,504,940                       09/741,051                       01/07/03
6,504,942                       09/229,187                       01/07/03
6,504,955                       09/144,494                       01/07/03
6,504,965                       09/733,795                       01/07/03
6,504,971                       09/840,445                       01/07/03
6,504,984                       09/717,882                       01/07/03
6,504,991                       09/321,606                       01/07/03
6,504,993                       09/247,812                       01/07/03
6,504,995                       09/358,800                       01/07/03
6,504,996                       09/335,677                       01/07/03
6,504,997                       09/610,698                       01/07/03
6,505,001                       08/968,495                       01/07/03
6,505,015                       09/857,319                       01/07/03
6,505,024                       09/828,851                       01/07/03
6,505,025                       09/887,845                       01/07/03
6,505,026                       09/925,489                       01/07/03
6,505,028                       09/517,414                       01/07/03
6,505,033                       08/946,851                       01/07/03
6,505,041                       09/412,634                       01/07/03
6,505,048                       09/477,796                       01/07/03
6,505,053                       09/469,609                       01/07/03
6,505,062                       09/020,942                       01/07/03
6,505,079                       09/661,068                       01/07/03
6,505,101                       09/917,159                       01/07/03
6,505,105                       09/755,636                       01/07/03
6,505,108                       09/963,765                       01/07/03
6,505,114                       09/784,038                       01/07/03
6,505,120                       10/183,369                       01/07/03
6,505,132                       09/584,017                       01/07/03
6,505,136                       09/572,612                       01/07/03
6,505,138                       09/429,520                       01/07/03
6,505,143                       09/488,033                       01/07/03
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 24 

6,505,161                       09/564,393                       01/07/03
6,505,178                       09/474,598                       01/07/03
6,505,195                       09/587,358                       01/07/03
6,505,196                       09/930,750                       01/07/03
6,505,198                       09/933,937                       01/07/03
6,505,199                       09/452,172                       01/07/03
6,505,202                       09/368,438                       01/07/03
6,505,203                       09/565,830                       01/07/03
6,505,238                       09/377,640                       01/07/03
6,505,242                       10/042,022                       01/07/03
6,505,249                       09/474,021                       01/07/03
6,505,250                       09/141,445                       01/07/03
6,505,255                       09/302,636                       01/07/03
6,505,259                       09/384,128                       01/07/03
6,505,260                       09/784,690                       01/07/03
6,505,268                       09/288,399                       01/07/03
6,505,276                       09/335,792                       01/07/03
6,505,282                       08/821,705                       01/07/03
6,505,286                       09/668,948                       01/07/03
6,505,290                       08/924,518                       01/07/03
6,505,293                       09/348,973                       01/07/03
6,505,295                       09/367,536                       01/07/03
6,505,296                       09/521,160                       01/07/03
6,505,298                       09/426,434                       01/07/03
6,505,301                       09/644,153                       01/07/03
6,505,302                       09/644,184                       01/07/03
6,505,306                       09/396,973                       01/07/03
6,505,309                       09/272,401                       01/07/03
6,505,311                       09/677,597                       01/07/03
6,505,322                       09/904,661                       01/07/03
6,505,326                       09/676,439                       01/07/03
6,505,333                       09/649,203                       01/07/03
6,505,334                       09/672,790                       01/07/03
6,505,335                       09/678,099                       01/07/03
6,505,341                       09/189,027                       01/07/03
6,505,343                       09/223,739                       01/07/03
6,505,344                       09/481,929                       01/07/03
6,505,345                       09/483,879                       01/07/03

                   PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON January 9, 2011
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

7,159,250                       10/852,232                       01/09/07
7,159,252                       10/652,112                       01/09/07
7,159,256                       11/236,465                       01/09/07
7,159,257                       11/102,774                       01/09/07
7,159,269                       10/647,509                       01/09/07
7,159,271                       10/952,061                       01/09/07
7,159,275                       10/464,943                       01/09/07
7,159,276                       11/134,591                       01/09/07
7,159,286                       11/289,825                       01/09/07
7,159,292                       11/010,669                       01/09/07
7,159,295                       10/937,318                       01/09/07
7,159,296                       10/623,760                       01/09/07
7,159,298                       09/809,121                       01/09/07
7,159,317                       10/860,547                       01/09/07
7,159,318                       11/141,147                       01/09/07
7,159,323                       10/889,208                       01/09/07
7,159,328                       11/113,923                       01/09/07
7,159,335                       10/812,627                       01/09/07
7,159,337                       11/316,179                       01/09/07
7,159,348                       10/421,923                       01/09/07
7,159,349                       10/341,471                       01/09/07
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 25 

7,159,352                       10/796,434                       01/09/07
7,159,357                       11/168,045                       01/09/07
7,159,360                       10/738,885                       01/09/07
7,159,365                       10/643,447                       01/09/07
7,159,367                       10/623,056                       01/09/07
7,159,368                       10/306,914                       01/09/07
7,159,382                       11/245,457                       01/09/07
7,159,393                       10/497,793                       01/09/07
7,159,396                       10/881,916                       01/09/07
7,159,400                       10/953,343                       01/09/07
7,159,409                       10/790,267                       01/09/07
7,159,411                       10/823,742                       01/09/07
7,159,428                       10/914,696                       01/09/07
7,159,442                       11/040,300                       01/09/07
7,159,443                       10/094,818                       01/09/07
7,159,444                       10/065,862                       01/09/07
7,159,455                       11/349,603                       01/09/07
7,159,457                       11/061,855                       01/09/07
7,159,471                       11/070,045                       01/09/07
7,159,475                       10/788,758                       01/09/07
7,159,478                       10/824,114                       01/09/07
7,159,482                       10/600,710                       01/09/07
7,159,484                       10/388,482                       01/09/07
7,159,488                       11/048,714                       01/09/07
7,159,491                       11/220,467                       01/09/07
7,159,496                       10/802,091                       01/09/07
7,159,498                       11/332,889                       01/09/07
7,159,501                       10/985,084                       01/09/07
7,159,505                       11/348,589                       01/09/07
7,159,510                       10/771,686                       01/09/07
7,159,515                       10/502,652                       01/09/07
7,159,516                       10/511,592                       01/09/07
7,159,528                       11/266,096                       01/09/07
7,159,533                       10/243,318                       01/09/07
7,159,535                       10/850,088                       01/09/07
7,159,536                       09/831,722                       01/09/07
7,159,563                       11/262,022                       01/09/07
7,159,564                       11/377,247                       01/09/07
7,159,569                       11/126,810                       01/09/07
7,159,574                       11/041,984                       01/09/07
7,159,591                       10/429,743                       01/09/07
7,159,599                       10/229,446                       01/09/07
7,159,603                       11/044,235                       01/09/07
7,159,610                       10/860,166                       01/09/07
7,159,627                       11/269,653                       01/09/07
7,159,630                       10/733,888                       01/09/07
7,159,632                       10/982,874                       01/09/07
7,159,636                       10/958,354                       01/09/07
7,159,644                       09/650,335                       01/09/07
7,159,648                       10/830,901                       01/09/07
7,159,649                       10/893,767                       01/09/07
7,159,667                       10/770,363                       01/09/07
7,159,686                       10/664,127                       01/09/07
7,159,688                       10/510,373                       01/09/07
7,159,690                       10/866,182                       01/09/07
7,159,695                       10/156,466                       01/09/07
7,159,698                       10/896,714                       01/09/07
7,159,699                       10/851,915                       01/09/07
7,159,703                       10/819,922                       01/09/07
7,159,711                       10/886,234                       01/09/07
7,159,713                       11/163,863                       01/09/07
7,159,715                       10/845,766                       01/09/07
7,159,721                       10/747,971                       01/09/07
7,159,727                       10/944,474                       01/09/07
7,159,728                       10/962,387                       01/09/07
7,159,739                       10/706,636                       01/09/07
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 26 

7,159,746                       10/951,341                       01/09/07
7,159,749                       10/908,888                       01/09/07
7,159,751                       10/853,328                       01/09/07
7,159,762                       10/309,541                       01/09/07
7,159,791                       10/831,842                       01/09/07
7,159,803                       11/170,344                       01/09/07
7,159,812                       11/065,067                       01/09/07
7,159,817                       11/035,263                       01/09/07
7,159,833                       10/823,126                       01/09/07
7,159,835                       10/772,559                       01/09/07
7,159,841                       10/706,477                       01/09/07
7,159,845                       10/956,456                       01/09/07
7,159,848                       10/938,485                       01/09/07
7,159,864                       11/214,118                       01/09/07
7,159,866                       10/408,202                       01/09/07
7,159,877                       10/728,615                       01/09/07
7,159,882                       11/404,186                       01/09/07
7,159,891                       10/860,845                       01/09/07
7,159,895                       10/750,739                       01/09/07
7,159,899                       10/738,866                       01/09/07
7,159,904                       11/082,529                       01/09/07
7,159,905                       10/724,674                       01/09/07
7,159,907                       11/025,890                       01/09/07
7,159,909                       11/266,282                       01/09/07
7,159,916                       10/905,367                       01/09/07
7,159,919                       10/930,471                       01/09/07
7,159,920                       10/895,571                       01/09/07
7,159,926                       11/105,694                       01/09/07
7,159,927                       10/887,204                       01/09/07
7,159,932                       10/744,004                       01/09/07
7,159,935                       11/098,475                       01/09/07
7,159,938                       11/178,506                       01/09/07
7,159,939                       10/768,516                       01/09/07
7,159,940                       10/906,451                       01/09/07
7,159,943                       10/831,584                       01/09/07
7,159,948                       11/375,392                       01/09/07
7,159,953                       10/416,816                       01/09/07
7,159,954                       10/747,530                       01/09/07
7,159,959                       10/839,577                       01/09/07
7,159,977                       10/872,854                       01/09/07
7,159,989                       10/502,036                       01/09/07
7,160,005                       11/325,152                       01/09/07
7,160,006                       10/929,043                       01/09/07
7,160,007                       11/127,585                       01/09/07
7,160,009                       11/260,960                       01/09/07
7,160,013                       10/977,615                       01/09/07
7,160,026                       11/074,419                       01/09/07
7,160,031                       10/990,486                       01/09/07
7,160,032                       10/823,694                       01/09/07
7,160,033                       11/087,397                       01/09/07
7,160,041                       10/935,365                       01/09/07
7,160,046                       10/690,753                       01/09/07
7,160,049                       10/491,319                       01/09/07
7,160,050                       11/103,876                       01/09/07
7,160,052                       10/923,889                       01/09/07
7,160,054                       10/960,355                       01/09/07
7,160,060                       11/397,117                       01/09/07
7,160,061                       10/982,506                       01/09/07
7,160,062                       10/755,178                       01/09/07
7,160,065                       11/378,841                       01/09/07
7,160,069                       09/815,946                       01/09/07
7,160,070                       11/034,530                       01/09/07
7,160,071                       10/848,211                       01/09/07
7,160,081                       10/919,447                       01/09/07
7,160,093                       10/618,164                       01/09/07
7,160,103                       10/803,181                       01/09/07
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 27 

7,160,104                       10/911,274                       01/09/07
7,160,120                       11/159,981                       01/09/07
7,160,137                       11/171,414                       01/09/07
7,160,141                       10/973,468                       01/09/07
7,160,145                       10/538,170                       01/09/07
7,160,147                       11/400,565                       01/09/07
7,160,152                       11/394,617                       01/09/07
7,160,162                       11/134,101                       01/09/07
7,160,165                       10/518,719                       01/09/07
7,160,166                       11/114,421                       01/09/07
7,160,170                       11/110,438                       01/09/07
7,160,177                       10/543,869                       01/09/07
7,160,180                       11/418,145                       01/09/07
7,160,184                       11/160,841                       01/09/07
7,160,198                       10/916,296                       01/09/07
7,160,201                       10/502,749                       01/09/07
7,160,203                       10/826,184                       01/09/07
7,160,204                       10/776,526                       01/09/07
7,160,216                       11/138,682                       01/09/07
7,160,228                       11/050,771                       01/09/07
7,160,233                       10/307,044                       01/09/07
7,160,248                       10/727,040                       01/09/07
7,160,250                       10/484,566                       01/09/07
7,160,260                       10/671,443                       01/09/07
7,160,271                       10/476,912                       01/09/07
7,160,276                       10/282,295                       01/09/07
7,160,287                       10/227,106                       01/09/07
7,160,289                       10/915,234                       01/09/07
7,160,338                       10/084,236                       01/09/07
7,160,342                       09/782,619                       01/09/07
7,160,371                       11/136,644                       01/09/07
7,160,374                       10/467,784                       01/09/07
7,160,381                       11/131,892                       01/09/07
7,160,382                       11/133,166                       01/09/07
7,160,415                       10/727,468                       01/09/07
7,160,438                       10/322,614                       01/09/07
7,160,440                       10/715,067                       01/09/07
7,160,445                       10/801,984                       01/09/07
7,160,452                       10/523,535                       01/09/07
7,160,461                       10/531,037                       01/09/07
7,160,468                       10/806,587                       01/09/07
7,160,479                       10/761,080                       01/09/07
7,160,483                       09/722,878                       01/09/07
7,160,497                       10/706,847                       01/09/07
7,160,501                       10/363,913                       01/09/07
7,160,503                       10/141,320                       01/09/07
7,160,504                       10/379,324                       01/09/07
7,160,511                       09/784,977                       01/09/07
7,160,518                       10/475,381                       01/09/07
7,160,519                       10/628,299                       01/09/07
7,160,521                       10/342,121                       01/09/07
7,160,523                       10/206,408                       01/09/07
7,160,526                       10/434,529                       01/09/07
7,160,529                       10/784,885                       01/09/07
7,160,535                       10/399,265                       01/09/07
7,160,536                       10/344,079                       01/09/07
7,160,544                       10/705,660                       01/09/07
7,160,545                       11/208,541                       01/09/07
7,160,565                       10/403,429                       01/09/07
7,160,566                       10/248,671                       01/09/07
7,160,576                       10/632,037                       01/09/07
7,160,581                       10/501,107                       01/09/07
7,160,591                       09/890,860                       01/09/07
7,160,596                       10/825,135                       01/09/07
7,160,598                       10/710,354                       01/09/07
7,160,601                       10/273,009                       01/09/07
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 28 

7,160,626                       10/472,289                       01/09/07
7,160,628                       10/971,618                       01/09/07
7,160,631                       10/492,311                       01/09/07
7,160,635                       10/984,725                       01/09/07
7,160,639                       10/425,067                       01/09/07
7,160,645                       10/634,592                       01/09/07
7,160,655                       11/129,868                       01/09/07
7,160,665                       10/334,219                       01/09/07
7,160,668                       10/962,847                       01/09/07
7,160,674                       10/902,708                       01/09/07
7,160,677                       09/645,572                       01/09/07
7,160,679                       09/700,770                       01/09/07
7,160,684                       10/399,489                       01/09/07
7,160,690                       10/290,108                       01/09/07
7,160,701                       10/600,642                       01/09/07
7,160,702                       10/627,711                       01/09/07
7,160,704                       10/792,647                       01/09/07
7,160,717                       10/725,044                       01/09/07
7,160,722                       09/734,329                       01/09/07
7,160,725                       10/294,036                       01/09/07
7,160,730                       10/688,331                       01/09/07
7,160,757                       11/114,392                       01/09/07
7,160,758                       10/815,185                       01/09/07
7,160,771                       10/724,483                       01/09/07
7,160,772                       10/906,521                       01/09/07
7,160,822                       10/514,660                       01/09/07
7,160,830                       10/731,917                       01/09/07
7,160,833                       10/889,813                       01/09/07
7,160,834                       10/391,421                       01/09/07
7,160,849                       10/414,291                       01/09/07
7,160,853                       10/380,153                       01/09/07
7,160,857                       10/104,709                       01/09/07
7,160,860                       10/988,628                       01/09/07
7,160,867                       10/845,747                       01/09/07
7,160,869                       10/061,979                       01/09/07
7,160,879                       10/339,499                       01/09/07
7,160,893                       10/634,419                       01/09/07
7,160,894                       10/859,098                       01/09/07
7,160,896                       10/332,261                       01/09/07
7,160,897                       11/084,410                       01/09/07
7,160,900                       10/912,185                       01/09/07
7,160,905                       10/496,334                       01/09/07
7,160,910                       10/725,935                       01/09/07
7,160,912                       10/613,414                       01/09/07
7,160,919                       11/071,912                       01/09/07
7,160,933                       10/393,061                       01/09/07
7,160,938                       09/685,601                       01/09/07
7,160,956                       10/411,907                       01/09/07
7,160,969                       10/093,983                       01/09/07
7,160,979                       10/973,145                       01/09/07
7,160,981                       09/900,147                       01/09/07
7,160,987                       10/102,072                       01/09/07
7,160,992                       10/831,224                       01/09/07
7,161,009                       10/081,642                       01/09/07
7,161,012                       11/192,672                       01/09/07
7,161,014                       11/169,128                       01/09/07
7,161,015                       11/223,244                       01/09/07
7,161,017                       10/493,959                       01/09/07
7,161,018                       10/449,273                       01/09/07
7,161,024                       10/886,724                       01/09/07
7,161,028                       10/497,210                       01/09/07
7,161,030                       10/630,697                       01/09/07
7,161,033                       11/036,606                       01/09/07
7,161,035                       10/380,866                       01/09/07
7,161,039                       10/495,278                       01/09/07
7,161,043                       11/184,643                       01/09/07
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7,161,048                       11/382,923                       01/09/07
7,161,049                       10/734,946                       01/09/07
7,161,051                       10/382,677                       01/09/07
7,161,059                       10/780,809                       01/09/07
7,161,076                       11/058,242                       01/09/07
7,161,085                       11/170,078                       01/09/07
7,161,086                       10/994,807                       01/09/07
7,161,087                       11/069,249                       01/09/07
7,161,092                       10/123,793                       01/09/07
7,161,097                       11/253,243                       01/09/07
7,161,098                       09/824,496                       01/09/07
7,161,099                       10/990,390                       01/09/07
7,161,116                       10/923,366                       01/09/07
7,161,119                       10/531,963                       01/09/07
7,161,122                       10/876,512                       01/09/07
7,161,133                       10/476,207                       01/09/07
7,161,135                       10/884,049                       01/09/07
7,161,148                       09/980,432                       01/09/07
7,161,162                       10/282,324                       01/09/07
7,161,163                       11/045,605                       01/09/07
7,161,192                       10/711,542                       01/09/07
7,161,209                       10/961,135                       01/09/07
7,161,231                       10/731,148                       01/09/07
7,161,235                       10/301,252                       01/09/07
7,161,238                       10/335,092                       01/09/07
7,161,243                       11/133,999                       01/09/07
7,161,264                       10/642,594                       01/09/07
7,161,266                       10/247,178                       01/09/07
7,161,276                       10/972,803                       01/09/07
7,161,287                       10/984,922                       01/09/07
7,161,288                       11/372,074                       01/09/07
7,161,290                       10/921,326                       01/09/07
7,161,296                       10/815,698                       01/09/07
7,161,300                       10/986,144                       01/09/07
7,161,307                       11/006,654                       01/09/07
7,161,338                       11/284,872                       01/09/07
7,161,347                       11/178,092                       01/09/07
7,161,353                       11/076,743                       01/09/07
7,161,374                       11/028,784                       01/09/07
7,161,377                       10/948,152                       01/09/07
7,161,387                       10/947,257                       01/09/07
7,161,389                       10/881,891                       01/09/07
7,161,390                       10/926,897                       01/09/07
7,161,409                       10/898,787                       01/09/07
7,161,429                       10/739,781                       01/09/07
7,161,439                       10/991,976                       01/09/07
7,161,452                       11/076,457                       01/09/07
7,161,459                       11/240,289                       01/09/07
7,161,464                       10/756,737                       01/09/07
7,161,473                       10/933,838                       01/09/07
7,161,475                       10/905,614                       01/09/07
7,161,477                       10/879,699                       01/09/07
7,161,485                       10/677,503                       01/09/07
7,161,490                       10/480,667                       01/09/07
7,161,494                       10/978,476                       01/09/07
7,161,502                       10/415,146                       01/09/07
7,161,503                       10/485,793                       01/09/07
7,161,528                       10/467,625                       01/09/07
7,161,529                       10/856,359                       01/09/07
7,161,532                       10/525,970                       01/09/07
7,161,533                       10/854,739                       01/09/07
7,161,535                       10/524,488                       01/09/07
7,161,536                       10/530,377                       01/09/07
7,161,545                       11/108,821                       01/09/07
7,161,546                       10/916,765                       01/09/07
7,161,548                       10/926,315                       01/09/07
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7,161,553                       10/982,671                       01/09/07
7,161,559                       10/798,439                       01/09/07
7,161,567                       10/727,175                       01/09/07
7,161,588                       10/332,419                       01/09/07
7,161,589                       10/937,715                       01/09/07
7,161,603                       10/651,977                       01/09/07
7,161,610                       11/050,800                       01/09/07
7,161,611                       11/012,164                       01/09/07
7,161,618                       09/270,834                       01/09/07
7,161,632                       10/433,325                       01/09/07
7,161,635                       09/700,321                       01/09/07
7,161,655                       10/980,419                       01/09/07
7,161,656                       10/485,097                       01/09/07
7,161,676                       10/514,097                       01/09/07
7,161,679                       10/309,994                       01/09/07
7,161,680                       11/204,758                       01/09/07
7,161,684                       11/139,479                       01/09/07
7,161,726                       10/981,920                       01/09/07
7,161,729                       10/857,714                       01/09/07
7,161,741                       10/261,658                       01/09/07
7,161,743                       10/515,811                       01/09/07
7,161,747                       10/774,434                       01/09/07
7,161,750                       11/005,598                       01/09/07
7,161,756                       10/842,695                       01/09/07
7,161,765                       11/187,894                       01/09/07
7,161,766                       10/929,507                       01/09/07
7,161,771                       10/115,825                       01/09/07
7,161,772                       10/717,095                       01/09/07
7,161,773                       11/075,079                       01/09/07
7,161,779                       10/735,361                       01/09/07
7,161,793                       10/706,288                       01/09/07
7,161,798                       10/940,246                       01/09/07
7,161,800                       11/182,001                       01/09/07
7,161,803                       10/823,477                       01/09/07
7,161,805                       10/691,803                       01/09/07
7,161,808                       10/804,413                       01/09/07
7,161,825                       11/125,923                       01/09/07
7,161,851                       10/041,948                       01/09/07
7,161,868                       10/880,530                       01/09/07
7,161,891                       10/531,018                       01/09/07
7,161,893                       10/488,194                       01/09/07
7,161,950                       10/014,007                       01/09/07
7,161,951                       10/123,203                       01/09/07
7,161,961                       09/880,450                       01/09/07
7,161,963                       10/108,295                       01/09/07
7,161,969                       10/999,919                       01/09/07
7,161,973                       10/320,526                       01/09/07
7,161,974                       09/951,350                       01/09/07
7,161,976                       10/477,756                       01/09/07
7,161,979                       09/863,487                       01/09/07
7,161,984                       10/293,774                       01/09/07
7,161,985                       10/451,106                       01/09/07
7,161,997                       10/025,969                       01/09/07
7,162,004                       11/075,116                       01/09/07
7,162,006                       10/985,623                       01/09/07
7,162,010                       10/497,342                       01/09/07
7,162,039                       09/522,834                       01/09/07
7,162,054                       10/664,565                       01/09/07
7,162,062                       10/028,388                       01/09/07
7,162,074                       10/298,356                       01/09/07
7,162,076                       10/766,121                       01/09/07
7,162,078                       10/323,767                       01/09/07
7,162,117                       10/500,594                       01/09/07
7,162,119                       10/771,426                       01/09/07
7,162,129                       10/829,454                       01/09/07
7,162,133                       10/922,541                       01/09/07
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7,162,135                       11/265,928                       01/09/07
7,162,137                       09/884,463                       01/09/07
7,162,138                       11/230,476                       01/09/07
7,162,139                       10/958,998                       01/09/07
7,162,145                       08/939,442                       01/09/07
7,162,152                       10/991,837                       01/09/07
7,162,154                       10/414,661                       01/09/07
7,162,165                       10/212,495                       01/09/07
7,162,185                       10/660,537                       01/09/07
7,162,202                       10/606,287                       01/09/07
7,162,208                       09/935,475                       01/09/07
7,162,225                       10/221,717                       01/09/07
7,162,254                       10/237,346                       01/09/07
7,162,260                       10/312,928                       01/09/07
7,162,270                       10/696,654                       01/09/07
7,162,277                       10/683,700                       01/09/07
7,162,280                       10/283,179                       01/09/07
7,162,281                       10/371,056                       01/09/07
7,162,290                       11/228,827                       01/09/07
7,162,293                       10/268,809                       01/09/07
7,162,302                       10/786,198                       01/09/07
7,162,329                       09/757,971                       01/09/07
7,162,340                       10/754,113                       01/09/07
7,162,342                       10/758,244                       01/09/07
7,162,352                       11/473,118                       01/09/07
7,162,396                       10/482,386                       01/09/07
7,162,397                       10/840,509                       01/09/07
7,162,400                       10/028,319                       01/09/07
7,162,404                       10/425,041                       01/09/07
7,162,409                       09/914,408                       01/09/07
7,162,422                       09/676,348                       01/09/07
7,162,450                       09/894,180                       01/09/07
7,162,451                       10/082,536                       01/09/07
7,162,455                       09/194,051                       01/09/07
7,162,463                       10/308,860                       01/09/07
7,162,478                       09/796,928                       01/09/07
7,162,505                       10/393,852                       01/09/07
7,162,527                       10/194,299                       01/09/07
7,162,574                       10/420,151                       01/09/07
7,162,583                       10/747,470                       01/09/07
7,162,584                       10/747,474                       01/09/07
7,162,605                       10/875,931                       01/09/07
7,162,624                       10/837,423                       01/09/07
7,162,626                       10/671,362                       01/09/07
7,162,642                       09/880,856                       01/09/07
7,162,685                       10/349,749                       01/09/07
7,162,693                       09/821,298                       01/09/07
7,162,701                       10/359,109                       01/09/07
7,162,726                       10/896,592                       01/09/07
7,162,732                       09/819,118                       01/09/07
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 1/31/2011
                 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
                     Late Maintenance Fee from 1/31/2011

Patent          Application     Filing          Issue           Granted
Number          Number          Date            Date            Date

5,606,970       07/952,327      09/28/92        03/04/97        01/31/11
5,732,496       08/712,414      09/11/96        03/31/98        02/03/11
5,823,782       08/890,294      07/09/97        10/20/98        02/01/11
5,837,962       08/680,484      07/15/96        11/17/98        01/31/11
5,845,088       08/472,221      06/07/95        12/01/98        02/01/11
5,853,056       08/624,438      04/01/96        12/29/98        02/01/11
6,152,888       09/400,501      09/21/99        11/28/00        02/03/11
6,300,614       09/050,014      03/30/98        10/09/01        02/03/11
6,325,304       09/512,932      02/25/00        12/04/01        02/04/11
6,399,109       09/456,023      12/03/99        06/04/02        02/04/11
6,422,178       09/904,284      07/12/01        07/23/02        02/01/11
6,445,772       09/867,995      05/30/01        09/03/02        02/03/11
6,468,303       09/535,590      03/27/00        10/22/02        01/31/11
6,482,169       09/877,827      06/08/01        11/19/02        02/02/11
6,499,860       09/781,485      02/12/01        12/31/02        02/03/11
6,507,581       09/097,177      06/12/98        01/14/03        02/04/11
6,859,984       10/234,338      09/05/02        03/01/05        02/03/11
6,860,679       10/432,555      05/22/03        03/01/05        02/01/11
6,866,635       10/653,262      09/03/03        03/15/05        02/03/11
6,885,154       10/457,519      06/10/03        04/26/05        02/03/11
6,906,848       10/374,574      02/24/03        06/14/05        02/03/11
6,915,696       10/373,840      02/27/03        07/12/05        02/03/11
7,020,611       10/274,685      10/21/02        03/28/06        02/04/11
7,022,877       10/962,570      10/13/04        04/04/06        01/31/11
7,042,451       10/418,304      04/18/03        05/09/06        02/03/11
7,066,887       10/689,081      10/21/03        06/27/06        02/03/11
7,074,812       10/633,325      08/02/03        07/11/06        02/03/11
7,078,705       10/677,040      09/30/03        07/18/06        02/03/11
7,079,192       10/209,147      07/30/02        07/18/06        02/01/11
7,079,924       10/689,924      10/17/03        07/18/06        02/03/11
7,081,626       10/858,620      06/02/04        07/25/06        02/03/11
7,092,953       10/036,298      12/28/01        08/15/06        02/04/11
7,093,936       10/831,732      04/22/04        08/22/06        01/31/11
7,094,376       10/630,267      07/30/03        08/22/06        02/04/11
7,103,434       10/686,090      10/14/03        09/05/06        02/04/11
7,111,237       10/529,089      03/24/05        09/19/06        02/01/11
7,131,571       10/184,030      06/26/02        11/07/06        01/31/11
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Reissue Applications Filed
                     Reissue Applications Filed

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below
are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image
File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair)
on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be
obtained by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19).

   D. 577,535, Re. S.N. 29/376,021, Sep. 30, 2010, Cl. D07, CUPCAKE PAN,
Jennifer Courington, et al, Owner of Record: Wilton Industries Inc.,
Woodbridge, IL, Attorney or Agent: John S. Hilten, Ex. Gp.: 2913

   RE. 41,638, Re. S.N. 12/846,450, Jul. 29, 2010, Cl. 365, SEMICONDUCTOR
MEMORY, Koji Nii, Tokyo, Japan., Owner of Record: Renesas Technology
Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Ronald A. Rudder, Ph.D.,
Ex. Gp.: 2824

   6,507,931, Re. S.N. 12/945,672, Nov. 12, 2010, Cl./Sub 430/005,
SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNING METHOD AND SYSTEM, Toshiya Kotani,
et al., Owner of Record: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki-shi, Japan,
Attorney or Agent: David M. Longo, Ex. Gp: 1721

   6,605,907, Re. S.N. 12/852,799, Aug. 09, 2010, Cl. 315/294, METHOD,
APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROJECTION LIGHTING, Richard S. Belliveau,
Owner of Record: Inventor, Attorney or Agent: Walter J. Tencza Jr.,
Ex. Gp.: 2821

   6,853,006, Re. S.N. 12/926,030, Oct. 21, 2010, Cl. 257/077, SILICON
CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, Mitsuhiro Kataoka, et al., Owner of Record:
Denso Corporation, Kariya-city, JP, Attorney or Agent: James E. Barlow,
Ex. Gp.: 2811

   6,912,398, Re. S.N. 12/834,132, Jul. 12, 2010, Cl. 455/461, APPARATUS
AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION TO AN INDIVIDUAL BASED ON LCOATION
AND/OR TIME, David Domnitz, Owner of Record: Auctnyc 10 LLC, Wilmington, DE,
Attorney or Agent: Jeffrey W. Gluck, Ex. Gp.: 2617

   6,998,045, Re. S.N. 12/945,057, Nov. 12, 2010, Cl./Sub 514/233,
PHENYLETHYLAMINES AND CONDENSED RINGS VARIANTS AS PRODRUGS OF CATECHOLAMINES,
AND THEIR USE, Hakan Vilhelm Wikstrom, et al., Owner of Record: H. Lundbeck
A/S, Valby, Denmark, Attorney or Agent: Daniel Bucca, Ph.D., Ex. Gp: 1614

   7,070,029, Re. S.N. 12/807,511, Sep. 07, 2010, Cl. 188/322, MONOTUBE
PISTON VALVING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE BLEED, Stefan Deferme, Owner of Record:
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc., Lake Forest, IL, Attorney or
Agent: Michael J. Schmidt, Ex. Gp.: 3657

   7,105,705, Re. S.N. 12/896,158, Oct. 01, 2010, Cl. 514/243, HYPERFORIN
DERIVATIVES, THE USE THEREOF AND FORMULATIONS CONTAINING THEM,
Ezio Bombardelli et. al., Owner of Record: INDENA S.P.A, Milano, IT.,
Attorney or Agent: Benoit Castel, Ex. Gp.: 1614

   7,138,405, Re. S.N. 12/868,021, Aug. 25, 2010, Cl. 514, PHARMACEUTICAL
COMBINATIONS, Michael G. Wyllie, Herne Bay Kent, United Kingdom., Owner of
Record: Novartis International Pharmaceuticals, Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda,
Attorney or Agent: Raymond R. Mandra, Ex. Gp.: 1614

   7,320,136, Re. S.N. 12/901,340, Oct. 08, 2010, Cl. 725, APPARATUS FOR
CONNECTING TV AND COMPUTER, Won-Uk Yu, Daegu, Korea, Owner of Record:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, Korea, Attorney or Agent: David A. Bilodeau,
Ex. Gp.: 2623

   7,388,231, Re. S.N. 12/817,866, June 17, 2010, Cl. 257/094, SEMICONDUCTOR
LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, Takanobu Kamakura, Owner of Record: KABUSHIKI KAISHA
TOSHIBA, Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Carl E. Schlier, Ex. Gp.: 2811
 March 1, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1364 OG 34 


   7,411,332, Re. S.N. 12/855,589, Aug. 12, 2010, Cl. 310/311, ELECTROACTIVE
POLYMER ANIMATED DEVICES, Roy D. Kornbluh, et al., Owner of Record: SRI
International, Menlo Park, CA, Attorney or Agent: John E. Mrozinski, Jr.,
Ex. Gp.: 2837

   7,459,193, Re. S.N. 13/006,859, Jan. 14, 2011, Cl. 428/000, LABEL SHEET,
Martin Utz et. al., Owner of Record: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, Pasadena,
CA., Attorney or Agent: Mark E. Bandy, Ex. Gp.: 1788

   7,484,247, Re. S.N. 12/941,067, Nov. 07, 2010, Cl./Sub 342/357,
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A COMPUTER SYSTEM FROM MALICIOUS SOFTWARE,
Allen F. Rozman, et al., Owner of Record: Inventors, Attorney or Agent:
Allen F. Rozman, Ex. Gp: 3662

   7,514,134, Re. S.N. 13/006,897, Jan. 14, 2011, Cl. 715/838, CARD SHEET
CONSTRUCTION, Martin Utz et. al., Owner of Record: AVERY DENNISON
CORPORATION, Pasadena, CA., Attorney or Agent: Mark E. Bandy, Ex. Gp.: 2172

   7,514,134, Re. S.N. 13/007,005, Jan. 14, 2011, Cl./Sub 428/043, Card
Sheet Construction with Opposing Registered Cut Lines, Martin Utz, et al.,
Owner of Record: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION, Pasadena, CA., Attorney or
Agent: Mark E. Bandy, Ex. Gp.: 1783

   7,664,685, Re. S.N. 12/852,264, Aug. 06, 2010, Cl./Sub 705/028,
COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSYTEM FOR RECORDING OIL AND GAS INPRECTION DATA,
Thomas G. Whiteley, et al., Owner of Record: PPI Technology Services, Houston,
TX, Attorney or Agent: N. Alexander Nolte, Ex. Gp: 3687

   7,676,930, Re. S.N. 12/806,515, Nov. 1, 2010, Cl./Sub 030/153, DUAL HANDLE
SAFETY FOLDING KNIFE, Andrew Demko, Owner of Record: Cold Steel, Ventura, CA,
Attorney or Agent: R. C. Harpman, Ex. Gp: 3724
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
                   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   D. 615,018, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,371, Requested Date: Dec. 6, 2010,
Cl. D12/211, Title: WHEEL OR WHEEL COVER, Inventor: Sebastian Truebsbach,
Owners of Record: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Germany,
Attorney or Agent: Crowell & Moring, LLP., Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 2917,
Requester: PATENT OWNER

   5,416,602, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,263, Requested Date: Nov. 24, 2010,
Cl. 358/403, Title: MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEM WITH PROGRESSIVE RESOLUTION,
Inventor: Jorge J. Inga, et al., Owners of Record: Automated Medical Access
Corporation, Tampa, FL, Attorney or Agent: David Kiewit, St. Petersburg, FL,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Thomas A. Rozylowicz, Fish & Richardson, PC.,
Minneapolis, MN

   5,792,753, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,315, Requested Date: Dec. 6, 2010,
Cl. 514/054, Title: TREATMENT OF DISEASE EMPLOYING HYALURONIC ACID AND
NSAIDS, Inventor: Rudolf E. Falk et al., Owners of Record: Jagotec AG,
Switzerland, Attorney or Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP., Boston,
MA, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: John F. Dolan, Fredrikson & Byron, PA.,
Minneapolis, MN

   5,809,492, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,367, Requested Date: Dec. 3, 2010,
Cl. 706/045, Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEFINING RULES FOR PERSONAL
AGENTS, Inventor: LaTondra Alyce Murray et al., Owners of Record: AT&T
Intellectual Property II, LP., Reno NV, Attorney or Agent: AT&T Corp.,
Middletown, NJ, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Greg H. Gardella, Irell & Manella,
LLP., Los Angeles, CA

   5,855,343, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,366, Requested Date: Dec. 6, 2010,
Cl. 248/121, Title: CAMERA CLIP, Inventor: David E. Krekelberg, Owners of
Record: Global Media Group, LLC., Scottsdale, AZ, Attorney or Agent:
Global Media Group, LLC., Scottsdale, AZ, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Tracy W.
Druce, Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP., Houston, TX

   5,922,045, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,368, Requested Date: Dec. 3, 2010,
Cl. 709/206, Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING BOOKMARKS WHEN
LISTENING TO PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AUDIO PROGRAMS, Inventor: Bruce L. Hanson,
Owners of Record: AT&T Intellectual Property II, LP., Reno NV, Attorney or
Agent: AT&T Corp., Middletown, NJ, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Greg H.
Gardella, Irell & Manella, LLP., Los Angeles, CA

   6,118,976, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,370, Requested Date: Dec. 4, 2010,
Cl. 455/005, Title: ASYMMETRIC DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, Inventor:
Salvador Luis Arias et al., Owners of Record: AT&T Intellectual Property I,
LP., Atlanta, GA, Attorney or Agent: AT&T Legal Department-GHM, Bedminster,
NJ, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Greg H. Gardella, Irell & Manella, LLP.,
Los Angeles, CA

   6,321,201, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,364, Requested Date: Dec. 1, 2010,
Cl. 705/001, Title: DATA SECURITY SYSTEM FOR A DATABASE HAVING MULTIPLE
ENCRYPTION LEVELS APPLICABLE ON A DATA ELEMENT VALUE LEVEL, Inventor:
Ulf Dahl, Owners of Record: Protegrity Corporation, Cayman Islands,
Attorney or Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP., Boston, MA,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Michael V. Messinger, Esq., Sterne Kessler
Goldstein & Fox, PLLC., Washington, DC

   6,393,158, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,365, Requested Date: Dec. 3, 2010,
Cl. 382/231, Title: METHOD AND STORAGE DEVICE FOR EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING
CONTINUOUS PLAY MEDIA SEAMLESSLY, Inventor: Eric Justin Gould et al.,
Requester: Apple, Inc., David L. Fehrman, Morrison & Foerster, LLP., Los
Angeles, CA

   6,457,681, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,845, Requested Date: Nov. 22, 2010,
Cl. 246/187, Title: CONTROL, SOUND, AND OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MODEL TRAINS,
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Inventor: Michael Paul Wolf et al., Owners of Record: Mike's Train House,
Inc., Columbia, MD, Attorney or Agent: McDermott Will & Emery, LLP.,
Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: John Wiley Horton, Broadway Limited
Imports, LLC., Tallahassee, FL

   6,594,579, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,305, Requested Date: Nov. 30, 2010,
Cl. 701/123, Title: INTERNET-BASED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VEHICLE'S FUEL
EFFICIENCY, Inventor: Larkin Hill Lowrey et al., Owners of Record: HTI IP,
LLC., New York, NY, Attorney or Agent: Hughes Telematics, Inc., Atlanta, GA,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: WebTech Wireless, Inc., David H. Tannenbaum,
Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP., Dallas, TX

   6,604,033, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,304, Requested Date: Dec. 1, 2010,
Cl. 701/033, Title: WIRELESS DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING A
VEHICLE'S EXHAUST EMISSIONS, Inventor: Matthew J. Banet et al., Owners of
Record: HTI IP, LLC., New York, NY, Attorney or Agent: Hughes Telematics,
Inc., Atlanta, GA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: WebTech Wireless, Inc., David
H. Tannenbaum, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP., Dallas, TX

   6,626,175, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,361, Requested Date: Nov. 30, 2010,
Cl. 128/204, Title: MEDICAL VENTILATOR TRIGGERING AND CYCLING METHOD AND
MECHANISM, Inventor: Mehdi M. Jafari et al., Owners of Record: Respironics,
Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney or Agent: Philips Intellectual Property &
Standards, Briarcliff Manor, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Tracy W. Druce,
Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP., Houston, TX

   6,636,790, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,306, Requested Date: Dec. 3, 2010,
Cl. 701/033, Title: WIRELESS DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING
VEHICLES, Inventor: Bruce Lightner et al., Owners of Record: HTI IP, LLC.,
New York, NY, Attorney or Agent: Ballard Spahr, LLP., Atlanta, GA, Ex. Gp.:
3993, Requester: WebTech Wireless, Inc., David H. Tannenbaum, Fulbright &
Jaworski, LLP., Dallas, TX

   6,655,640, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,844, Requested Date: Dec. 6, 2010,
Cl. 246/187, Title: CONTROL, SOUND, AND OPERATING SYSTEM FOR MODEL TRAINS,
Inventor: Michael Paul Wolf et al., Owners of Record: Mike's Train House,
Inc., Columbia, MD, Attorney or Agent: McDermott Will & Emery, LLP.,
Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: John Wiley Horton, Broadway Limited
Imports, LLC., Tallahassee, FL

   6,732,031, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,307, Requested Date: Dec. 2, 2010,
Cl. 701/033, Title: WIRELESS DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES, Inventor:
Bruce Lightner et al., Owners of Record: HTI IP, LLC., New York, NY,
Attorney or Agent: Hughes Telematics, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Ex. Gp.: 3993,
Requester: WebTech Wireless, Inc., David H. Tannenbaum, Fulbright &
Jaworski, LLP., Dallas, TX

   6,823,866, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,363, Requested Date: Nov. 30, 2010,
Cl. 128/204, Title: MEDICAL VENTILATOR TRIGGERING AND CYCLING METHOD AND
MECHANISM, Inventor: Mehdi M. Jafari et al., Owners of Record: Respironics,
Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney or Agent: Philips Intellectual Property &
Standards, Briarcliff Manor, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Tracy W. Druce,
Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP., Houston, TX

   6,988,538, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,842, Requested Date: Dec. 22, 2010,
Cl. 165/122, Title: MICROCHANNEL CONDENSER ASSEMBLY, Inventor: Justin P.
Merkys et al., Owners of Record: Hussmann Corporation, Bridgeton, MO,
Attorney or Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP., Milwaukee, WI, Ex. Gp.:
3993, Requester: Timotny J. Maier, Maier & Maier, PLLC., Alexandria, VA

   7,000,612, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,362, Requested Date: Nov. 30, 2010,
Cl. 128/204, Title: MEDICAL VENTILATOR TRIGGERING AND CYCLING METHOD AND
MECHANISM, Inventor: Mehdi M. Jafari et al., Owners of Record: Respironics,
Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney or Agent: Philips Intellectual Property &
Standards, Briarcliff Manor, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Tracy W. Druce,
Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP., Houston, TX
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   7,300,420, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,249, Requested Date: Nov. 23, 2010,
Cl. 604/187, Title: PASSIVE NEEDLE GUARD FOR SYRINGES, Inventor: Mark
Christopher Doyle, Owners of Record: Safety Syringes, Inc., Carlsbad, CA,
Attorney or Agent: Orrick Herrington & Sutcliff, LLP., Irvine, CA,
Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Rexam Healthcare Packaging, Inc., Gene S. Winter,
St. Onge Steward Johnston & Reens, LLC., Stamford, CT

   7,595,075, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,301, Requested Date: Dec. 6, 2010,
Cl. 426/549, Title: CALCIUM FORTIFICATOIN OF BREAD DOUGH, Inventor: Kevin W.
Lang et al., Owners of Record: Delavau, LLC., Philadelphia, PA, Attorney or
Agent: King & Spalding, New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Patrick J.
Hagan, Esq., Dann Dorfman Herrell and Skillman, PC., Philadelphia, PA

   7,757,582, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,360, Requested Date: Nov. 30, 2010,
Cl. 074/551, Title: BICYCLE COMPONENT MOUNTING STRUCTURE, Inventor:
Wei Hock Kua et al, Owners of Record: Shimano (Singapore) PTE., LTD.,
Singapore, Attorney or Agent: Global IP Counselors, LLP., Washington, DC,
Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: PATENT OWNER
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Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed
                  Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed

   6,715,446, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,513, Requested Date: Dec. 15, 2010, Cl.:
119/497, Title: PET TENT, Inventor: David K.Y. Chou, Owners of Record: Yuntek
International, Inc., Hayward, CA, Attorney or Agent: Fliesler Meyer, LLP.,
San Francisco, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third Party Requester: Mid-West
Metal Products, Co, Inc; (Att'y Is: James A. Coles, Taft Stettinius &
Hollister, LLP, Indianapolis, IN), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third
Party Requester

   6,725,867, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,493, Requested Date: Nov. 24 , 2010,
Cl.: 131/365, Title: PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SMOKING ARTICLES WITH REDUCED
IGNITION PROCLIVITY CHARACTERISTICS AND PRODUCTS MADE ACCORDING TO SAME,
Inventor: Richard M. Peterson et al., Owners of Record: Schweiter-Mauduit
International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA, Attorney or Agent: Dority & Manning,
PA., Greenville, SC, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Third Party Requester:
Delfortgroup AG; (Att'y Is: Peter K. Sollins, Foley Hoag, LLP., Boston, MA),
Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   6,940,751, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,495, Requested Date: Dec. 7, 2010,
Cl.: 365/177, Title: HIGH DENSITY SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CELL AND MEMORY ARRAY
USING A SINGLE TRANSISTOR AND HAVING VARIABLE GATE OXIDE BREAKDOWN, Inventor:
Jack Zezhong Peng et al., Owners of Record: Kilopass Technology, Inc.,
Santa Clara, CA, Attorney or Agent: Perkins Coie, LLP., Seattle, WA, Ex. Gp.:
3992, Requester: Third Party Requester: Sidense, Corp; (Att'y Is: Barmak Sani
Townsend and Townsend and Crew, LLP., San Francisco, CA), Real Party in
Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,015,868, Reexam. C.N.: 95/000,589, Requested Date: Nov. 16, 2010,
Cl.: 343/800, Title: MULTILEVEL ANTENNAE, Inventor: Carles Puente Baliarda
et al., Owners of Record: Fractus, SA, Spain, Attorney or Agent: Sterne
Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC., Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester:
Third Party Requester: Kyocera Communications, Inc; (Att'y Is: Richard C.
Kim, Morrison & Foerster, LLP., San Diego, CA), Real Party in Interest:
Same As Third Party Requester

   7,062,514, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,478, Requested Date: Dec. 23, 2010,
Cl.: 707/104, Title: CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SUBMITTAL MANAGEMENT, Inventor:
Elbert Harris, Owners of Record: Elbert Harris Living Trust, Leawood, KS,
Attorney or Agent: SNR Denton US LLP., Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Third Party Requester: Submittal Exchange, LLC; (Att'y Is: Michael
C. Gilchrist, McKee Voorhees & Sease, PLLC., Des Moines, IA), Real Party in
Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,157,668, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,466, Requested Date: Dec. 16, 2010,
Cl.: 219/401, Title: OVEN INCLUDING SMOKING ASSEMBLY IN COMBINATION WITH ONE
OR MORE ADDITIONAL FOOD PREPARATION ASSEMBLIES, Inventor: Janus Bartelick,
Owners of Record: Alto-Shaam, Inc., Menomonee Falls, WI, Attorney or Agent:
Daniel R. Brown, Fort Worth, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third Party
Requester: Cleveland Range, LLC.; (Att'y Is: David G. Wille, Baker Botts,
LLP., Dallas, TX), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,289,763, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,512, Requested Date: Dec. 14, 2010,
Cl.: 455/012, Title: CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEM THAT USES POSITION OF A MOBILE
UNIT TO MAKE CALL MANAGEMENT DECISIONS, Inventor: Everett Dennison et al.,
Owners of Record: Emsat Advanced Geo-Location Technology, LLC., Loveland, OH,
Attorney or Agent: Fiala & Weaver, PLLC., Minneapolis, MN, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Third Party Requester: Verizon Wireless; (Att'y Is: Mehran
Arjomand, Morrison & Foerster, LLP., Los Angeles, CA), Real Party in
Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,317,173, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,465, Requested Date: Dec. 17, 2010,
Cl.: 219/401, Title: OVEN INCLUDING SMOKING ASSEMBLY IN COMBINATION WITH ONE
OR MORE ADDITIONAL FOOD PREPARATION ASSEMBLIES, Inventor: Janus Bartelick et
al., Owners of Record: Alto-Shaam, Inc., Menomonee Falls, WI, Attorney or
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Agent: Daniel R. Brown, Fort Worth, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third Party
Requester: Cleveland Range, LLC.; (Att'y Is: David G. Wille, Baker Botts,
LLP., Dallas, TX), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,458,187, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,473, Requested Date: Dec. 23, 2010,
Cl.: 052/001, Title: FORCE-RESISTING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR STRUCTURES,
Inventor: John Hulls et al., Owners of Record: EI-Land Corporation,
San Francisco, CA, Attorney or Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (DC),
Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third Party Requester: Simpson
Strong-Tie Co., Inc; (Att'y Is: Brian I. Marcus, Vierra Magen Marcus &
DeNiro, LLP., San Francisco, CA), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third
Party Requester

   7,695,312, Reexam. C.N.: 95/000,581, Requested Date: Dec. 9, 2010,
Cl.: 439/501, Title: CORD WRAP AND POWER PLUG RECEPTACLE ARRANGEMENT FOR
INFLATOR, Inventor: Kimberly Ann Steele et al., Owners of Record: Ford Global
Technologies, LLC., Dearborn, MI, Attorney or Agent: Ford Global Technologies,
LLC., Dearborn, MI, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party Requester: Tek
Global, S.r.I.; (Att'y Is: John Richards, Ladas & Parry, LLP., New York, NY),
Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester
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Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew
                Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations
                            Due to Failure to Renew

   15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be
renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period
upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable
application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year
before the expiration of the period for which the registration was
issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such
expiration on payment of an additional fee.
   According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations
listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 1059.

                     TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED
                               February 4, 2011
                           DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW

Reg. Number                   Serial Number                     Reg. Date

1,604,560                      73/788,594                      07/03/1990
1,604,924                      73/781,365                      07/03/1990
1,604,666                      73/794,913                      07/03/1990
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Service by Publication
                           Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been filed,
and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last known
address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice
is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns or
legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of this
publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default.

Treasure Island, Inc., Mahwah, New Jersey, Registration Nos. 1755901 and
1770608 for the mark "TREASURE ISLAND", Cancellation No. 92053489.

                                                            NICOLE M. THEIR
                                                       Paralegal Specialist
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks


                           Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been filed,
and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last known
address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice
is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns or
legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of this
publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default.

The Edge Sports.Com, Inc., Denver, CO, Registration No. 3823446 for the mark
"THE EDGE SPORTS.COM", Cancellation No. 92053205.

Wowzee Works LLC, Las Vegas, NV, Registration No. 3460482 for the mark
"IDJ", Cancellation No. 92053409.

                                                          VERONICA P. WHITE
                                                       Paralegal Specialist
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks


                           Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been filed,
and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last known
address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice
is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns or
legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of this
publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default.

Garan Services Corp, Wilmington, DE, Registration No. 3021237 for the mark
"COLLEGETOWN", Cancellation No. 92053311.

Dominique Papineau, Ile Des Soeurs, Quebec Canada, Registration No. 3179622
for the mark "NOTES", Cancellation No. 92053416.

                                                            LALITA R. GREER
                                                       Paralegal Specialist
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks
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37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application with
a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without
the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Malcolm John Watson) may join in the application
by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR
1.63. The international application number is PCT/GB2007/003712 and was filed
on 01 October 2007 in the names of Naiara Elejalde, Malcolm John Watson, and
George A. Corner for the invention entitled APPARATUS FOR COUPLING AN
ULTRASOUND PROBE TO AN OBJECT. The national stage application number is
12/443,660 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 21 December 2010.


                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has been
sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor who
signature is missing (Ian Evans) may join in the application by promptly
filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The
international application number is PCT/GB2009/050005 and was filed on 06
January 2009 in the names of Ian Evans, Jonathan Harbron, and John Fuller for
the invention entitled LOAD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. The national stage
application number is 12/865,591.


                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application with
a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without
the signature of all of the inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice
has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor, Stephanie
Menanteau. The inventor whose signature is missing may join in the application
by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR
1.63. The international application number is PCT/GB2008/003523 and was filed
on 17 October 2008 in the names of Kerry Louise Phillips, Andre Busolin,
Stephanie Menanteau, Yannick Benoit, Ousmane Moustafa, Jean-Michel Lieven,
Patrice DeMeulemeester, Nathalie Montaigne, and Sylvie Lagache Jijun Luo,
Egon Schulz and Yikang Xiang for the invention entitled Comestible Products.
The national stage application is assigned number 12/738,325 and has a 35
U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 30 November 2010.


                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice of Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of all the inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Aleksandr Zavadtsev) may join in the application
by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR
1.63. The international application number is PCT/IB2008/000671 and was filed
20 March 2008 in the names of Aleksandr Zavadtsev and Pavel Koulik for the
invention entitled STERILISATION OF LIQUIDS IN HERMETICALLY CLOSED VESSELS.
The national stage number is 12/450,257 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 21
April 2010.


                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an national stage application with
a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without
the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Youchuan Song) may join in the application by
promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR
1.497. The international application number is PCT/CN2007/071298 and was filed
on 21 December 2007, in the names of Chuanfu Wang, Hongbin Luo, Wei Chen,
Jianhua Zhang, Yunhao Liao, and Youchuan Song for the invention entitled
HYBRID POWER OUTPUT SYSTEM. The national stage application number is
12/521,055 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 24 June 2009.
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Registration to Practice
                           Registration to Practice

   The following list contains the names of persons seeking for registration
to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Final
approval for registration is subject to establishing to the satisfaction of
the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline that the person
seeking registration is of good moral character and repute. 37 CFR § 11.7
Accordingly any information tending to affect the eligibility of any of the
following persons on moral ethical or other grounds should be furnished to
the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on or before March 18, 2011 at the
following address: Mail Stop OED United States Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22314

Bennett, Matthew Arnold, 7600 Treeridge Court, Atlanta, GA  30350

Burns, John Francis, 10919 Pentland Downs Street, Las Vegas, NV  89141

Call, David Theurer, 4820 Highland Circle, #102, Holladay, UT  84117

Dalton, Christopher Robin, Baxter Healthcare Corporation, MPGR-D1, 1620
Waukegan Road, McGaw Park, IL  60085-6730

Dias, Veruska Cano, 3M Company, 3M Center, Building 236-01-B-150B,
St. Paul, MN  55144-1000

Fleming, Michael Richard, 4622 Dittmar Road, Arlington, VA 22207

Harran, Susan, 9251 Fullerton Avenue, San Diego, CA  92123

Holt, David Wayne, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, 200 Clinton Avenue West,
Suite 900, Huntsville, AL  35801

Kim, Dongho, Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Saliwanchik, 3107 S.W. Williston Road,
Gainesville, FL  32608

Lee, Jennifer Jihyung, 3885 Kenway Boulevard, Uniontown, OH  44685

Louke, Rodney Ray, 6608 Miami Trails Drive, Loveland, OH  45140

Lu, Ching-Yi, 257 Congressional Lane, Apartment 601, Rockville, MD  20852

Malecha, James William, 4482 Philbrook Square, San Diego, CA  92130

O'Shea, Sandra Louise, 7222 Oriole Avenue, Springfield, VA 22150-3505

Reese, David Christopher, 5100 Donovan Drive, #104, Alexandria, VA 22304

Thomas, James Donald, 22 Beauvoir Court, Rockville, MD 20855-1250

Takemoto, Yukihiro, Hitachi America, Ltd., 1000 Marina Boulevard, Suite 500,
Brisbane, CA  94005

Treece, Lisa Jade, 9332 Owings Choice Court, Owings Mills, MD  21117

Williams, James Collin, 2473 N. Field Street, Apartment 2722, Dallas,
TX  75201

February 1, 2011                                         WILLIAM J. GRIFFIN
                                 Acting Director of Enrollment & Discipline


                           Registration to Practice

   The following list contains the names of persons seeking for registration
to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Final
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approval for registration is subject to establishing to the satisfaction of
the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline that the person
seeking registration is of good moral character and repute. 37 CFR § 11.7
Accordingly any information tending to affect the eligibility of any of the
following persons on moral ethical or other grounds should be furnished to
the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on or before March 25, 2011 at the
following address: Mail Stop OED United States Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22314

Bero, Nicholas Alexander, Fish & Richardson P.C., One Marina Park Drive,
Boston, MA  02210

Constantine, Derek Earl, 3305 Sanden Ferry Court, Decatur, GA  30033

Cuticchia, Anthony James, Cuticchia Law Firm, PLLC, 100 Wood Sorrel Way,
Cary, NC  27518-8997

Doughty, Megan Brooke, 9211 Stony Crest Circle, Apartment 233, Richmond,
VA  23235

Fisher-Stawinski, Steven Lee, City of Chicago, Department of Law, 33
N La Salle Street, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL  60602

Fujimoto, Manabu, Sharp Electronics Corporation c/o Birch, Stewart, Kolasch &
Birch, 8110 Gatehouse Road, Suite 100 East, Falls Church, VA  22042

Heidenreich, John Franklin, 684 South Columbus Street, Alexandria, VA  22314

Hellmann, John Andrew, Latham & Watkins LLP, 600 West Broadway, Suite 1800,
San Diego, CA  92101

Hoover, Kenneth James, 104A Meade Drive, Annapolis, MD  21403

Keller, Erin Colleen, Turocy and Watson LLP., 222 Euclid Ave, Unit 401,
Cleveland, OH  44114

Kuntz, Jeffrey Michael, Taylor English Duma, LLP, 1600 Parkwood Circle,
Atlanta, GA  30339

Kwan, Jordan Anthony, 274 N. Madison Avenue, Pasadena, CA  91101

Loschiavo, David Joseph, Law Office of David Joseph Loschiavo Esq.,
5460 Old Mystic Court, Jupiter, FL  33458

Nguyen, Thomas Duc, 11583 Nitta, Tustin, CA  92782

Patel, Yogesh Nagin, 2 Boston Post Road, East Brunswick, NJ  08816

Smith, Ryan Christopher, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
600 Dulany Street, Remsen Building, Room 4C61, Alexandria, VA  22314

Snyder, Scott Elder, 5417 Lake Edge Drive, Holly Springs, NC  27540

Solter, Benjamin Barndt, Jackson & Co. LLP, 6114 La Salle Avenue #507,
Oakland, CA  94611-2802

Stutt, Kathleen Marie, Valauskas Corder LLC, 150 South Wacker Drive,
Suite 620, Chicago, IL  60606

Tran, Tan Martin, 3206 Williams Glen Drive, Sugar Land, TX  77479

Wang, Tairan, Seagate Technology, 20582 Jasmine Path, Lakeville, MN  55044

February 8, 2011                                         WILLIAM J. GRIFFIN
                                 Acting Director of Enrollment & Discipline
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Status of Public Records Division
                       Status of Public Records Division

The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both
certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents and
records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an update
of actual processing times for orders filled during the month of October 2010:

DOCUMENT SERVICES                    Goal         Actual Processing
                                                  Time
Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed         7 days       5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers        25 days      17 days
Patent Copies                       10 days       5 days
Patent Assignments                  10 days       7 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed      7 days       4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers     25 days      11 days
Trademark Assignments               10 days       7 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited   5 days       3 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular    14 days       8 days

Uncertified Documents

Patent Copies                        5 days       1 day
Plant Patents                        5 days       0 days
Patent Assignments                  10 days       1 day
Patent Related File Wrappers        25 days       7 days
Trademark Copies                     5 days       2 days
Trademark Assignments               10 days       1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers     25 days       3 days

Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product as a
guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In cases where
an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Patent and Trademark Copy
Fulfillment Branch at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with
a particular order.

Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at
http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p

Orders may also be faxed to the Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch
at (571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained
by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC
Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov.

ASSIGNMENT SERVICES                  Goal         Actual Processing
                                                  Time
Submission Method

Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS)          2 days       1 day
Fax                                  10 days       1 day
Paper                                14 days       1 day

The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for
paper documents received in the Public Records Division on October 29, 2010.

Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to when
they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For fastest
service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the Internet.

Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at http://epas.uspto.gov/
for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for trademark assignments.
Patent assignment submissions may also be made by selecting the "Electronic
Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc.

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Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services Branch at
(571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed online at
http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the status of pending
assignment recordations may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3350 or
1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area).

November 3, 2010                                         MARLYN-RICKS-BEACH
                                                    Public Records Division


                       Status of Public Records Division

The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both
certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents and
records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an update of
actual processing times for orders filled during the month of November 2010:

DOCUMENT SERVICES                    Goal         Actual Processing
                                                  Time
Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed          7 days       4 days
Patent Related File Wrappers         25 days      16 days
Patent Copies                        10 days       5 days
Patent Assignments                   10 days       6 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed       7 days       4 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers      25 days      11 days
Trademark Assignments                10 days       5 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited    5 days       3 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular     14 days       7 days

Uncertified Documents

Patent Copies                         5 days       1 day
Plant Patents                         5 days       1 day
Patent Assignments                   10 days       1 day
Patent Related File Wrappers         25 days      12 days
Trademark Copies                      5 days       1 day
Trademark Assignments                10 days       1 day
Trademark Related File Wrappers      25 days       3 days

Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product as a
guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In cases where
an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Patent and Trademark Copy
Fulfillment Branch at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with
a particular order.

Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at
http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p

Orders may also be faxed to the Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch
at (571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained
by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC
Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov.

ASSIGNMENT SERVICES                  Goal         Actual Processing
                                                  Time
Submission Method

Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS)          2 days      20 days
Fax                                  10 days      15 days
Paper                                14 days      15 days

The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for
paper documents received in the Public Records Division on November 10, 2010.

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Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to when
they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For fastest
service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the Internet.

Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at http://epas.uspto.gov/
for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for trademark assignments.
Patent assignment submissions may also be made by selecting the "Electronic
Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc.

Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services Branch at
(571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed online at
http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the status of pending
assignment recordations may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3350 or
1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area).

December 2, 2010                                         MARLYN-RICKS-BEACH
                                                    Public Records Division


                       Status of Public Records Division

The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both
certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents and
records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an update of
actual processing times for orders filled during the month of December 2010:

DOCUMENT SERVICES                    Goal         Actual Processing
                                                  Time
Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed          7 days       6 days
Patent Related File Wrappers         25 days      25 days
Patent Copies                        10 days       5 days
Patent Assignments                   10 days       8 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed       7 days       6 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers      25 days      16 days
Trademark Assignments                10 days       9 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited    5 days       4 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular     14 days       9 days

Uncertified Documents

Patent Copies                         5 days       1 day
Plant Patents                         5 days       1 day
Patent Assignments                   10 days       3 days
Patent Related File Wrappers         25 days       8 days
Trademark Copies                      5 days       1 day
Trademark Assignments                10 days       2 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers      25 days       9 days

Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product as a
guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In cases where
an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Patent and Trademark Copy
Fulfillment Branch at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with
a particular order.

Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at
http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p

Orders may also be faxed to the Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch
at (571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained
by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC
Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov.

ASSIGNMENT SERVICES                  Goal         Actual Processing
                                                  Time
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Submission Method

Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS)          2 days       5 days
Fax                                  10 days      10 days
Paper                                14 days      10 days

The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for
paper documents received in the Public Records Division on December 15, 2010.

Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to when
they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For fastest
service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the Internet.

Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at http://epas.uspto.gov/
for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for trademark assignments.
Patent assignment submissions may also be made by selecting the "Electronic
Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc.

Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services Branch at
(571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed online at
http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the status of pending
assignment recordations may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3350 or
1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area).

January 3, 2011                                          MARLYN-RICKS-BEACH
                                                    Public Records Division


                       Status of Public Records Division

The Public Records Division (PRD) processes and fills orders for both
certified and uncertified copies of Patent and Trademark Office documents and
records assignments and other documents related to title. This is an update of
actual processing times for orders filled during the month of January 2011:

DOCUMENT SERVICES                    Goal         Actual Processing
                                                  Time
Certified Documents

Patent Applications-As-Filed          7 days       5 days
Patent Related File Wrappers         25 days      20 days
Patent Copies                        10 days       5 days
Patent Assignments                   10 days       7 days
Trademark Applications-As-Filed       7 days       5 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers      25 days      17 days
Trademark Assignments                10 days       8 days
Trademark Registrations, Expedited    5 days       3 days
Trademark Registrations, Regular     14 days       8 days

Uncertified Documents

Patent Copies                         5 days       1 day
Plant Patents                         5 days       3 days
Patent Assignments                   10 days       2 days
Patent Related File Wrappers         25 days       8 days
Trademark Copies                      5 days       1 day
Trademark Assignments                10 days       2 days
Trademark Related File Wrappers      25 days       5 days

Customers should use the above actual processing time for each product as a
guide as to when they can expect their orders to be completed. In cases where
an urgent deadline is approaching, contact Patent and Trademark Copy
Fulfillment Branch at (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 for assistance with
a particular order.

Customers are encouraged to place orders through the Internet at
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http://ebiz1.uspto.gov/oems25p

Orders may also be faxed to the Patent and Trademark Copy Fulfillment Branch
at (571) 273-3250. Information on the status of pending orders may be obtained
by calling (571) 272-3150 or 1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC
Metro area), or via E-mail to dsd@uspto.gov.

ASSIGNMENT SERVICES                  Goal         Actual Processing
                                                  Time
Submission Method

Internet (EFS, ePAS or eTAS)          2 days       1 day
Fax                                  10 days       2 days
Paper                                14 days       2 days

The Assignment Services Branch is currently mailing recordation notices for
paper documents received in the Public Records Division on January 27, 2011.

Customers should use the above actual processing times as a guide as to when
they can expect their assignment submissions to be processed. For fastest
service customers are encouraged to file assignments via the Internet.

Assignment submissions may be made via the Internet at http://epas.uspto.gov/
for patent assignments and http://etas.uspto.gov for trademark assignments.
Patent assignment submissions may also be made by selecting the "Electronic
Filing (EFS)" option at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc.

Assignment submissions may also be faxed to the Assignment Services Branch at
(571) 273-0140. Trademark assignment recordations may be reviewed online at
http://assignments.uspto.gov/assignments. Information on the status of pending
assignment recordations may be obtained by calling (571) 272-3350 or
1 (800) 972-6382 (outside the Washington, DC Metro area).

February 2, 2011                                         MARLYN-RICKS-BEACH
                                                    Public Records Division
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Changes to Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures
                            DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                          Patent and Trademark Office
                                 37 CFR Part 1
                         [Docket No. PTO-P-2010-0092]
                                 RIN 0651-AC52

                           Changes To Implement the
                Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the
                Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office)
requested comments on a proposal to provide applicants with greater
control over when their utility and plant applications are examined and
to promote greater efficiency in the patent examination process (3-Track).
The Office, in addition to requesting written comments, conducted a public
meeting to collect input, and has subsequently considered the wide range of
comments received. The Office is in the process of refining the 3-Track
proposal in light of the input. While that process continues, and in light
of the fact that the vast majority of public input was supportive of the
Track I portion of the 3-Track proposal, the Office proposes by this Notice
to proceed with immediate implementation of the Prioritized Examination Track
(Track I), providing fast examination for applicants desiring it, upon payment
of the applicable fee and compliance with the additional requirements as
described below.

DATES: Comment Deadline Date: Written comments must be received on or before
March 7, 2011. No public hearing will be held.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be sent by electronic mail
message over the Internet addressed to track_I_comments@uspto.gov. Comments
may also be submitted by mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments - Patents,
Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to
the attention of Robert A. Clarke, Deputy Director, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination
Policy. Although comments may be submitted by mail, the Office prefers to
receive comments via the Internet.
   Comments may also be sent by electronic mail message over the Internet via
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. See the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web site
(http://www.regulations.gov) for additional instructions on providing comments
via the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
   The comments will be available for public inspection at the Office of the
Commissioner for Patents, located in Madison East, Tenth Floor, 600 Dulany
Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be available via the Internet
(http://www.uspto.gov). Because comments will be made available for public
inspection, information that the submitter does not desire to make public,
such as an address or phone number, should not be included in the comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert A. Clarke, Eugenia A. Jones, or
Joni Y. Chang, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Associate
Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, by telephone at (571) 272-7735,
(571) 272-7727 or (571) 272-7720, or by mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments
Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450,
marked to the attention of Robert A. Clarke.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In June 2010, the Office requested comments from
the public on a proposal to provide applicants with greater control over when
their original utility or plant applications are examined and promote work
sharing between intellectual property offices. See Enhanced Examination Timing
Control Initiative; Notice of Public Meeting, 75 FR 31763 (June 4, 2010), 1355
Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 323 (June 29, 2010) Specifically, the Office proposed to
adopt procedures under which an applicant would be able to: (1) Request
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prioritized examination of an original utility or plant nonprovisional
application (Track I); (2) request a delay in docketing the application for
examination by filing a request for delay in payment of the search fee, the
examination fee, the claims fees and the surcharge (if appropriate) for a
maximum period not to exceed thirty months in an original utility or plant
application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) (Track III); or (3) obtain processing
under the current examination procedure (Track II) by not requesting either
Track I or Track III processing.
   The Office is proposing to amend the rules of practice to implement the
proposal to provide applicants with the option to request prioritized
examination at the time of filing of an application upon payment of the
appropriate fees (Track I). The Office is limiting requests for prioritized
examination under 37 CFR 1.102(e) to a maximum of 10,000 applications for the
first year. The Office will revisit this annual cap at the end of the year to
evaluate what the appropriate maximum should be, if any.
   The Office is also in the process of developing proposed changes to the
rules of practice to provide applicants with the option to request a delay in
docketing the application for examination by filing a request for delay in
payment of the search fee, the examination fee, the claims fees and the
surcharge (if appropriate) for a maximum period not to exceed thirty months
in an original utility or plant application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a)
(Track III).
   The Office is proposing changes to rules of practice to implement
the option to request prioritized examination of an application (Track I)
at this time and separately from a proposal to implement Track III so that
applicants who want to make use of this option will be able to do so as
quickly as possible. The following proposed changes that were considered in
the notice published in June of 2010 are not being proposed in this rule
making: (1) The provision that requires applicant to file a copy of the
search report (if any), a copy of the first office action from the foreign
office and an appropriate reply to the foreign office action when requesting
prioritized examination or to obtain processing under the current procedure;
and (2) the provision for requesting a supplemental search from a
participating intellectual property granting office.
   Prioritized Examination of a utility or plant patent application: For some
applicants with a currently financed plan to commercialize or exploit their
innovation or a need to have more timely examination results to seek
additional funding, more rapid examination is necessary. While some programs
are currently available to prioritize applications (e.g., the accelerated
examination program and the petition to make special program), some applicants
neither want to perform the search and analysis required by the accelerated
examination program nor can they seek special status based on the conditions
set forth in 37 CFR 1.102. For such applicants, the Office is proposing
optional prioritized examination upon applicant's request and payment of the
appropriate fees upon filing. On granting of prioritized status, the
application would be placed in the queue for prioritized examination.
   The prioritized examination fee is being proposed to be set at a level to
recover the full cost of the resources necessary to increase the work output
of the Office so that the non-prioritized applications would not be delayed
due to resources being diverted to process the prioritized applications. In
other words, the fee for prioritized examination would include the cost of
hiring and training a sufficient number of new employees to offset the
production time used to examine prioritized applications. Specifically, the
Office plans to hire additional examiners above the number of planned hires,
based on the number of requests for Track I prioritization received by the
Office, so that the non-prioritized applications would not be delayed due to
resources being diverted to process the prioritized applications. Under the
Office's current statutory authority, the Office is not permitted to discount
the fee for small entity applicants. If legislation is passed providing a
fifty percent fee reduction for providing prioritized examination under 37 CFR
1.102(e) for small entities under 35 U.S.C. 41(h)(1) and that the prioritized
examination fees be set to recover the estimated cost of the prioritized
examination program, the Office would set the prioritized examination fee at
$4,800 ($2,400 for small entities), since 27.8 percent of the new serialized
utility and plant applications filed in fiscal year 2010 were by small
entities (based upon data from the Office's Patent Application Monitoring and
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Locating (PALM) system).
   Under Track I prioritized examination, an application would be accorded
special status and placed on the examiner's special docket throughout its
entire course of prosecution before the examiner until a final disposition is
reached in the application. The aggregate goal for handling applications under
Track I prioritized examination would be to provide a final disposition within
twelve months of prioritized status being granted. The final disposition for
the twelve-month goal means: (1) Mailing of a notice of allowance, (2) mailing
of a final Office action, (3) filing of a notice of appeal, (4) declaration of
an interference by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI),
(5) filing of a request for continued examination, or (6) abandonment of the
application, within twelve months from the date prioritized status has been
granted. An application in Track I, however, would not be accorded special
status throughout its entire course of appeal or interference before the BPAI.
   The Office is also proposing to require that the application be filed via
the Office's electronic filing system (EFS-Web) and be complete under 37 CFR
1.51(b) with any excess claims fees paid on filing, and to limit the number of
claims in a prioritized application to four independent and thirty total
claims. Thus, a request for prioritized examination under Track I would
require that: (1) The application be an original utility or plant
nonprovisional application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a); (2) the application
be filed via the Office's electronic filing system (EFS-Web) and be complete
under 37 CFR 1.51(b) with any excess claims fees paid on filing; (3) the
applicant pay the required fees for requesting prioritized examination;
and (4) the application contains or is amended to contain no more than four
independent claims and thirty total claims. See proposed 37 CFR 1.102(e).
The request for prioritized examination, the prioritized examination fee set
forth in 37 CFR 1.17(c), the processing fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i),
and the publication fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.18(d) must be filed with the
application. The proposed procedure for Track I would be available only for
applications filed on or after the implementation date (including new
continuing applications filed on or after the implementation date).
   Unlike the accelerated examination program, the time periods set in
Office actions for applications in Track I would be the same as set forth in
section 710.02(b) of the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) (8th ed.
2001) (Rev. 8, July 2010). Where, however, an applicant files a petition for
an extension of time to extend the time period for filing a reply, the
prioritized examination of the application will be terminated.
   To maximize the benefit of Track I, applicant should consider one or more
of the following: (1) Acquiring a good knowledge of the state of the prior art
to be able to file the application with a clear specification having a
complete schedule of claims from the broadest to which the applicant believes
he is entitled in view of the state of the prior art to the narrowest to which
the applicant is willing to accept; (2) submitting an application in condition
for examination; (3) filing replies that are completely responsive to the
prior Office action and within the shortened statutory period for reply set in
the Office action; and (4) being prepared to conduct interviews with the
examiner. What it means for an application to be in condition for examination
is discussed with respect to the current Accelerated Examination program at
MPEP § 708.02(a) (subsection VIII.C).

Discussion of Specific Rules

   Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1, is proposed to
be amended as follows:

   Section 1.17: The Office is proposing optional prioritized examination
(Track I) upon applicant's request and payment of a fee at the time of filing
of the application, without meeting the requirements of the accelerated
examination program (e.g., examination support document). See proposed
§ 1.102(e). Section 1.17(c) is proposed to be amended to set the fee for
filing a request for prioritized examination under § 1.102(e) at $4,000.00.

   Section 1.102: Section 1.102 is proposed to be revised to provide for the
Track I procedure in which applicant has the option to request prioritized
examination on the date the application is filed. Particularly, § 1.102(a) is
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proposed to be revised by adding a reference to paragraph (e) so that
applications may be advanced out of turn for examination or for further action
upon filing a request under proposed § 1.102(e). Proposed § 1.102(e) would be
added to set forth the requirements for filing a request for prioritized
examination, which would provide that a request for prioritized examination
will not be granted unless: (1) The application is an original utility or
plant nonprovisional application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) filed via the
Office's electronic filing system (EFS-Web), that is complete as defined by
§ 1.51(b), with any fees due under § 1.16 (the filing fee, search fee,
examination fee, any applicable excess claims fee, and any applicable
application size fee) paid on filing; (2) the request for prioritized
examination, including the prioritized examination fee set forth in § 1.17(c),
the processing fee set forth in § 1.17(i), and the publication fee set forth
in § 1.18(d) are present upon filing; and (3) the application contains or is
amended to contain no more than four independent claims, no more than thirty
total claims, and no multiple dependent claims.

   Response to Comments: The Office published a notice in June of 2010
inviting the public to submit written comments and participate in a public
meeting to solicit public opinions on an initiative being considered by the
Office to provide applicants with greater control over when their applications
are examined and to promote greater efficiency in the patent examination
process. See Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative; Notice of Public
Meeting, 75 FR 31763 (June 4, 2010), 1355 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 323 (June 29,
2010) (notice). The public meeting was held on July 20, 2010, in which members
of the public made oral presentations. The Web cast and transcript of the
meeting are available on the Office's Internet Web site
(http://www.uspto.gov) at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/announce/3track.jsp.
The Office received over fifty written comments from government agencies,
intellectual property organizations, industry, law firms, individual patent
practitioners and the general public. The Office has considered all of the
public comments that were received. The comments germane to the changes being
proposed in this notice (Track I) and the Office's responses to those comments
are provided below.

   Comment 1: One comment strongly urged that the Office conduct a voluntary
pilot as a first step for implementing the three examination tracks and noted
that collecting, analyzing, and publishing data on all aspects of the proposal
is important for assessing the success of the program and making needed
adjustments. Another comment stated that a thorough study of the three-track
proposal is needed before adoption, including a study of the fees needed for
Track I, expected applicant demand, Office resources needed, projected effects
of Track I on other Office operations, examination quality, pendency, and
operations management. A few comments encouraged a phased approach for
implementation so that any unforeseen problems can be identified before full
implementation. Another comment supported a pilot program with a cap as to the
number of applications in which an applicant can elect prioritized examination
under Track I, in order to keep costs manageable as demand is measured and
resources grow, and with a percentage of these applications being reserved for
small entities. The comment stated that this would allow the Office to better
plan how many new examiners would be needed, and to add and train examiners in
a controlled manner.

   Response: The Office is initially limiting requests for prioritized
examination under § 1.102(e) for applications to a maximum of 10,000
applications for the first year. Any requests filed after 10,000 proper
requests have been received, will not be processed. This will permit the
Office to proceed slowly and closely monitor the number of applications in
the different tracks, gauging the ability of the Office to obtain sufficient
resources to meet its goals. Elements of prioritized examination, including
the ability to track applications and complete examination within accelerated
time frames, have already been tested in a number of other programs such as
the Accelerated Examination program and the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH).
Unlike the Accelerated Examination program, which requires the filing of a
petition and time spent on deciding the petition, there is no petition
requirement for prioritized examination under § 1.102(e).
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   Comment 2: One comment stated that there is no present need to include
design patent applications in the three-track proposal and it would not work
effectively with many foreign design protection systems (which do not have
substantive examination) or the Hague Agreement. The comment stated that the
expedited procedure for design patent applications (§ 1.155) is working very
well. The comment suggested implementation of the Hague Agreement to achieve
the best results for designs.

   Response: The proposed rules do not apply to design applications. Design
applications can be expedited under § 1.155. In addition, design applications
are taken up for examination at a much quicker rate and do not have the same
backlog concerns as other applications.

   Comment 3: The majority of the comments supported having a track that
permits an applicant to pay a fee and have examination of their application
expedited.

   Response: Consistent with the majority of the comments, the Office is
proposing rule changes that include a prioritized examination track.

   Comment 4: A few comments were opposed to having such a prioritized track.
One comment stated that it rewards those applicants with money and that the
patent system should continue to be a level playing field. Another comment
stated that it would hurt independent inventors, it goes against historical
traditions of the Office, and establishes a new cost barrier to rapid and
effective patent protection. The comment stated that the Office should
represent the interests of all American citizens and not just the wealthy.
As an alternative, the comment suggested raising the patent application fees
for all applicants by one hundred dollars. One comment suggested converting
the Office to a government-chartered private corporation and ending the
practice of fee diversion.

   Response: The Office will continue to provide low cost rapid patent
protection to applicants through its Accelerated Examination Program.
The Office will also continue to provide expedited examination for certain
applications via its other existing programs such as the Green Technology
Pilot Program or the Petition to Make Special procedure based on the
applicant's age or health under § 1.102(c), which do not require a fee for
the petition. The Office is simply providing an additional program under
which applicants may obtain prioritized examination of an application.
Applicants who cannot afford to or do not wish to pay the fees for
prioritized examination and who also are not able to participate in any of
the other programs for accelerating or expediting examination will still
continue to receive examination of their applications in the same time frames
as they would have without implementation of Track I. The suggestion that all
patent application fees be increased by one hundred dollars is not within the
statutory authority of the Office. The suggestion that the Office be converted
to a government corporation is not germane to the request for comments and
is also beyond the statutory authority of the Office.

   Comment 5: Several of the comments that supported having a prioritized
track raised concerns that the pendency of other applications would increase
and questioned how the Office would be able to prevent examination of other
applications from being delayed. The comments expressed concerns that
resources would be diverted from examination of applications that are not
accelerated. One comment questioned how the Office would be able to hire and
retain the necessary examiners to avoid delays for other applications, given
the problems with examiner hiring and retention. A few comments stated that
the Office must institute safeguards to ensure that examination of other
applications is not delayed, including meaningful metrics. A few comments
wanted to know how the Office intends to measure whether the examination of
other applications is adversely affected.

   Response: The Office will continue to publish its anticipated hiring and
pendency targets on the Office's Internet Web site. The prioritized
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examination fee is being proposed to be set at a level to recover the full
cost of the resources necessary to increase the work output of the Office
so that the non-prioritized applications would not be delayed due to
resources being diverted to examine the prioritized applications.
Specifically, the Office will use the revenue generated by the fees paid for
Track I applications to hire a sufficient number of additional examiners above
planned examiner hires to offset the production time used to examine
prioritized applications. The ability of the Office to meet its goals for
prioritized examination will be posted on the Office's Internet Web site on a
quarterly basis at the work group level.

   Comment 6: Some comments that supported having a prioritized track were
concerned about the fee. A few comments expressed concerns about the fee
being set too high, which would limit access to the program. A few comments
expressed concerns about the fee being set too low, which could challenge
Office resources to timely examine other applications. Some comments stated
that the fee must be used solely for cost recovery for the examination of
Track I applications. A few comments raised concerns about fee diversion by
Congress and indicated that it is critical that the fee for prioritized
examination not be subject to fee diversion. Some comments indicated that the
diversion of fees is problematic in determining what fees are appropriate.
Some comments expressed concerns about the disproportionate impact on small
entities and supported a fee reduction for small entities and micro entities,
but recognized that the Office does not currently have the statutory
authority to provide such a fee reduction. A few comments questioned how the
fee would be set and requested that more detailed information be provided,
including information on what the mechanism would be for ongoing assessment
or adjustment of the fee.

   Response: The Office is not setting the prioritized examination fee
based on any perceived level of participation in Track I. The prioritized
examination fee is being set based on the estimated average cost to the
Office of performing the service, per 35 U.S.C. 41(d)(2). As discussed above,
the Office plans to hire additional examiners above the number of planned
hires based on the number of requests for Track I prioritization received by
the Office. The Office is also setting an annual cap on the number of
applications that can be granted prioritized examination in Track I to further
ensure that the Office will be able to meet its goal of providing a final
disposition within twelve months of prioritized status being granted. If the
appropriations that the Office receives are not adjusted to reflect the
projected fee revenue resulting from the prioritized examination program,
then the Office will need to consider eliminating the program. The Office
will monitor the program closely and will assess the prioritized examination
fee on a regular basis and make any needed adjustments through the rule making
process. The Office will also continue to seek additional fee setting
authority that would allow it to provide for a small entity fee reduction for
the fee for prioritized examination.

   Comment 7: Some comments supported having a single queue for examination of
all applications that are accelerated or prioritized, while some comments
were opposed to having such a single queue. Some comments that supported a
single queue identified simplicity and administrative efficiency as the
reasons. The comments that opposed a single queue primarily focused on the
different requirements for the different programs. One comment stated that it
seemed unfair to treat applications filed under the Patent Prosecution Highway
(PPH) or the Petition to Make Special procedure (Accelerated Examination) the
same as applications filed under Track I or the Project Exchange program
since applicants under the PPH program or the Petition to Make Special program
(Accelerated Examination) have incurred the greater burden in preparing their
applications and thus these applications should be placed in separate queues.
One comment stated that applications expedited for reasons of infringement
should have precedence over applications expedited merely for policy grounds,
such as green technology. One comment suggested unifying the programs to
provide an extendable three-month time period for replies by applicant. One
comment raised concerns about the PPH fee being reinstated if the programs are
integrated. One comment wanted to know how the Office would be able to
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determine the additional examiner workload attributable to Track I
applications if there is a single queue. One comment suggested that the Office
consider combining all prioritized applications into a single program, not
just a single queue, and provide waivers to accommodate variations. One
comment requested clarification on whether all applications in the queue are
handled on an expedited basis for all stages of prosecution.

   Response: In view of the mixed comments and the different goals of
the different programs, the Office is not proposing to provide a single queue
in this notice. The Office will continue to monitor the various programs. If
prioritized examination under § 1.102(e) is requested on filing with an
application, the examination will be expedited until a final disposition is
reached (e.g., the filing of a request for continued examination or a notice
of appeal) or the prioritized examination of the application is terminated.
Regarding the other programs, the Office has posted a comparison chart of
domestic acceleration initiatives on the Office's Internet Web site that
identifies to what extent applications in each program are accelerated or
expedited. See
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/accelerated/comp_chart_dom_accel.pdf.
For information on the PPH program, see
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/init_events/pph/index.jsp.

   Comment 8: Some comments supported requiring an applicant who requested
prioritized examination to pay the required fee again on filing of a request
for continued examination, while other comments stated that a single fee
should be sufficient to have prioritized examination throughout the pendency
of the application. One comment stated that the Office would need to justify
that there is an additional cost to the Office which is not covered by the fee
that was paid with the original request for prioritized examination. A few
comments indicated that the initial fee should be sufficient to cover the
first request for continued examination, but applicants should have to pay
the required fee again on filing of any subsequent requests for continued
examination if prioritized examination is still desired. A few comments
supported requiring a fee for the additional cost of prioritization for the
request for continued examination, but questioned whether the fee should be
equal to the initial fee.

   Response: The proposed fee for prioritized examination of an application
does not take into account the additional costs incurred by the Office when a
request for continued examination is filed in an application. Therefore, the
prioritized examination of the application will be terminated if a request for
continued examination is filed. The Office is considering a sui generis
practice for prioritized applications under which an applicant may file a
single submission after final for a fee with the next action being made final
if the submission does not place the application in condition for allowance.

   Comment 9: Several comments supported prioritized examination being
available at any time during examination or appeal to the BPAI. Several
comments indicated that the ability to prioritize an application on appeal was
important. One comment that supported the ability to file a request at the
appeal stage raised concerns about causing delays in other appeals,
particularly those appeals that may have been pending a long time, and
suggested implementing a transition period where appeals whose resolution is
imminent would remain at the front of the queue. One comment questioned
whether the fee would be less if the request for prioritized examination is
submitted after a substantial amount of examination has occurred. One comment
supported the ability to transition in and out of Track I at applicant's
discretion at any time during prosecution.

   Response: The proposed fee for prioritized examination of an application
does not take into account the additional costs incurred by the Office when
an appeal is filed in an application. Therefore, the prioritized examination
of the application will be terminated in an application on appeal upon
filing of a notice of appeal to the BPAI. The Office is considering a
prioritized appeals process.

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   Comment 10: Several comments were opposed to limiting the the number of
claims permitted in a prioritized application, while some comments supported
limiting the number of claims. One comment supported the Office's proposed
limit of four independent claims and thirty total claims as providing
sufficient flexibility for applicants. A few comments suggested that the
Office consider a lower limit of three independent claims and twenty total
claims. A few comments suggested that the Office consider up to six
independent claims and forty total claims. One comment suggested that the
Office consider different fees for applications of different sizes. One
comment that was opposed to limiting the number of claims suggested an
additional prioritization surcharge for each excess independent and dependent
claim. Another comment suggested that the Office consider a steeper claim fee
structure or a tiered claim fee structure for Track I applications. One
comment stated that additional surveys or studies should be conducted to
ascertain whether the proposed limit on claims is proper. A few comments that
supported a limit stated that the Office should perform a cost analysis to
determine the relationship between the claim count and the corresponding costs
of examination of prioritized applications before specifying a limit on the
number of claims. Another comment that expressed concerns about the proposed
limitation specifically requested that the Office consider the impact of the
proposed limitation on small entities, provide additional information
regarding how the Office arrived at the proposed limitation of four
independent claims and thirty total claims, and seek comments from small
entities on the proposed limitation.

   Response: The Office is proposing that Track I applications be limited to
four independent claims and thirty total claims. The Office has experience
expediting examination under the Accelerated Examination program, which has a
limit of three independent claims and twenty total claims. The Office
recognizes that many applicants have expressed concerns regarding a limit of
three independent claims and twenty total claims as not being sufficient in
all cases. At the same time, the Office is aware from its experience in other
programs that there does need to be some limit on the number of claims in
order for the Office to be able to satisfy its goals for prioritized
examination. Thus, the Office is proposing that an application must be limited
to no more than four independent and thirty total claims to be eligible for
prioritized examination.

   Comment 11: Some comments were opposed to having other requirements for use
of the prioritized track such as limiting the use of extensions of time, while
some comments supported limiting the use of extensions of time. Some comments
suggested that if an applicant does request an extension of time in a
prioritized application, then the application should simply be removed from
the prioritized examination (Track I). One comment suggested that the Office
consider permitting extensions of time but imposing higher extension fees for
Track I applications. One comment stated that the Office should consider
setting reduced shortened statutory time periods for replies to Office actions
such as one month, with the applicant having the ability to pay for up to a
five-month extension of time. One comment opposed shortening deadlines to
reply to Office communications or requiring additional information such as an
examination support document. One comment stated that any additional
requirements should not be punitive in nature.

   Response: The Office will not prohibit the use of extensions of time for
applications that have been granted prioritized examination under proposed
§ 1.102(e) per se. Where, however, an applicant files a petition for an
extension of time to extend the time period for filing a reply, the
prioritized examination of the application will be terminated.

   Comment 12: Some comments were opposed to early publication of applications
in Track I, while some comments supported it. One comment indicated that early
publication should be at applicant's option. A few comments indicated that
early publication could affect applicant's ability to file patent
applications on related inventions and thus this would discourage applicants
from using Track I. A number of comments supported eighteen-month publication
of applications for all three tracks.
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   Response: The Office is not proposing to require early publication
of applications in Track I. An applicant may, however, request early
publication of an application in Track I, if desired. Furthermore, an
applicant may request nonpublication under 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i) of an
application in Track I if the applicant can make the certification required
by 35 U.S.C. 122(b)(2)(B)(i) and § 1.213(a).

   Comment 13: One comment questioned whether final disposition for
the twelve-month goal means final rejection or allowance, or issuance
or abandonment.

   Response: The final disposition for the twelve-month goal means:
(1) Mailing of a notice of allowance, (2) mailing of a final Office action,
(3) filing of notice of appeal, (4) declaration of an interference by the
BPAI, (5) filing of a request for continued examination, or (6) abandonment
of the application, within twelve months from the date prioritized status has
been granted. The goal is an aggregate goal for all prioritized applications.
The Office plans to post data at the work group level on the Office's Internet
Web site that will show whether or not the Office is making its goals. As
discussed previously, the prioritized examination of the application will be
terminated if applicant files a petition for an extension of time to extend
the time period for filing a reply.

   Comment 14: A few comments questioned whether the Office will refund or
at least partially refund the fee if the Office is not able to meet its
obligations and prioritization does not occur. One comment suggested that a
better tracking and monitoring system is needed for accelerated applications.
One comment suggested that the system should have prioritized printing once a
notice of allowance is mailed. One comment questioned whether the Office would
grant a partial refund for applicants who request prioritized examination and
then opt out.

   Response: The Office will not refund the fee required for requesting
prioritized examination under § 1.102(e). The twelve-month time period to
final disposition is an aggregate goal of the Office for the examination of
all Track I applications. The fact that the Office in a particular application
did not meet the goal would not entitle the applicant to a refund. It should
also be noted that applicants will have received advancement of examination
even if the goals are not met. In addition, even if the prioritized
examination of the application is terminated, the Office will not refund the
fee. The prioritized examination fee would not be a fee paid by mistake.
Rather, it would simply be a change in purpose on the part of the applicant
after payment of the fee. Therefore, the Office would not have the authority
to refund the fee under 35 U.S.C. 42(d). As with other applications that have
been made special, applications that have been prioritized under § 1.102(e)
will be prioritized in the patent publication process. The Office is working
on improvements to its tracking and monitoring system as part of its Patents
End-to-End Information Technology (IT) project.

   Comment 15: A few comments were concerned about the availability of
prior art for applications in Track I and stated that there may be an adverse
effect on quality if examination occurs before certain prior art becomes
available, such as applications published at eighteen months. One comment
questioned how the Office would ensure that potential prior art that is not
yet available to the public be taken into consideration. One comment indicated
that the one-year provision for interferences (in 35 U.S.C. 135(b)(1)) would
give patents granted earlier under Track I unfair advantages and stated that
it would be difficult to justify Track I as long as the U.S. is a first-to-
invent country.

   Response: The Office currently examines applications where potential prior
art is not yet available. For example, during examination of an application,
the examiner may have knowledge of an unpublished application that may soon
be published or patented, and that would be available as prior art in the
application under examination upon publication or patenting. In these
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situations, the Office may suspend an application that is otherwise allowable
until the prior art reference becomes available. Furthermore, when a Track I
application is being allowed, the examiner would conduct a search of
unpublished applications for interference purposes. Applicants must copy
claims from a U.S. patent or U.S. patent application within one year under
35 U.S.C. 135(b). Issuing patents earlier as a result of Track I will
encourage earlier resolution of interference situations, which would be to
the public's benefit. This, of course, assumes that the Office failed to
suspend the application that issued as a patent to await the prior art
reference.

   Comment 16: A few comments questioned whether all of the provisions
of the proposal would be implemented prospectively and thus only apply
to applications filed on or after the implementation date or whether any of
the provisions, such as prioritized examination, would be available for all
pending and future applications. Another comment questioned whether continuing
applications would be eligible for Track I, whether this would depend on
whether the parent application was filed after the implementation date, and
whether the parent application was in Track I. One comment questioned whether
additional examiners for Track I would need to be hired before the program can
be implemented. Another comment supported the availability of Track I for
reissue applications and continuing applications.

   Response: The provisions will be available only for applications
(including new continuing applications) filed on or after the date of
implementation. Track I will not be available for reissue applications since
reissue applications are already treated as special applications. See MPEP
§ 1442. Additional examiners for Track I will not need to be hired before the
program can be implemented.

   Comment 17: One comment suggested that the Office consider techniques to
encourage compact prosecution for applications in Track I such as providing
an incentive for the use of interviews, liberalizing after-final practice, and
offering incentives to encourage applicants to reply more promptly. A few
comments were concerned about maintaining examination quality for Track I
applications. One comment suggested that Track I include measures to maintain
high quality examination such as mandatory examiner interviews before a first
Office action, required information disclosure statement (IDS) submissions,
examination only by primary examiners or supervisory patent examiners,
specialized examiner training for fast track processing, incentives for final
resolution of the application, extension of the period in § 1.99 for a third
party to submit references after publication to four months, and clear
instructions for applicants including detailed guidelines. One comment
emphasized that the level of review for Track I applications should be the
same as other applications and the record should be complete, notwithstanding
the accelerated time frame. A few other comments also supported providing
for an examiner interview prior to a first Office action in Track I
applications at applicant's option.

   Response: The Office has been encouraging compact prosecution techniques in
all applications and emphasizing the importance and use of interviews over
the past few years. It is noted that the suggestion regarding after final
practice would likely increase the number of Office actions and not encourage
applicants to present the best reply after the first Office action, which
would extend the examination process and make it less likely that the Office
would be able to meet its goals. Furthermore, as discussed previously, the
Office is considering a sui generis practice for prioritized applications
under which an applicant may file a single submission after final for a fee
with the next action being made final if the submission does not place the
application in condition for allowance. The level of review for Track I
applications will be the same as for other applications and examiners will be
expected to make the record complete and provide the same high quality
examination as they do for other applications. It is noted that there does not
appear to be any need as a result of implementation of Track I to increase the
time period in § 1.99 for a third party to submit references after
publication.
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   Comment 18: One comment suggested a bidding system for Track I in which
patent applicants could bid on their place in line, with the highest bids
being given the highest priority, which could create a large increase in
fee payments and a surplus of resources which could be used to decrease the
time for other applications to be examined. Another comment suggested having
a nominal fee for Track I, instead of a substantial fee, and permitting any
business entity to have a certain number of Track I applications per year,
which would keep the number and costs down.

   Response: The Office does not have the statutory authority to implement the
suggested bidding system. Likewise, the Office does not have the authority to
set a nominal fee for requesting prioritized examination. The Office only has
the statutory authority to establish fees to recover the estimated average
cost of performing the service.

Rulemaking Considerations

   A. Regulatory Flexibility Act: For the reasons set forth herein, the
Deputy General Counsel for General Law of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office has certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small
Business Administration that changes proposed in this notice will not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.
See 5 U.S.C. 605(b).
   This notice proposes changes to implement an optional prioritized
examination process. The primary impact of the change on the public is
that applicants will have the option to request prioritized examination
by paying appropriate fees, filing a complete application via the Office's
electronic filing system (EFS-Web) with any filing and excess claims fees due
paid on filing, and limiting their applications to four independent claims
and thirty total claims. No applicant is required to employ this optional
prioritized examination process to obtain examination of his or her
application under the current procedures for examination of an application
for patent, or to obtain a patent provided that the application meets the
current conditions for the applicants to be entitled to a patent. In addition,
the availability of this prioritized examination process will not have any
negative impact on any applicant who elects not to request the prioritized
examination process. Therefore, the changes proposed in this notice will not
have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.

   B. Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review): This rule making
has been determined to be significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866
(Sept. 30, 1993).

   C. Executive Order 13132 (Federalism): This rule making does not contain
policies with federalism implications sufficient to warrant preparation of a
Federalism Assessment under Executive Order 13132 (Aug. 4, 1999).

   D. Executive Order 13175 (Tribal Consultation): This rule making will not:
(1) Have substantial direct effects on one or more Indian tribes; (2) impose
substantial direct compliance costs on Indian tribal governments; or (3)
preempt tribal law. Therefore, a tribal summary impact statement is not
required under Executive Order 13175 (Nov. 6, 2000).

   E. Executive Order 13211 (Energy Effects): This rule making is not
a significant energy action under Executive Order 13211 because this rule
making is not likely to have a significant adverse effect on the supply,
distribution, or use of energy. Therefore, a Statement of Energy Effects is
not required under Executive Order 13211 (May 18, 2001).

   F. Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform): This rule making
meets applicable standards to minimize litigation, eliminate ambiguity,
and reduce burden as set forth in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of Executive
Order 12988 (Feb. 5, 1996).

   G. Executive Order 13045 (Protection of Children): This rule making
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does not concern an environmental risk to health or safety that may
disproportionately affect children under Executive Order 13045
(Apr. 21, 1997).

   H. Executive Order 12630 (Taking of Private Property): This rule making
will not effect a taking of private property or otherwise have taking
implications under Executive Order 12630 (Mar. 15, 1988).

   I. Congressional Review Act: Under the Congressional Review Act
provisions of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of
1996 (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), prior to issuing any final rule, the United
States Patent and Trademark Office will submit a report containing the final
rule and other required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives and the Comptroller General of the Government Accountability
Office. The changes in this notice are not expected to result in an annual
effect on the economy of 100 million dollars or more, a major increase in
costs or prices, or significant adverse effects on competition, employment,
investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of United States-based
enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export
markets. Therefore, this notice is not expected to result in a "major rule"
as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

   J. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995: The changes proposed in this
notice do not involve a Federal intergovernmental mandate that will result in
the expenditure by State, local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, of
100 million dollars (as adjusted) or more in any one year, or a Federal
private sector mandate that will result in the expenditure by the private
sector of 100 million dollars (as adjusted) or more in any one year, and will
not significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, no actions
are necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of
1995. See 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.

   K. National Environmental Policy Act: This rule making will not have any
effect on the quality of environment and is thus categorically excluded from
review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. See 42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.

   L. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act: The requirements of
section 12(d) of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995
(15 U.S.C. 272 note) are not applicable because this rule making does not
contain provisions which involve the use of technical standards.

   M. Paperwork Reduction Act: This rulemaking is proposed to implement an
optional prioritized examination process. The primary impact of the change on
the public is that applicants will have the option to request prioritized
examination by paying appropriate fees, filing a complete application via the
Office's electronic filing system (EFS-Web) with any filing and excess claims
fees due paid on filing, and limiting their applications to four independent
claims and thirty total claims.
   An applicant who wishes to participate in the program must submit a
certification and request to participate in the prioritized examination
program, preferably by using Form PTO/SB/424. The Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) has determined that, under 5 CFR 1320.3(h), Form PTO/SB/424 does
not collect "information" within the meaning of the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995. Therefore, this rule making does not impose additional collection
requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act which are subject to further
review by OMB. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is
required to respond to nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure
to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number.

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 1

   Administrative practice and procedure, Courts, Freedom of Information,
Inventions and patents, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Small
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businesses.

   For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 37 CFR part 1 is proposed to be
amended as follows:

PART 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES

   1. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 1 continues to read as follows:

   Authority:  35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2).

   2. Section 1.17 is amended by adding paragraph (c) to read as follows:

§ 1.17  Patent application and reexamination processing fees.

* * * * *

   (c) For filing a request for prioritized examination under § 1.102(e) -
$4,000.

* * * * *

   3. Section 1.102 is amended by revising paragraph (a) and adding paragraph
(e) to read as follows:

§ 1.102  Advancement of examination.

   (a) Applications will not be advanced out of turn for examination
or for further action except as provided by this part, or upon order of
the Director to expedite the business of the Office, or upon filing of
a request under paragraph (b) or (e) of this section or upon filing a
petition or request under paragraph (c) or (d) of this section with a
showing which, in the opinion of the Director, will justify so advancing it.

* * * * *

   (e) A request for prioritized examination under this paragraph may be
filed only with an original utility or plant nonprovisional application
under 35 U.S.C. 111(a) filed via the Office's electronic filing system
(EFS-Web), that is complete as defined by § 1.51(b), with any fees due
under § 1.16 paid on filing. A request for prioritized examination under
this paragraph must be present upon filing and must be accompanied by the
prioritized examination fee set forth in § 1.17(c), the processing fee set
forth in § 1.17(i), and the publication fee set forth in § 1.18(d).
Prioritized examination under this paragraph will not be accorded to a design
application or reissue application, and will not be accorded to any
application that contains or is amended to contain more than four independent
claims, more than thirty total claims, or any multiple dependent claim.

* * * * *

February 1, 2011                                            DAVID J. KAPPOS
                                            Under Secretary of Commerce for
                                  Intellectual Property and Director of the
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Roundtable and Request for Comments on How To More Effectively Use the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program
                            DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                   United States Patent and Trademark Office
                         [Docket No. PTO-P-2011-0002]

                     Notice of Roundtable and Request for
                 Comments on How To More Effectively Use the
                Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) wants to
increase transparency by making USPTO information and materials more
publicly available. USPTO information is currently disseminated through
a variety of means, including through the Patent and Trademark Depository
Library Program (PTDLP). The PTDLP allows the USPTO, through public laws,
to partner with state and municipal libraries around the United States to
develop core expertise in patents and trademarks to ensure that potential
filers have local resources to draw on for assistance and support. The USPTO
has undertaken an overall revitalization of the PTDLP to reflect the new
21st Century electronic approach to customer service. As part of this
initiative, the USPTO is conducting a public roundtable to obtain input from
organizations and individuals on current use of the Patent and Trademark
Depository Libraries (PTDLs) and how to more effectively use the PTDLP in the
future.

DATES: The first roundtable will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2011,
beginning at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) and ending at 3 p.m.
EST.
   The deadline for receipt of written comments is March 17, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The roundtable will be held at the USPTO in the Madison Auditorium
on the concourse level of the Madison Building, which is located at 600 Dulany
Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
   Written comments should be sent by electronic mail message over the
Internet addressed to PTDL_comments@uspto.gov. Comments may also be submitted
by mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments - Patents, Commissioner for Patents,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to the attention of
Elizabeth L. Dougherty. Although comments may be submitted by mail, the USPTO
prefers to receive comments via the Internet.
   The written comments and list of the roundtable participants and their
associations will be available for public inspection at the Office of the
Commissioner for Patents, located in the Madison East Building, Tenth Floor,
600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia, and will be available via the USPTO
Internet Web site (address: http://www.uspto.gov). Because comments will be
made available for public inspection, information that is not desired to be
made public, such as an address or phone number, should not be included in the
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Sneed, Office of Public Search
Services Division, by telephone at (703) 756-1236, or by electronic mail
message at martha.sneed@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The PTDLP disseminates patent and trademark
information and provides training and outreach support to a network of over
80 academic, public, state and special libraries, located in 45 states, the
District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. PTDLs provide walk-in, telephone, and
Internet assistance for independent inventors, researchers, students, small-
and medium-sized businesses and other members of the public across the United
States.
   The PTDLP has changed dramatically over the years, from being strictly a
"depository" program, where the USPTO provided paper copies of patents and
trademarks and support materials, to an electronic program, where data and
materials are provided on-line and in computer-readable media. In addition
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to the array of USPTO search tools now available on the Web, every PTDL
provides public access to PubWEST (Web-based Examiner Search Tool), providing
the public with one of the same powerful search tools that patent examiners
have.
   Today's PTDLs provide free, personalized assistance to their communities
on how to use the array of patent and trademark resources now available on the
Web. As the USPTO has shifted to a paperless agency model, the PTDLP has
assumed a greater role in the USPTO's overall outreach program. The PTDLP
provides a ready-made network for USPTO policy makers and knowledgeable staff
at those venues to help share information about USPTO and its many programs
and initiatives. Today's PTDLs are no longer simply maintaining patent and
trademark collections - i.e., they are no longer mere "depositories" of
information - but are centers of innovation. Specially designated staff
educate customers on how to perform preliminary prior art searches, provide
classes in searching the USPTO Web site, show how to move their invention
from inventive concept to the marketplace, show how to track down prior art
disclosed in foreign patent publications and non-patent literature, and
provide other individualized services.
   The shift to electronic resources has enabled the PTDLP to more
effectively train PTDL staff and the public to better use the tools and data
available to them. More specifically, the USPTO trains PTDL staff, who, in
turn, provide assistance and training to public customers. As the PTDLP
continues to move away from the physical distribution of hard-copy
information, the USPTO is interested in what types of new and different
services the PTDLP of the future should offer its customers. PTDLs are the
face of USPTO in their local communities. For this reason, the USPTO is
seeking recommendations from stakeholders on the role they envision the PTDLs
playing in the USPTO's outreach efforts, and how the PTDLP can be used to
provide more effective communication and transparent information to its
customers.
   Toward that end, the USPTO is conducting a roundtable to obtain public
input from organizations and individuals on the future character of the PTDLs.
The number of participants in the roundtable is limited to ensure that all
who are speaking will have a meaningful chance to do so. The USPTO plans to
invite participants from patent user groups, practitioners, industry,
independent inventor organizations, academia, and government. The roundtables
are open to the public.
   The USPTO will provide an agenda, list of known participants, and
preparatory materials (if any) to the participants prior to the roundtable in
order to focus the discussion and enhance the efficiency of the proceedings.
All such materials will be posted on the USPTO's Internet Web site. The USPTO
plans to make the roundtable available via Web cast. Web cast information will
be available before the roundtable on the USPTO's Internet Web site. Any
slides or handouts distributed at the roundtable and the list of the
roundtable participants for the roundtable and their associations will also
be posted on the USPTO's Internet Web site.

January 28, 2011                                           DAVID J. KAPPPOS
                                            Under Secretary of Commerce for
                                  Intellectual Property and Director of the
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Errata
                                    Errata

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,877,998 to Paul Corley of Fort Lauderdale,
FL for ENERGY RETRIEVER SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of February
01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent number was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,878,020 to Jonh Ho Lee, et al of Kimhae-si
Korea, Republic of for AIR CONDITIONER appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,878,043 to Frank Dimeo Jr., et al of
Danbury, CT for APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR SENSING FLUORO SPECIES IN
SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING SYSTEMS appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,878,176 to Jun-Mo Kang, et al of Ann Arbor,
MI for METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ENGINE INTAKE AIRFLOW appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,878,433 to Mike J. Kallenbach of Jamestown,
North Dakota for BRUSH CHIPPER IN-FEED SYSTEM appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 02, should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,878,603 to Peter Drott, et al of
Frankfurtum, Germany for DEVICE FOR BRAKE APPLICATION IN A MOTOR VEHICLE
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,878,612 to Robert A. Hasenbein, et al of
Enfield, New Hampshire for HIGH FREQUENCY DROPLET EJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,878,884 to Felix Elbing, et al of Berlin,
Germany for DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR CLEANING, ACTIVATION OR PRETREATMENT OF
WORK PIECES BY MEANS OF CARBON DIOXIDE BLASTING appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,878,906 to Gary M. Zalewski, et al of
Oakland, CA for SCHEME FOR TRANSLATING MOVEMENTS OF A HAND-HELD CONTROLLER
INTO INPUTS FOR A SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01,
2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,879,302 to Douglas C. Comrie of Port
Clinton, OH for REDUCING MERCURY EMISSIONS FROM THE BURNING OF COAL appearing
in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,879,883 to Corinna Sunderman, et al of
Aachen, Germany for HETEROARYL SUBSTITUTED CYCLOHEXYL-1,4-DIAMINE COMPOUNDS
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,880,191 to June-O Song, et al of Gwangju-si
Korea, Republic of NITRIDE-BASED LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF
MANUFACTURING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,880,406 to Markus Ziegler of Via Latina,
Mexico for INTERNAL POWER SUPPLY FOR A BLAST appearing in the Official Gazette
of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,880,472 to Fares Jaoude, et al of Tucson,
AZ for UTILIZING COMPUTED BATTERY RESISTANCE AS A BATTERY-LIFE INDICATOR IN A
MOBILE TERMINAL appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011 should
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be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,880,691 to Shunpei Yamazaki, et al of Tokyo,
Japan for LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of February
01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,880,740 to Benjamin Alan Kerr Murray, et al
of Edinburgh, Germany for IMAGING VOLUME DATA appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,880,867 to Gary M. Zalewski of Oakland, CA
for MAPPING MOVEMENTS OF A HAND-HELD CONTROLLER TO THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE
PLANE OF A DISPLAY SCREEN appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01,
2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,881,151 to Ely K. Tsern, et al of Los Altos,
CA for MEMORY DEVICE HAVING MULTIPLE POWER MODES appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,881,293 to William R. George, et al of
Minneapolis, MN for HARDWARE-ENFORCED LOOP AND NPIV HARD ZONING FOR FIBRE
CHANNEL SWITCH FABRIC appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,881,522 to Toshiaki Iwai of Tokyo, Japan
for IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR SEPARATING THE
BACKGROUND AREA OF AN IMAGE appearing in the Official Gazette of February
01, 2011 should be deleted since no was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,881,586 to Ryuichi Shiohara of Nagano,
Japan for DIGITAL CAMERA AND PRINTING SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette
of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted,"

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,881,776 to Johnathan Paul Jaeb, et al of
Boerne, TX for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING HEALING PROGRESS OF TISSUE
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,881,870 to Charles Magness, et al of
Seattle, WA for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY CLASSIFYING A POPULATION
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,882,308 to Lior Elazary, et al of Agoura
Hills, CA for CONTENT NETWORK GLOBAL REPLACEMENT POLICY appearing in the
Official Gaztte of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,882,397 to Richard Qing, et al of Ottawa,
Canada for METHOD FOR HANDLING A DETECTED ERROR IN A SCRIPT-BASED APPLICATION
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,882,516 to Dean F. Jerding, et al of
Roswell, GA for VIDEO ON-DEMAND NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,882,524 to Dean F. Jerding, et al of
Roswell, GA for NAVIGATION PARADIGM FOR ACCESS TO TELEVISION SERVICES
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,882,529 to Linda S. Mensch of Chicago, IL
for WIRELESS ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 01, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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Certificates of Correction
                          Certificates of Correction
                             for February 8, 2011

5,539,760             7,653,653             7,747,988             7,825,297
5,808,446             7,653,700             7,748,401             7,825,736
5,925,803             7,653,705             7,749,288             7,825,778
6,080,428             7,653,731             7,750,050             7,825,816
6,720,014             7,653,880             7,751,001             7,826,221
6,868,080C1           7,654,858             7,752,605             7,826,532
6,929,637             7,655,002             7,755,276             7,827,042
6,937,815             7,656,389             7,756,051             7,827,191
7,056,287             7,657,681             7,756,551             7,827,628
7,225,596             7,657,990             7,757,030             7,827,930
7,239,895             7,659,991             7,757,218             7,828,549
7,248,151             7,660,433             7,758,630             7,828,803
7,272,208             7,660,852             7,759,082             7,829,233
7,315,834             7,660,899             7,759,329             7,829,243
7,317,928             7,661,421             7,759,686             7,829,331
7,318,078             7,662,166             7,761,287             7,829,471
7,318,234             7,663,893             7,761,412             7,829,870
7,328,053             7,664,023             7,761,430             7,830,031
7,338,037             7,664,185             7,761,812             7,830,039
7,344,307             7,664,203             7,761,814             7,830,064
7,364,657             7,664,246             7,762,007             7,830,611
7,368,234             7,664,258             7,762,847             7,831,400
7,369,181             7,664,740             7,763,025             7,831,425
7,378,508             7,664,760             7,765,450             7,831,560
7,381,179             7,664,771             7,767,351             7,831,890
7,384,967             7,664,795             7,768,451             7,834,187
7,389,773             7,664,937             7,768,592             7,835,311
7,396,614             7,664,944             7,769,770             7,836,291
7,399,635             7,665,074             7,770,334             7,836,346
7,423,016             7,665,093             7,772,851             7,836,381
7,423,023             7,665,095             7,773,499             7,836,405
7,427,024             7,668,906             7,774,098             7,836,920
7,430,581             7,668,938             7,774,442             7,836,970
7,435,636             7,668,972             7,774,477             7,837,631
7,446,998             7,669,121             7,775,009             7,837,895
7,470,537             7,669,124             7,776,421             7,838,241
7,502,019             7,669,128             7,776,608             7,838,468
7,515,418             7,671,359             7,778,983             7,838,499
7,517,328             7,672,234             7,778,990             7,838,520
7,520,024             7,681,776             7,779,000             7,838,564
7,528,580             7,682,239             7,779,043             7,838,971
7,529,761             7,682,417             7,779,549             7,839,009
7,534,444             7,684,981             7,780,881             7,839,310
7,541,443             7,686,840             7,782,381             7,839,450
7,546,293             7,687,635             7,782,453             7,840,019
7,550,491             7,689,548             7,783,042             7,840,243
7,552,430             7,689,589             7,783,456             7,840,456
7,560,330             7,689,604             7,784,082             7,840,537
7,571,854             7,693,084             7,785,682             7,840,636
7,574,016             7,694,335             7,785,781             7,840,649
7,579,359             7,698,127             7,785,801             7,840,700
7,585,306             7,700,938             7,788,597             7,840,959
7,588,774             7,700,939             7,788,651             7,841,116
7,590,619             7,702,323             7,790,912             7,841,212
7,590,699             7,702,635             7,791,025             7,841,467
7,590,705             7,702,637             7,791,453             7,841,557
7,590,748             7,702,678             7,791,824             7,841,683
7,593,330             7,703,040             7,792,069             7,841,939
7,593,473             7,703,077             7,792,484             7,842,038
7,594,020             7,703,090             7,793,002             7,842,147
7,598,549             7,703,132             7,794,206             7,842,202
7,599,954             7,703,854             7,794,653             7,842,425
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7,599,991             7,708,504             7,795,228             7,842,459
7,599,993             7,708,553             7,795,264             7,842,923
7,600,024             7,711,631             7,798,584             7,843,231
7,600,123             7,711,853             7,799,046             7,843,273
7,601,698             7,711,866             7,801,314             7,843,383
7,601,818             7,714,134             7,801,516             7,843,432
7,602,903             7,714,570             7,803,599             7,843,439
7,603,718             7,716,638             7,803,743             7,843,725
7,605,810             7,716,661             7,803,786             7,843,735
7,606,824             7,716,669             7,803,847             7,843,846
7,606,904             7,716,676             7,804,662             7,843,928
7,610,316             7,716,685             7,804,700             7,844,273
7,610,344             7,716,703             7,805,893             7,844,789
7,610,416             7,717,961             7,806,296             7,844,811
7,610,994             7,720,572             7,806,981             7,845,003
7,613,703             7,720,970             7,807,172             7,845,122
7,614,042             7,721,219             7,807,245             7,845,259
7,614,064             7,722,592             7,807,776             7,845,287
7,616,333             7,724,952             7,810,388             7,845,524
7,616,633             7,724,957             7,810,445             7,845,984
7,617,256             7,725,103             7,811,503             7,846,035
7,617,401             7,726,191             7,811,511             7,847,111
7,620,990             7,727,980             7,811,957             7,847,375
7,622,144             7,728,113             7,812,573             7,847,820
7,623,550             7,729,688             7,812,681             7,848,249
7,623,651             7,729,692             7,814,312             7,848,790
7,623,710             7,729,850             7,816,039             7,848,994
7,627,567             7,730,067             7,816,455             7,849,412
7,627,889             7,730,073             7,817,020             7,849,542
7,631,011             7,730,081             7,817,038             7,849,655
7,631,015             7,730,531             7,817,328             7,849,708
7,631,038             7,731,293             7,817,544             7,851,565
7,633,005             7,733,394             7,818,286             7,851,570
7,633,483             7,734,807             7,818,360             7,854,320
7,634,373             7,735,024             7,818,532             7,854,976
7,634,398             7,737,430             7,818,575             7,855,074
7,634,471             7,737,933             7,818,603             7,855,553
7,634,980             7,739,209             7,818,610             7,858,122
7,636,489             7,739,281             7,818,719             7,858,779
7,636,748             7,739,309             7,819,067             7,861,061
7,636,752             7,739,316             7,819,195             7,861,076
7,636,789             7,739,333             7,819,488             7,863,008
7,636,849             7,739,505             7,819,877             7,863,171
7,636,851             7,740,250             7,820,203             7,865,738
7,636,853             7,741,091             7,820,431             7,867,370
7,636,913             7,741,310             7,820,441             D.608,088
7,637,975             7,742,934             7,821,523             D.614,547
7,639,485             7,743,071             7,821,696             D.616,872
7,643,034             7,743,079             7,823,287             D.617,280
7,645,759             7,743,329             7,823,366             D.622,294
7,647,181             7,743,334             7,823,503             D.622,745
7,649,341             7,743,408             7,824,131             D.623,458
7,650,360             7,743,789             7,824,608             D.624,402
7,650,404             7,744,659             7,824,683             D.625,890
7,651,163             7,745,671             7,824,684             RE.41,148
7,653,640             7,745,814             7,824,755             RE.41,447
7,653,642             7,747,691             7,824,804
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Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
January 24 – January 28, 2011
 

Date Issued
 
Type of Case(1) Proceeding or Appn. No. Party or Parties Issue TTAB Decision Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney Issued as Precedent of TTAB
1-24 EX 78348832 Monster Cable Products, Inc. 2(e)(1) Refusal Affirmed   "MONSTER"
[automotive bed mats, bug shields, bumpers, organizers, cargo management systems, fender flares, grab handles, grille, grille guards, light bars, rear view mirrors, roll bars, running boards, seats, seat covers, side bars, side skirts, skid plates, spoilers, visors, truck steps, shock absorbers, tail gate protectors, tail gates, side guards, truck cargo nets, tonneau covers, truck boxes, window covers, window deflectors, batteries and battery accessories, bug shields, covers, carpets, dash board covers, floor mats, front end masks, headliners, license plate frames, splash guard, steering wheel covers, steering wheels, sun covers, window shades, window covers, window deflectors, shift knobs, hoods, spark plugs, suspension struts, air intake manifolds, truck bed liners]
  No
1-25 CANC 92048733 Kistner Concrete Products, Inc. v. Contech Arch Technologies, Inc. 2(e)(5)
 
Petition to Cancel Granted   "Configuration of a one-piece open bottom bridge unit" [precast concrete bridge unit for constructing a bridge or culvert]   Yes
1-28 EX 77650402 Upslope LLC 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "UPSLOPE BREWING COMPANY" [beer; beer, ale and lager] "UPSLOPE" [wines] No
1-28 EX 77099522 Jonathan Drew, Inc. d/b/a Drew Estate 2(e)(3) Refusal Affirmed   "KUBA KUBA" [cigars, tobacco and related products, namely, cigarettes, cigar boxes, lighters, holders, ashtrays, cigar bands, cigar cutters, humidors, and cigar tubes]   Yes
1-28 EX 76681269 Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2(e)(1), 2(f) Refusal under 2(e)(1) Affirmed; Refusal under 2(f) Reversed   "NKJV" [bibles]   Yes

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (MS)=Motion for Sanctions; (R)=Request for Reconsideration (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member


 



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Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
                     MAILING AND HAND CARRY ADDRESSES FOR
             MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

              MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS

   For most correspondence (e.g., new patent applications) no mail stop
is required because the processing of the correspondence is routine.
If NO mail stop is included on the list below, no mail stop is required
for the correspondence. See the listing under "Mail to be Directed to the
Director of the Patent And Trademark Office" for additional mail stops
for patent-related correspondence. Only the specified type of document
should be placed in an envelope addressed to one of these special mail
stops. If any documents other than the specified type identified for each
special mail stop are addressed to that mail stop, they will be
significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for which they are
intended. The mail stop should generally appear as the first line in
the address.

   Most correspondence may be submitted electronically. See the USPTO's
Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) internet page
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/index.jsp for additional
information.

   Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service
(USPS) as follows:

        Mail Stop _____
        Commissioner for Patents
        P.O. Box 1450
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

   If no Mail Stop is indicated below, the line beginning Mail Stop should
be omitted from the address.

   Except correspondence for Maintenance Fee payments, Deposit Account
Replenishments (see 37 CFR 1.25(c)(4)), and Licensing and Review (see 37 CFR
5.1(c) and 5.2(c)), please address patent-related correspondence to be
delivered by other delivery services (Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL,
Laser, Action, Purolator, etc.) as follows:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
        Customer Service Window, Mail Stop _____
        Randolph Building
        401 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314


Mail Stop
Designations            Explanation

Mail Stop 12            Contributions to the Examiner Education Program.

Mail Stop 313(c)        Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(c) to withdraw a
                        patent application from issue after payment of
                        the issue fee and any papers associated with the
                        petition, including papers necessary for a
                        continuing application or a request for
                        continued examination (RCE).

Mail Stop AF            Amendments and other responses after final
                        rejection (e.g., a notice of appeal (and any
                        request for pre-appeal brief conference)),
                        other than an appeal brief.

Mail Stop Amendment     Information disclosure statements, drawings, and
                        replies to Office actions in patent applications
                        with or without an amendment to the application or
                        a terminal disclaimer. (Use Mail Stop AF for
                        replies after final rejection.)

Mail Stop Appeal        For appeal briefs or other briefs under
 Brief-Patents          part 41 of title 37 of the Code of Federal
                        Regulations (e.g., former 37 CFR 1.192).

Mail Stop               Public comments regarding patent-related
 Comments-Patent        regulations and procedures.


Mail Stop Conversion    Requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(2) to convert a
                        nonprovisional application to a provisional
                        application and requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(3)
                        to convert a provisional application to a
                        nonprovisional application.

Mail Stop EBC           Mail for the Electronic Business Center including:
                        Certificate Action Forms, Request for Customer
                        Number, and Requests for Customer Number Data
                        Change (USPTO Forms PTO-2042, PTO/SB/124A and 125A,
                        respectively) and Customer Number Upload
                        Spreadsheets and Cover Letters.

Mail Stop Expedited     Only to be used for the initial filing of
 Design                 design applications accompanied by a
                        request for expedited examination under
                        37 CFR 1.155.

Mail Stop Express       Requests for abandonment of a patent
 Abandonment            application pursuant to 37 CFR 1.138,
                        including any petitions under 37 CFR
                        1.138(c) to expressly abandon an
                        application to avoid publication of the
                        application.

Mail Stop               Applications under 35 U.S.C. 156 for patent term
 Hatch-Waxman PTE       extension based on regulatory review of a product
                        subject to pre-market review by a regulating
                        agency. This mail stop is also to be used for
                        additional correspondence regarding the
                        application for patent term extension under
                        35 U.S.C. 156. It is preferred that such initial
                        requests be hand-carried to:

                        Office of Patent Legal Administration
                        Room MDW 7D55
                        600 Dulany Street (Madison Building)
                        Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop ILS           Correspondence relating to international patent
                        classification, exchanges and standards.

Mail Stop Issue Fee     All communications following the receipt of a
                        PTOL-85, "Notice of Allowance and Fee(s)
                        Due," and prior to the issuance of a patent
                        should be addressed to Mail Stop Issue Fee,
                        unless advised to the contrary.

                        Assignments are the exception. Assignments
                        (with cover sheets) should be faxed to
                        571-273-0140, electronically submitted
                        (http://epas.uspto.gov), or submitted in a
                        separate envelope and sent to Mail Stop
                        Assignment Recordation Services,
                        Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
                        as shown below.

Mail Stop L&R           All documents pertaining to applications subject
                        to secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 181, or
                        national-security classified and required to be
                        processed accordingly. Such papers, petitions for
                        foreign filing license pursuant to 37 CFR 5.12(b)
                        for which expedited handling is requested, and
                        petitions for retroactive license under 37 CFR
                        5.25 may also be hand carried to Licensing and
                        Review:

                        Technology Center 3600, Office of the Director
                        Room 4B41
                        501 Dulany Street (Knox Building)
                        Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop Missing       Requests for a corrected filing receipt and
 Parts                  replies to OPAP notices such as the Notice
                        of Omitted Items, Notice to File Corrected
                        Application Papers, Notice of Incomplete
                        Application, Notice to Comply with Nucleotide
                        Sequence Requirements, and Notice to File Missing
                        Parts of Application, and associated papers and
                        fees.

Mail Stop MPEP          Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent
                        Examining Procedure.

Mail Stop Patent Ext.   Applications for patent term extension or
                        adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 and any
                        communications relating thereto. This mail stop
                        is limited to petitions for patent term extension
                        under 35 U.S.C. 154 for applications filed
                        between June 8, 1995 and May 29, 2000, and patent
                        term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. 154 for
                        applications filed on or after May 29, 2000.
                        For applications for patent term extension under
                        35 U.S.C. 156, use Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE.
                        For applications for patent term extension or
                        adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 that are mailed
                        together with the payment of the issue fee, use
                        Mail Stop Issue Fee.

Mail Stop Patent        Submission of comments regarding search templates.
 Search Template
 Comments

Mail Stop PCT           Mail related to international applications filed
                        under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in the
                        international phase and in the national phase
                        under 35 U.S.C. 371 prior to mailing of a
                        Notification of Acceptance of Application Under
                        35 U.S.C. 371 and 37 CFR 1.495 (Form
                        PCT/DO/EO/903).

Mail Stop Petition      Petitions to be decided by the Office of Petitions,
                        including petitions to revive and petitions to
                        accept late payment of issue fees or maintenance
                        fees.

Mail Stop PGPUB         Correspondence regarding publication of patent
                        applications not otherwise provided, including:
                        requests for early publication made after filing,
                        rescission of a non-publication request, corrected
                        patent application publication, and refund of
                        publication fee.

Mail Stop Post          In patented files: requests for changes of
 Issue                  correspondence address, powers of attorney,
                        revocations of powers of attorney, withdrawal as
                        attorney or agent and submissions under 37
                        CFR 1.501. Designation of, or changes to, a fee
                        address should be addressed to Mail Stop M
                        Correspondence. Requests for Certificate of
                        Correction need no special mail stop, but
                        should be mailed to the attention of Certificate
                        of Correction Branch.

Mail Stop RCE           Requests for continued examination under
                        37 CFR 1.114.

Mail Stop               Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction
 Reconstruction         of lost patent files.

Mail Stop Ex Parte      Original requests for Ex Parte Reexamination
 Reexam                 and all subsequent corresponcence other
                        than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
                        (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Inter         Original requests for Inter Partes Reexamination
 Partes Reexam          and all subsequent correspondence other than
                        correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
                        (see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Reissue       All new and continuing reissue application filings.

Mail Stop Sequence      Submission of the computer readable form (CRF) for
                        applications with sequence listings, when the CRF
                        is not being filed with the patent application.

Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/mail.jsp.


            MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS

   Please address trademark-related correspondence to be delivered by the
United States Postal Service (USPS), except documents sent to the Assignment
Services Division for recordation, requests for copies of trademark
documents, and documents directed to the Madrid Processing Unit, as follows:

        Commissioner for Trademarks
        P.O. Box 1451
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be mailed to:

        Madrid Processing Unit
        600 Dulany Street
        MDE-7B87
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Deputy Commissioner for
Trademark Policy regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to:

        Letter of Protest
        ATTN: Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Policy
        600 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Director regarding the Fastener
Quality Act (FQA) must be mailed to:

        Director, USPTO
        ATTN: FQA
        600 Dulany Street, MDE-10A71
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Commissioner regarding the
recordal of a Native American Tribal Insignia (NATI) must be mailed to:

        Native American Tribal Insignia
        ATTN: Commissioner for Trademarks
        600 Dulany Street
        MDE-10A71
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

Do NOT send any of the following via USPS certified mail or with a
"signature required" option: submissions to the Madrid Processing Unit,
Letters of Protest, applications for recordal of insignia under the
Fastener Quality Act, notifications of Native American Tribal Insignia.

   Trademark-related mail to be delivered by hand or other private courier
or delivery service (e.g., UPS, Federal Express) to the Trademark Operation,
the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be delivered to:

        Trademark Assistance Center
        Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55
        600 Dulany Street
        Alexandria, VA 22314

Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/mail.jsp.


           MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
                          PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

   Please address mail to be directed to a mail stop identified below to
be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows (unless
otherwise instructed):

        Mail Stop _____
        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 1450
        Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Mail Stop
Designations            Explanation

Mail Stop 3             Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC.

Mail Stop 6             Mail for the Office of Procurement.

Mail Stop 8             All papers for the Office of the Solicitor.

Mail Stop 11            Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS).

Mail Stop 13            Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division.

Mail Stop 16            Mail related to refund requests, other than
                        requests for refund of a patent application
                        publication fee. Such requests should be directed
                        to Mail Stop PGPub.

Mail Stop 17            Invoices directed to the Office of Finance.

Mail Stop 24            Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program,
                        including complaints about Invention Promoters.

Mail Stop 171           Vacancy Announcement Applications.

Mail Stop Assignment    All assignment documents, security interests,
 Recordation Services   and other documents to be recorded in the
                        Assignment records. Note that documents with
                        cover sheets that are faxed to 571-273-0140 or
                        submitted electronically (http://epas.uspto.gov)
                        are processed much more quickly than those
                        submitted by mail.

Mail Stop Document      All requests for certified or uncertified
 Services               copies of patent or trademark documents.

Mail Stop EEO           Mail for the Office of Civil Rights.

Mail Stop External      Mail for the Office of External Affairs.
 Affairs

Mail Stop Interference  Communications relating to interferences and
                        applications and patents involved in interference.

Mail Stop M             Mail to designate or change a fee
 Correspondence         address, or other correspondence related to
                        maintenance fees, except payments of
                        maintenance fees in patents. See below for
                        the address for maintenance fee payments.

Mail Stop OED           Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.


                           Maintenance Fee Payments

   Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov,
payments of maintenance fees in patents should be mailed through the
United States Postal Service to:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 979070
        St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, payment of maintenance fees in patents (Attn:
Maintenance Fee) using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier
may be made to:

        Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn: Maintenance Fee
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, Virginia 22314


                        Deposit Account Replenishments

   To send payment to replenish deposit accounts, send the payments through
the United States Postal Service to:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
        P.O. Box 979065
        St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, deposit account replenishments (Attn: Deposit Accounts)
using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.)
may be delivered to:

        Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn: Deposit Accounts
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent Depository Libraries
             Reference Collections of U.S. Patents and Trademarks
     Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Depository
Libraries (PTDLs), provide public access to patent and trademark
information received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO). This information includes all issued patents, all registered
trademarks, the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
search tools such as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental
information in a variety of formats including online, optical disc,
microfilm and paper. Each PTDL also offers access to USPTO resources on
the Internet and to PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system
used by patent examiners that is not available on the Internet.

Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information.
All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges
associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of
service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these
collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in
advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience.

State                   Name of Library                  Telephone Contact

Alabama                 Auburn University Libraries         (334) 844-1737
                        Birmingham Public Library           (205) 226-3620
Alaska                  Fairbanks: Keith B. Mather Library,
                        Geophysical Institute,
                        University of Alaska, Fairbanks     (907) 474-2636
Arkansas                Little Rock: Arkansas State
                        Library                             (501) 682-2053
California              Los Angeles Public Library          (213) 228-7220
                        Riverside: University of
                        California, Riverside, Orbach
                        Science Library                     (951) 827-3316
                        Sacramento: California State
                        Library                             (916) 654-0069
                        San Diego Public Library            (619) 236-5813
                        San Francisco Public Library        (415) 557-4500
                        Sunnyvale Public Library            (408) 730-7300
Colorado                Denver Public Library               (720) 865-1711
Connecticut             Fairfield: Ryan-Matura Library
                        Sacred Heart University             (203) 371-7726
Delaware                Newark: University of Delaware
                        Library                             (302) 831-2965
Dist. of Columbia       Washington: Howard University
                        Libraries                           (202) 806-7252
Florida                 Fort Lauderdale: Broward County
                        Main Library                        (954) 357-7444
                        Miami-Dade Public Library           (305) 375-2665
                        Orlando: University of Central
                        Florida Libraries                   (407) 823-2562
Georgia                 Atlanta: Library and Information
                        Center, Georgia Institute of
                        Technology                          (404) 385-7185
Hawaii                  Honolulu: Hawaii State Library      (808) 586-3477
Illinois                Chicago Public Library              (312) 747-4450
Indiana                 Indianapolis-Marion County Public
                        Library                             (317) 269-1741
                        West Lafayette Siegesmund
                        Engineering Library,
                        Purdue University                   (765) 494-2872
Kansas                  Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita
                        State University                  1 (800) 572-8368
Kentucky                Louisville Free Public Library      (502) 574-1611
Louisiana               Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton
                        Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875
Maine                   Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library,
                        University of Maine                 (207) 581-1678
Maryland                Baltimore: University of Baltimore
                        Law Library                         (410) 837-4554
                        College Park: Engineering and
                        Physical Sciences Library,
                        University of Maryland              (301) 405-9157
Massachusetts           Amherst: Physical Sciences Library,
                        University of Massachusetts         (413) 545-2765
                        Boston Public Library               (617) 536-5400
                                                                 Ext. 4256
Michigan                Ann Arbor: Art, Architecture &
                        Engineering Library,
                        University of Michigan              (734) 647-5735
                        Big Rapids: Ferris Library for
                        Information, Technology &
                        Education, Ferris State
                        University                          (231) 592-3602
                        Detroit: Public Library             (313) 481-1391
Minnesota               Hennepin County Library
                        Minneapolis Central Library         (952) 847-8000
Mississippi             Jackson: Mississippi Library
                        Commission                          (601) 961-4111
Missouri                Kansas City: Linda Hall Library     (816) 363-4600
                                                                  Ext. 724
                        St. Louis Public Library            (314) 352-2900
Montana                 Butte: Montana Tech Library of
                        the University of Montana           (406) 496-4281
Nebraska                Lincoln: Engineering Library,
                        University of Nebraska-Lincoln      (402) 472-3411
Nevada                  Las Vegas--Clark County Library
                        District                            (702) 507-3421
                        Reno: University of Nevada, Reno,
                        Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center      (775) 784-6500
                                                                  Ext. 257
New Jersey              Newark Public Library               (973) 733-7779
                        Piscataway: Library of Science and
                        Medicine, Rutgers University        (732) 445-2895
New Mexico              Albuquerque: University of
                        New Mexico General Library          (505) 277-4412
New York                Albany: New York State Library      (518) 474-5355
                        Buffalo and Erie County Public
                        Library                             (716) 858-7101
                        Rochester Public Library            (716) 428-8110
                        New York: New York Public Library,
                        Science Industry & Business Library (212) 592-7000
                        Stony Brook: Engineering Library,
                        State University of New York at
                        Stony Brook                         (631) 632-7148
North Carolina          Charlotte: J. Murrey Atkins
                        Library,                            (704) 687-2241
                        University of North Carolina at
                        Charlotte                           (919) 515-2935
North Dakota            Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library,
                        University of North Dakota          (701) 777-4888
Ohio                    Akron - Summit County Public        (330) 643-9075
                        Library
                        Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
                        Public Library of                   (513) 369-6932
                        Cleveland Public Library            (216) 623-2870
                        Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar
                        Library, Wright State University    (937) 775-3521
                        Toledo/Lucas County Public Library  (419) 259-5209
Oklahoma                Stillwater: Oklahoma State
                        University Edmon Low Library        (405) 744-6546
Oregon                  Portland: Paul L. Boley Law Library,
                        Lewis & Clark College               (503) 768-6786
Pennsylvania            Philadelphia, The Free Library of   (215) 686-5394
                        Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of     (412) 622-3138
                        University Park: PAMS Library,
                        Pennsylvania State University       (814) 865-7617
Puerto Rico             Bayamon: Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 993-0000
                                                                 Ext. 3222
                        Mayaquez General Library,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 832-4040
                                                                 Ext. 2023
                        Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 786-5225
Rhode Island            Providence Public Library           (401) 455-8027
South Carolina          Clemson University Libraries        (864) 656-3024
South Dakota            Rapid City: Devereaux Library,
                        South Dakota School of Mines and
                        Technology                          (605) 394-1275
Tennessee               Nashville: Stevenson Science and
                        Engineering Library, Vanderbilt
                        University                          (615) 322-2717
Texas                   Austin: McKinney Engineering
                        Library, University of Texas at
                        Austin                              (512) 495-4511
                        College Station: West Campus
                        Library, Texas A & M University     (979) 845-2111
                        Dallas Public Library               (214) 670-1468
                        Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice
                        University                          (713) 348-5483
                        Lubbock: Texas Tech University      (806) 742-2282
                        San Antonio Public Library          (210) 207-2500
Utah                    Salt Lake City: Marriott Library,
                        University of Utah                  (801) 581-8394
Vermont                 Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library,
                        University of Vermont               (802) 656-2542
Washington              Seattle: Engineering Library,
                        University of Washington            (206) 543-0740
West Virginia           Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
                        West Virginia University            (304) 293-4695
Wisconsin               Madison: Kurt F. Wendt Library,
                        University of Wisconsin Madison     (608) 262-6845
                        Milwaukee Public Library            (414) 286-3051
Wyoming                 Cheyenne: Wyoming State Library     (307) 777-7281
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Patent Technology Centers
PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
AVERAGE FILING DATE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVING A FIRST OFFICE ACTION IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS1
Technology
Center
GAU Avg Filing Date
1600 BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  1610 11/28/2008
  1620 07/05/2009
  1630 06/26/2009
  1640 08/25/2009
  1650 05/02/2009
  1660 01/18/2010
  TOTAL 06/01/2009
     
1700 CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS
  1710 11/12/2008
  1720 11/09/2008
  1730 07/17/2009
  1740 05/23/2009
  1750 09/16/2008
  1760 08/13/2009
  1770 03/29/2009
  1780 12/25/2008
  1790 04/26/2009
  TOTAL 03/20/2009
     
2100 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE
  2110 12/04/2008
  2120 11/06/2008
  2150 01/21/2009
  2160 01/12/2009
  2170 04/17/2008
  2180 01/06/2009
  2190 07/15/2007
  TOTAL 09/13/2008
     
2400 NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY
  2420 09/16/2008
  2430 04/07/2008
  2440 06/01/2009
  2450 05/05/2009
  2460 10/19/2008
  2470 12/22/2008
  2480 08/01/2008
  2490 05/05/2008
  TOTAL 10/31/2008
     
2600 COMMUNICATIONS
  2610 07/23/2008
  2620 07/02/2008
  TOTAL 07/14/2008
     
2800   SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING
  2810 10/07/2009
  2820 06/19/2009
  2830 07/05/2009
  2840 10/01/2009
  2850 02/27/2009
  2860 06/13/2009
  2870 06/13/2009
  2880 05/05/2009
  2890 08/01/2009
  TOTAL 06/19/2009
     
     
2900    
  2910 06/10/2010
  TOTAL 06/10/2010
     
     
3600     TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW
  3610 08/07/2009
  3620 09/28/2008
  3630 04/29/2009
  3640 06/22/2009
  3650 01/12/2009
  3660 12/07/2008
  3670 08/01/2009
  3680 10/10/2008
  3690 03/14/2009
  TOTAL 03/11/2009
     
3700   MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS
  3710 11/03/2008
  3720 02/12/2009
  3730 12/22/2008
  3740 08/01/2008
  3750 12/22/2008
  3760 03/05/2009
  3770 09/16/2008
  3780 10/28/2008
  TOTAL 11/28/2008
     
  1 Report last updated on 01-31-11.
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