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 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1366 OG 130 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

May 17, 2011 Volume 1366 Number 3

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1366 OG 131
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1366 OG 134
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1366 OG 135
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 04/18/20111366 OG 162
Reissue Applications Filed1366 OG 163
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1366 OG 164
Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed1366 OG 167
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1366 OG 168
Service by Publication1366 OG 173
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication1366 OG 176
37 CFR § 1.47 Notice by Publication1366 OG 178
Registration to Practice1366 OG 182
Notice of Stayed Suspension1366 OG 183
Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office1366 OG 184
Streamlined Patent Reexamination Proceedings; Notice of Public Meeting1366 OG 185
Errata1366 OG 197
Certificates of Correction1366 OG 199
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1366 OG 202

Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent Depository Libraries
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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 May 6, 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 7,367,064 through 7,370,367
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on May 4, 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 6,728,969 through 6,732,373
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on May 2, 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 6,055,666 through 6,058,502
        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 March 30, 2011
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

5,887,279                       08/203,789                       03/30/99
5,887,281                       08/937,370                       03/30/99
5,887,285                       08/925,570                       03/30/99
5,887,295                       08/911,530                       03/30/99
5,887,298                       09/015,916                       03/30/99
5,887,299                       08/907,400                       03/30/99
5,887,300                       08/926,361                       03/30/99
5,887,303                       08/939,416                       03/30/99
5,887,323                       08/976,202                       03/30/99
5,887,324                       08/705,934                       03/30/99
5,887,341                       08/747,909                       03/30/99
5,887,342                       08/798,502                       03/30/99
5,887,349                       08/790,184                       03/30/99
5,887,354                       08/838,780                       03/30/99
5,887,358                       08/789,971                       03/30/99
5,887,364                       08/985,026                       03/30/99
5,887,366                       08/763,221                       03/30/99
5,887,369                       08/631,664                       03/30/99
5,887,376                       08/781,182                       03/30/99
5,887,389                       08/956,306                       03/30/99
5,887,395                       08/934,054                       03/30/99
5,887,415                       08/832,977                       03/30/99
5,887,417                       08/949,467                       03/30/99
5,887,422                       08/919,359                       03/30/99
5,887,424                       08/731,918                       03/30/99
5,887,443                       08/975,104                       03/30/99
5,887,447                       09/086,632                       03/30/99
5,887,448                       08/914,451                       03/30/99
5,887,454                       08/867,841                       03/30/99
5,887,459                       08/677,529                       03/30/99
5,887,461                       08/929,079                       03/30/99
5,887,463                       08/881,734                       03/30/99
5,887,474                       09/040,838                       03/30/99
5,887,476                       08/827,108                       03/30/99
5,887,480                       08/878,409                       03/30/99
5,887,493                       08/682,393                       03/30/99
5,887,501                       09/013,389                       03/30/99
5,887,502                       08/720,259                       03/30/99
5,887,506                       08/728,188                       03/30/99
5,887,510                       08/907,133                       03/30/99
5,887,517                       08/957,084                       03/30/99
5,887,522                       08/618,227                       03/30/99
5,887,526                       08/838,713                       03/30/99
5,887,529                       08/795,856                       03/30/99
5,887,530                       08/932,488                       03/30/99
5,887,533                       08/907,489                       03/30/99
5,887,537                       08/873,646                       03/30/99
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5,887,540                       08/993,366                       03/30/99
5,887,546                       08/608,364                       03/30/99
5,887,549                       09/083,725                       03/30/99
5,887,554                       08/589,118                       03/30/99
5,887,561                       08/864,238                       03/30/99
5,887,564                       08/866,687                       03/30/99
5,887,568                       08/893,717                       03/30/99
5,887,575                       08/927,003                       03/30/99
5,887,578                       08/920,180                       03/30/99
5,887,584                       09/069,021                       03/30/99
5,887,588                       08/394,341                       03/30/99
5,887,591                       09/008,499                       03/30/99
5,887,592                       08/833,649                       03/30/99
5,887,604                       08/743,836                       03/30/99
5,887,611                       08/775,302                       03/30/99
5,887,615                       08/935,120                       03/30/99
5,887,616                       08/664,491                       03/30/99
5,887,620                       08/901,677                       03/30/99
5,887,622                       08/896,506                       03/30/99
5,887,623                       08/735,999                       03/30/99
5,887,625                       08/801,431                       03/30/99
5,887,632                       08/891,166                       03/30/99
5,887,635                       09/013,158                       03/30/99
5,887,637                       08/851,207                       03/30/99
5,887,641                       08/699,060                       03/30/99
5,887,645                       08/745,240                       03/30/99
5,887,647                       08/639,524                       03/30/99
5,887,649                       08/991,573                       03/30/99
5,887,677                       08/663,236                       03/30/99
5,887,681                       08/750,543                       03/30/99
5,887,688                       08/750,539                       03/30/99
5,887,691                       08/746,887                       03/30/99
5,887,698                       08/748,950                       03/30/99
5,887,703                       08/919,676                       03/30/99
5,887,705                       08/951,588                       03/30/99
5,887,707                       08/932,161                       03/30/99
5,887,713                       08/729,534                       03/30/99
5,887,724                       08/647,189                       03/30/99
5,887,736                       08/944,382                       03/30/99
5,887,759                       08/870,367                       03/30/99
5,887,771                       08/630,891                       03/30/99
5,887,773                       08/921,963                       03/30/99
5,887,780                       08/806,311                       03/30/99
5,887,786                       08/925,103                       03/30/99
5,887,790                       08/745,015                       03/30/99
5,887,809                       08/827,797                       03/30/99
5,887,810                       08/935,327                       03/30/99
5,887,813                       08/867,999                       03/30/99
5,887,815                       08/963,418                       03/30/99
5,887,818                       08/795,471                       03/30/99
5,887,819                       08/900,731                       03/30/99
5,887,829                       08/888,251                       03/30/99
5,887,843                       08/911,984                       03/30/99
5,887,849                       08/756,331                       03/30/99
5,887,862                       08/852,498                       03/30/99
5,887,864                       08/697,441                       03/30/99
5,887,866                       08/723,824                       03/30/99
5,887,872                       08/914,478                       03/30/99
5,887,874                       09/108,579                       03/30/99
5,887,875                       08/316,957                       03/30/99
5,887,878                       08/792,862                       03/30/99
5,887,879                       08/908,738                       03/30/99
5,887,896                       08/712,605                       03/30/99
5,887,897                       08/795,112                       03/30/99
5,887,901                       08/875,143                       03/30/99
5,887,906                       08/999,251                       03/30/99
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5,887,907                       08/859,495                       03/30/99
5,887,914                       08/477,730                       03/30/99
5,887,915                       08/809,647                       03/30/99
5,887,919                       08/780,887                       03/30/99
5,887,920                       08/969,818                       03/30/99
5,887,922                       08/949,797                       03/30/99
5,887,924                       08/855,571                       03/30/99
5,887,931                       08/768,911                       03/30/99
5,887,935                       08/896,022                       03/30/99
5,887,939                       08/880,515                       03/30/99
5,887,942                       08/587,110                       03/30/99
5,887,952                       08/591,675                       03/30/99
5,887,958                       08/803,715                       03/30/99
5,887,965                       08/885,341                       03/30/99
5,887,966                       08/874,134                       03/30/99
5,887,975                       08/940,616                       03/30/99
5,887,978                       08/929,985                       03/30/99
5,887,980                       08/951,477                       03/30/99
5,887,989                       08/612,549                       03/30/99
5,887,990                       08/722,527                       03/30/99
5,887,999                       08/944,165                       03/30/99
5,888,019                       08/918,014                       03/30/99
5,888,020                       08/916,702                       03/30/99
5,888,022                       08/873,265                       03/30/99
5,888,027                       08/882,486                       03/30/99
5,888,036                       08/899,149                       03/30/99
5,888,037                       08/860,323                       03/30/99
5,888,040                       08/925,978                       03/30/99
5,888,042                       08/892,225                       03/30/99
5,888,043                       08/795,990                       03/30/99
5,888,055                       08/892,309                       03/30/99
5,888,060                       08/925,494                       03/30/99
5,888,061                       08/921,825                       03/30/99
5,888,066                       09/013,157                       03/30/99
5,888,067                       08/912,178                       03/30/99
5,888,069                       08/996,603                       03/30/99
5,888,074                       08/714,779                       03/30/99
5,888,079                       08/951,696                       03/30/99
5,888,081                       08/905,992                       03/30/99
5,888,087                       08/772,538                       03/30/99
5,888,098                       08/991,847                       03/30/99
5,888,102                       08/907,378                       03/30/99
5,888,105                       08/734,044                       03/30/99
5,888,115                       09/067,405                       03/30/99
5,888,128                       08/847,782                       03/30/99
5,888,130                       08/831,004                       03/30/99
5,888,133                       08/865,180                       03/30/99
5,888,135                       08/763,678                       03/30/99
5,888,151                       08/892,845                       03/30/99
5,888,153                       08/722,851                       03/30/99
5,888,156                       08/876,750                       03/30/99
5,888,161                       09/044,102                       03/30/99
5,888,162                       08/411,593                       03/30/99
5,888,164                       08/951,156                       03/30/99
5,888,165                       08/854,256                       03/30/99
5,888,166                       08/917,949                       03/30/99
5,888,167                       08/866,123                       03/30/99
5,888,178                       08/870,915                       03/30/99
5,888,179                       08/469,894                       03/30/99
5,888,191                       09/014,045                       03/30/99
5,888,193                       08/966,826                       03/30/99
5,888,194                       08/764,781                       03/30/99
5,888,202                       08/718,497                       03/30/99
5,888,203                       08/871,343                       03/30/99
5,888,210                       08/902,368                       03/30/99
5,888,211                       08/910,617                       03/30/99
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5,888,215                       08/793,785                       03/30/99
5,888,219                       08/834,028                       03/30/99
5,888,247                       08/419,991                       03/30/99
5,888,248                       08/477,796                       03/30/99
5,888,250                       08/833,341                       03/30/99
5,888,254                       08/875,404                       03/30/99
5,888,255                       08/947,534                       03/30/99
5,888,262                       08/666,540                       03/30/99
5,888,263                       09/013,907                       03/30/99
5,888,264                       08/950,140                       03/30/99
5,888,266                       08/914,436                       03/30/99
5,888,273                       08/936,665                       03/30/99
5,888,279                       09/130,006                       03/30/99
5,888,281                       08/916,348                       03/30/99
5,888,284                       08/891,664                       03/30/99
5,888,286                       08/947,863                       03/30/99
5,888,289                       08/856,229                       03/30/99
5,888,295                       08/699,826                       03/30/99
5,888,298                       08/759,223                       03/30/99
5,888,303                       08/826,764                       03/30/99
5,888,308                       08/808,926                       03/30/99
5,888,312                       08/467,812                       03/30/99
5,888,317                       08/640,023                       03/30/99
5,888,329                       08/700,825                       03/30/99
5,888,333                       08/550,678                       03/30/99
5,888,335                       08/769,103                       03/30/99
5,888,352                       08/697,054                       03/30/99
5,888,354                       08/825,693                       03/30/99
5,888,357                       08/756,741                       03/30/99
5,888,361                       08/850,280                       03/30/99
5,888,365                       08/637,757                       03/30/99
5,888,366                       08/914,124                       03/30/99
5,888,387                       09/121,331                       03/30/99
5,888,389                       08/847,523                       03/30/99
5,888,391                       09/153,196                       03/30/99
5,888,394                       08/849,348                       03/30/99
5,888,395                       08/706,152                       03/30/99
5,888,399                       08/897,305                       03/30/99
5,888,402                       08/874,893                       03/30/99
5,888,407                       08/881,835                       03/30/99
5,888,415                       08/952,413                       03/30/99
5,888,424                       08/899,936                       03/30/99
5,888,428                       08/723,043                       03/30/99
5,888,432                       08/984,278                       03/30/99
5,888,433                       08/902,716                       03/30/99
5,888,434                       08/012,872                       03/30/99
5,888,446                       09/007,625                       03/30/99
5,888,452                       07/729,434                       03/30/99
5,888,456                       08/770,777                       03/30/99
5,888,458                       08/817,045                       03/30/99
5,888,475                       08/948,791                       03/30/99
5,888,476                       08/748,302                       03/30/99
5,888,479                       09/002,131                       03/30/99
5,888,493                       08/760,693                       03/30/99
5,888,495                       07/931,551                       03/30/99
5,888,496                       08/889,628                       03/30/99
5,888,498                       08/397,808                       03/30/99
5,888,501                       08/280,727                       03/30/99
5,888,512                       07/844,716                       03/30/99
5,888,520                       08/845,741                       03/30/99
5,888,525                       08/916,520                       03/30/99
5,888,529                       08/828,953                       03/30/99
5,888,530                       08/683,083                       03/30/99
5,888,536                       08/817,433                       03/30/99
5,888,540                       08/887,572                       03/30/99
5,888,543                       08/886,070                       03/30/99
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 139 

5,888,554                       08/727,515                       03/30/99
5,888,557                       09/012,420                       03/30/99
5,888,558                       08/755,568                       03/30/99
5,888,560                       08/817,815                       03/30/99
5,888,562                       08/660,901                       03/30/99
5,888,566                       08/750,965                       03/30/99
5,888,567                       08/837,008                       03/30/99
5,888,568                       09/104,771                       03/30/99
5,888,574                       08/811,905                       03/30/99
5,888,576                       08/793,837                       03/30/99
5,888,580                       08/956,930                       03/30/99
5,888,588                       08/828,638                       03/30/99
5,888,590                       08/710,364                       03/30/99
5,888,599                       08/733,244                       03/30/99
5,888,618                       08/756,391                       03/30/99
5,888,625                       08/751,987                       03/30/99
5,888,627                       08/865,055                       03/30/99
5,888,635                       08/919,815                       03/30/99
5,888,637                       08/869,314                       03/30/99
5,888,642                       08/600,850                       03/30/99
5,888,643                       08/862,900                       03/30/99
5,888,647                       08/674,568                       03/30/99
5,888,649                       08/911,683                       03/30/99
5,888,650                       08/657,235                       03/30/99
5,888,653                       08/491,915                       03/30/99
5,888,665                       08/764,849                       03/30/99
5,888,673                       08/889,366                       03/30/99
5,888,683                       08/862,235                       03/30/99
5,888,684                       08/946,919                       03/30/99
5,888,685                       08/881,264                       03/30/99
5,888,693                       08/958,902                       03/30/99
5,888,694                       08/801,527                       03/30/99
5,888,695                       08/912,713                       03/30/99
5,888,696                       08/812,550                       03/30/99
5,888,698                       08/864,113                       03/30/99
5,888,700                       09/005,859                       03/30/99
5,888,706                       08/931,010                       03/30/99
5,888,710                       08/978,095                       03/30/99
5,888,714                       08/998,161                       03/30/99
5,888,715                       08/843,335                       03/30/99
5,888,726                       08/793,655                       03/30/99
5,888,727                       08/861,104                       03/30/99
5,888,734                       08/746,305                       03/30/99
5,888,745                       08/655,476                       03/30/99
5,888,747                       09/072,270                       03/30/99
5,888,754                       08/753,245                       03/30/99
5,888,756                       08/899,980                       03/30/99
5,888,768                       08/932,924                       03/30/99
5,888,770                       08/922,837                       03/30/99
5,888,771                       08/923,485                       03/30/99
5,888,773                       08/292,124                       03/30/99
5,888,774                       08/358,918                       03/30/99
5,888,782                       08/337,453                       03/30/99
5,888,787                       08/677,338                       03/30/99
5,888,789                       08/460,720                       03/30/99
5,888,802                       08/963,497                       03/30/99
5,888,807                       08/486,247                       03/30/99
5,888,820                       08/347,326                       03/30/99
5,888,821                       08/700,446                       03/30/99
5,888,830                       08/717,797                       03/30/99
5,888,844                       08/806,909                       03/30/99
5,888,850                       08/939,302                       03/30/99
5,888,854                       08/571,482                       03/30/99
5,888,855                       08/572,334                       03/30/99
5,888,871                       08/774,100                       03/30/99
5,888,874                       09/134,022                       03/30/99
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 140 

5,888,876                       08/628,094                       03/30/99
5,888,878                       08/985,900                       03/30/99
5,888,882                       08/832,766                       03/30/99
5,888,886                       08/884,774                       03/30/99
5,888,890                       08/960,548                       03/30/99
5,888,893                       08/705,355                       03/30/99
5,888,896                       08/670,490                       03/30/99
5,888,901                       08/691,967                       03/30/99
5,888,910                       08/883,377                       03/30/99
5,888,919                       08/758,159                       03/30/99
5,888,927                       08/889,809                       03/30/99
5,888,929                       08/982,031                       03/30/99
5,888,931                       08/891,753                       03/30/99
5,888,933                       08/892,682                       03/30/99
5,888,937                       08/891,953                       03/30/99
5,888,942                       08/668,093                       03/30/99
5,888,949                       08/781,160                       03/30/99
5,888,952                       08/874,391                       03/30/99
5,888,963                       08/634,562                       03/30/99
5,888,965                       08/242,343                       03/30/99
5,888,967                       09/000,492                       03/30/99
5,888,968                       08/734,997                       03/30/99
5,888,969                       08/911,940                       03/30/99
5,888,970                       08/940,825                       03/30/99
5,888,973                       08/694,843                       03/30/99
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5,888,990                       08/924,324                       03/30/99
5,888,993                       08/963,240                       03/30/99
5,888,994                       08/857,883                       03/30/99
5,888,996                       08/559,442                       03/30/99
5,888,998                       08/840,608                       03/30/99
5,889,000                       08/934,988                       03/30/99
5,889,002                       08/785,438                       03/30/99
5,889,005                       08/910,876                       03/30/99
5,889,016                       09/009,534                       03/30/99
5,889,017                       08/767,861                       03/30/99
5,889,019                       08/742,190                       03/30/99
5,889,020                       08/682,772                       03/30/99
5,889,024                       08/635,161                       03/30/99
5,889,025                       08/851,450                       03/30/99
5,889,028                       08/908,433                       03/30/99
5,889,032                       08/851,448                       03/30/99
5,889,035                       08/467,133                       03/30/99
5,889,039                       08/901,812                       03/30/99
5,889,042                       08/803,706                       03/30/99
5,889,049                       08/373,294                       03/30/99
5,889,054                       08/925,063                       03/30/99
5,889,058                       08/335,957                       03/30/99
5,889,073                       08/959,981                       03/30/99
5,889,074                       08/951,633                       03/30/99
5,889,077                       08/697,761                       03/30/99
5,889,079                       08/976,404                       03/30/99
5,889,085                       08/883,458                       03/30/99
5,889,091                       08/957,611                       03/30/99
5,889,110                       08/473,303                       03/30/99
5,889,115                       08/595,397                       03/30/99
5,889,130                       08/903,861                       03/30/99
5,889,134                       08/918,309                       03/30/99
5,889,141                       08/845,903                       03/30/99
5,889,144                       08/846,913                       03/30/99
5,889,145                       09/100,558                       03/30/99
5,889,149                       08/106,034                       03/30/99
5,889,153                       08/737,820                       03/30/99
5,889,157                       08/331,396                       03/30/99
5,889,159                       08/448,388                       03/30/99
5,889,161                       09/078,302                       03/30/99
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 141 

5,889,166                       08/645,951                       03/30/99
5,889,171                       08/896,343                       03/30/99
5,889,175                       08/177,145                       03/30/99
5,889,177                       08/895,701                       03/30/99
5,889,180                       08/966,740                       03/30/99
5,889,186                       08/357,910                       03/30/99
5,889,189                       08/458,422                       03/30/99
5,889,190                       08/480,432                       03/30/99
5,889,192                       08/877,101                       03/30/99
5,889,193                       08/875,151                       03/30/99
5,889,204                       08/845,156                       03/30/99
5,889,206                       08/720,810                       03/30/99
5,889,213                       08/862,089                       03/30/99
5,889,218                       08/971,293                       03/30/99
5,889,223                       09/046,065                       03/30/99
5,889,226                       08/967,623                       03/30/99
5,889,232                       08/855,537                       03/30/99
5,889,237                       08/560,237                       03/30/99
5,889,241                       08/872,400                       03/30/99
5,889,242                       08/949,233                       03/30/99
5,889,246                       08/782,215                       03/30/99
5,889,248                       08/925,880                       03/30/99
5,889,250                       08/878,597                       03/30/99
5,889,269                       08/789,660                       03/30/99
5,889,270                       08/833,378                       03/30/99
5,889,277                       08/762,470                       03/30/99
5,889,280                       08/786,672                       03/30/99
5,889,284                       08/965,513                       03/30/99
5,889,285                       08/609,614                       03/30/99
5,889,286                       08/717,879                       03/30/99
5,889,293                       08/835,128                       03/30/99
5,889,294                       08/805,716                       03/30/99
5,889,297                       08/884,357                       03/30/99
5,889,299                       08/804,394                       03/30/99
5,889,304                       08/884,555                       03/30/99
5,889,311                       08/807,179                       03/30/99
5,889,312                       08/890,997                       03/30/99
5,889,317                       08/870,906                       03/30/99
5,889,332                       08/802,965                       03/30/99
5,889,333                       08/925,067                       03/30/99
5,889,343                       08/904,661                       03/30/99
5,889,357                       08/568,125                       03/30/99
5,889,369                       08/541,125                       03/30/99
5,889,371                       08/853,834                       03/30/99
5,889,372                       08/887,392                       03/30/99
5,889,377                       08/703,760                       03/30/99
5,889,379                       08/886,893                       03/30/99
5,889,380                       08/944,054                       03/30/99
5,889,396                       08/737,445                       03/30/99
5,889,398                       08/750,234                       03/30/99
5,889,400                       08/813,084                       03/30/99
5,889,408                       08/670,545                       03/30/99
5,889,409                       08/721,685                       03/30/99
5,889,422                       08/729,296                       03/30/99
5,889,424                       09/018,836                       03/30/99
5,889,433                       08/880,694                       03/30/99
5,889,438                       08/915,692                       03/30/99
5,889,443                       08/926,756                       03/30/99
5,889,446                       08/782,999                       03/30/99
5,889,452                       08/770,221                       03/30/99
5,889,457                       08/845,264                       03/30/99
5,889,458                       08/960,435                       03/30/99
5,889,460                       08/865,955                       03/30/99
5,889,463                       08/780,641                       03/30/99
5,889,469                       08/911,385                       03/30/99
5,889,473                       08/819,385                       03/30/99
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 142 

5,889,474                       08/543,983                       03/30/99
5,889,479                       08/702,524                       03/30/99
5,889,482                       08/944,639                       03/30/99
5,889,483                       08/897,977                       03/30/99
5,889,484                       08/831,312                       03/30/99
5,889,490                       09/065,952                       03/30/99
5,889,491                       08/906,321                       03/30/99
5,889,497                       08/737,476                       03/30/99
5,889,498                       08/740,328                       03/30/99
5,889,505                       08/810,269                       03/30/99
5,889,506                       08/736,982                       03/30/99
5,889,507                       08/685,486                       03/30/99
5,889,513                       08/955,230                       03/30/99
5,889,530                       08/616,028                       03/30/99
5,889,531                       08/826,065                       03/30/99
5,889,534                       08/711,992                       03/30/99
5,889,535                       08/710,795                       03/30/99
5,889,539                       08/686,527                       03/30/99
5,889,543                       08/701,597                       03/30/99
5,889,546                       08/660,660                       03/30/99
5,889,557                       08/862,159                       03/30/99
5,889,559                       08/979,395                       03/30/99
5,889,573                       08/928,719                       03/30/99
5,889,580                       08/824,624                       03/30/99
5,889,581                       08/923,272                       03/30/99
5,889,595                       08/662,326                       03/30/99
5,889,607                       08/868,976                       03/30/99
5,889,608                       08/873,863                       03/30/99
5,889,613                       08/822,700                       03/30/99
5,889,622                       08/903,566                       03/30/99
5,889,632                       08/832,764                       03/30/99
5,889,634                       08/735,043                       03/30/99
5,889,637                       08/995,040                       03/30/99
5,889,642                       08/889,887                       03/30/99
5,889,647                       08/918,847                       03/30/99
5,889,651                       08/656,869                       03/30/99
5,889,652                       08/837,596                       03/30/99
5,889,657                       08/724,002                       03/30/99
5,889,668                       08/924,392                       03/30/99
5,889,678                       08/855,814                       03/30/99
5,889,681                       08/739,831                       03/30/99
5,889,684                       08/730,911                       03/30/99
5,889,686                       08/837,890                       03/30/99
5,889,687                       09/061,867                       03/30/99
5,889,693                       08/851,220                       03/30/99
5,889,695                       09/045,045                       03/30/99
5,889,696                       09/045,958                       03/30/99
5,889,722                       08/917,131                       03/30/99
5,889,730                       09/002,824                       03/30/99
5,889,732                       08/836,003                       03/30/99
5,889,735                       08/950,987                       03/30/99
5,889,741                       08/843,994                       03/30/99
5,889,744                       08/898,680                       03/30/99
5,889,752                       08/883,578                       03/30/99
5,889,755                       08/683,198                       03/30/99
5,889,756                       08/900,573                       03/30/99
5,889,760                       08/680,685                       03/30/99
5,889,761                       08/619,353                       03/30/99
5,889,773                       08/777,103                       03/30/99
5,889,784                       08/598,829                       03/30/99
5,889,786                       08/942,727                       03/30/99
5,889,813                       08/701,094                       03/30/99
5,889,814                       08/804,614                       03/30/99
5,889,816                       08/594,617                       03/30/99
5,889,817                       08/888,136                       03/30/99
5,889,818                       08/536,814                       03/30/99
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 143 

5,889,819                       08/695,093                       03/30/99
5,889,835                       08/969,381                       03/30/99
5,889,836                       08/792,534                       03/30/99
5,889,846                       08/798,531                       03/30/99
5,889,854                       08/881,564                       03/30/99
5,889,860                       08/744,430                       03/30/99
5,889,861                       08/573,299                       03/30/99
5,889,862                       08/683,538                       03/30/99
5,889,870                       08/684,311                       03/30/99
5,889,872                       08/674,382                       03/30/99
5,889,874                       09/017,704                       03/30/99
5,889,876                       08/847,021                       03/30/99
5,889,902                       08/800,949                       03/30/99
5,889,903                       09/079,497                       03/30/99
5,889,907                       08/704,374                       03/30/99
5,889,909                       08/839,917                       03/30/99
5,889,910                       08/801,534                       03/30/99
5,889,913                       08/614,649                       03/30/99
5,889,914                       08/455,461                       03/30/99
5,889,918                       08/413,727                       03/30/99
5,889,919                       08/869,093                       03/30/99
5,889,922                       08/588,571                       03/30/99
5,889,923                       08/964,553                       03/30/99
5,889,933                       08/794,235                       03/30/99
5,889,942                       08/769,493                       03/30/99
5,889,945                       08/579,096                       03/30/99
5,889,956                       08/683,349                       03/30/99
5,889,964                       08/754,399                       03/30/99
5,889,968                       08/939,801                       03/30/99
5,889,970                       08/853,289                       03/30/99
5,889,974                       08/774,516                       03/30/99
5,889,975                       08/746,285                       03/30/99
5,889,982                       08/498,696                       03/30/99
5,889,984                       08/699,424                       03/30/99
5,889,988                       08/748,551                       03/30/99
5,890,005                       08/867,295                       03/30/99
5,890,007                       08/607,013                       03/30/99
5,890,009                       08/764,004                       03/30/99
5,890,010                       08/915,566                       03/30/99
5,890,012                       08/428,572                       03/30/99
5,890,013                       08/723,395                       03/30/99
5,890,019                       08/934,478                       03/30/99
5,890,024                       09/022,116                       03/30/99
5,890,043                       08/908,962                       03/30/99
5,890,050                       08/855,542                       03/30/99
5,890,057                       08/757,424                       03/30/99
5,890,058                       08/715,345                       03/30/99
5,890,059                       08/734,509                       03/30/99
5,890,060                       08/932,883                       03/30/99
5,890,077                       08/496,211                       03/30/99
5,890,078                       08/639,802                       03/30/99
5,890,081                       08/676,810                       03/30/99
5,890,086                       08/936,680                       03/30/99
5,890,090                       08/753,109                       03/30/99
5,890,092                       09/006,158                       03/30/99
5,890,098                       08/841,355                       03/30/99
5,890,102                       08/736,191                       03/30/99
5,890,109                       08/623,264                       03/30/99
5,890,112                       08/734,302                       03/30/99
5,890,113                       08/766,779                       03/30/99
5,890,118                       08/613,093                       03/30/99
5,890,143                       08/788,271                       03/30/99
5,890,145                       08/622,423                       03/30/99
5,890,151                       08/853,750                       03/30/99
5,890,180                       08/719,116                       03/30/99
5,890,184                       08/728,864                       03/30/99
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 144 

5,890,186                       08/895,863                       03/30/99
5,890,187                       08/882,901                       03/30/99
5,890,188                       08/948,089                       03/30/99
5,890,189                       08/753,944                       03/30/99
5,890,190                       08/486,075                       03/30/99
5,890,197                       08/989,789                       03/30/99
5,890,200                       08/825,719                       03/30/99
5,890,205                       08/721,826                       03/30/99
5,890,208                       08/759,954                       03/30/99
5,890,209                       08/934,299                       03/30/99
5,890,216                       08/919,578                       03/30/99
5,890,218                       08/954,594                       03/30/99

                    PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON March 25, 2011
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

6,536,059                       09/760,346                       03/25/03
6,536,061                       09/654,860                       03/25/03
6,536,065                       09/792,247                       03/25/03
6,536,076                       09/859,530                       03/25/03
6,536,077                       09/662,099                       03/25/03
6,536,078                       09/906,642                       03/25/03
6,536,079                       09/863,495                       03/25/03
6,536,081                       09/901,832                       03/25/03
6,536,086                       09/920,964                       03/25/03
6,536,087                       09/828,720                       03/25/03
6,536,091                       09/632,913                       03/25/03
6,536,099                       09/851,823                       03/25/03
6,536,100                       10/007,371                       03/25/03
6,536,105                       09/525,948                       03/25/03
6,536,117                       09/903,661                       03/25/03
6,536,118                       09/822,404                       03/25/03
6,536,124                       09/711,720                       03/25/03
6,536,127                       09/952,793                       03/25/03
6,536,129                       09/944,557                       03/25/03
6,536,134                       09/940,920                       03/25/03
6,536,143                       10/153,304                       03/25/03
6,536,149                       09/499,528                       03/25/03
6,536,150                       09/917,548                       03/25/03
6,536,151                       10/052,275                       03/25/03
6,536,154                       09/949,114                       03/25/03
6,536,156                       10/154,291                       03/25/03
6,536,158                       09/880,640                       03/25/03
6,536,161                       09/789,588                       03/25/03
6,536,165                       09/839,673                       03/25/03
6,536,166                       09/933,221                       03/25/03
6,536,167                       09/824,782                       03/25/03
6,536,170                       09/759,874                       03/25/03
6,536,174                       09/848,992                       03/25/03
6,536,176                       09/421,031                       03/25/03
6,536,177                       09/536,277                       03/25/03
6,536,179                       09/784,262                       03/25/03
6,536,180                       09/975,016                       03/25/03
6,536,181                       09/646,225                       03/25/03
6,536,184                       09/635,446                       03/25/03
6,536,194                       09/784,128                       03/25/03
6,536,196                       09/929,421                       03/25/03
6,536,221                       09/760,141                       03/25/03
6,536,223                       10/033,600                       03/25/03
6,536,230                       09/767,091                       03/25/03
6,536,235                       09/879,179                       03/25/03
6,536,236                       09/906,182                       03/25/03
6,536,240                       09/588,312                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 145 

6,536,243                       09/730,569                       03/25/03
6,536,244                       09/633,151                       03/25/03
6,536,245                       09/957,862                       03/25/03
6,536,248                       09/994,949                       03/25/03
6,536,253                       09/926,305                       03/25/03
6,536,255                       09/732,141                       03/25/03
6,536,258                       09/432,938                       03/25/03
6,536,259                       10/057,454                       03/25/03
6,536,264                       10/045,758                       03/25/03
6,536,267                       09/742,672                       03/25/03
6,536,281                       09/757,450                       03/25/03
6,536,285                       09/887,170                       03/25/03
6,536,287                       09/931,474                       03/25/03
6,536,289                       09/932,179                       03/25/03
6,536,293                       09/966,089                       03/25/03
6,536,295                       10/121,503                       03/25/03
6,536,296                       10/098,596                       03/25/03
6,536,298                       09/607,994                       03/25/03
6,536,301                       09/717,795                       03/25/03
6,536,302                       09/937,490                       03/25/03
6,536,304                       09/828,142                       03/25/03
6,536,306                       09/649,119                       03/25/03
6,536,311                       09/960,144                       03/25/03
6,536,312                       09/567,343                       03/25/03
6,536,313                       09/967,541                       03/25/03
6,536,314                       09/655,440                       03/25/03
6,536,321                       09/859,896                       03/25/03
6,536,322                       09/661,173                       03/25/03
6,536,328                       09/844,721                       03/25/03
6,536,331                       09/771,685                       03/25/03
6,536,333                       10/105,814                       03/25/03
6,536,342                       09/894,286                       03/25/03
6,536,343                       09/861,061                       03/25/03
6,536,346                       09/949,115                       03/25/03
6,536,347                       09/888,628                       03/25/03
6,536,349                       09/817,369                       03/25/03
6,536,352                       09/569,060                       03/25/03
6,536,357                       09/585,683                       03/25/03
6,536,362                       09/846,132                       03/25/03
6,536,364                       10/019,476                       03/25/03
6,536,367                       10/043,980                       03/25/03
6,536,371                       09/920,256                       03/25/03
6,536,372                       09/820,122                       03/25/03
6,536,374                       10/158,716                       03/25/03
6,536,385                       09/526,053                       03/25/03
6,536,386                       09/944,170                       03/25/03
6,536,390                       10/106,450                       03/25/03
6,536,391                       09/976,487                       03/25/03
6,536,394                       09/909,146                       03/25/03
6,536,397                       10/068,197                       03/25/03
6,536,399                       09/987,621                       03/25/03
6,536,404                       09/911,265                       03/25/03
6,536,406                       09/790,868                       03/25/03
6,536,412                       09/799,613                       03/25/03
6,536,418                       10/091,517                       03/25/03
6,536,419                       09/849,544                       03/25/03
6,536,420                       09/583,090                       03/25/03
6,536,425                       09/702,869                       03/25/03
6,536,426                       09/665,064                       03/25/03
6,536,430                       09/685,399                       03/25/03
6,536,438                       09/485,834                       03/25/03
6,536,447                       09/868,986                       03/25/03
6,536,449                       09/192,835                       03/25/03
6,536,455                       09/662,798                       03/25/03
6,536,456                       09/828,696                       03/25/03
6,536,481                       09/760,988                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 146 

6,536,482                       09/926,313                       03/25/03
6,536,491                       09/795,175                       03/25/03
6,536,501                       09/974,880                       03/25/03
6,536,512                       09/862,445                       03/25/03
6,536,521                       09/783,891                       03/25/03
6,536,536                       09/615,388                       03/25/03
6,536,544                       09/381,093                       03/25/03
6,536,546                       09/805,463                       03/25/03
6,536,547                       09/305,912                       03/25/03
6,536,552                       09/870,111                       03/25/03
6,536,559                       09/744,263                       03/25/03
6,536,560                       09/994,244                       03/25/03
6,536,570                       09/843,948                       03/25/03
6,536,573                       09/833,976                       03/25/03
6,536,578                       09/830,847                       03/25/03
6,536,586                       09/774,579                       03/25/03
6,536,590                       09/836,308                       03/25/03
6,536,591                       09/745,049                       03/25/03
6,536,601                       09/423,600                       03/25/03
6,536,602                       09/769,641                       03/25/03
6,536,605                       10/010,384                       03/25/03
6,536,610                       10/032,039                       03/25/03
6,536,622                       09/889,151                       03/25/03
6,536,623                       09/981,426                       03/25/03
6,536,624                       10/118,425                       03/25/03
6,536,634                       09/827,091                       03/25/03
6,536,635                       09/937,814                       03/25/03
6,536,637                       09/810,066                       03/25/03
6,536,638                       09/943,012                       03/25/03
6,536,650                       09/973,952                       03/25/03
6,536,652                       10/016,639                       03/25/03
6,536,654                       09/793,727                       03/25/03
6,536,656                       10/046,400                       03/25/03
6,536,673                       09/504,380                       03/25/03
6,536,679                       09/958,281                       03/25/03
6,536,680                       10/100,388                       03/25/03
6,536,685                       09/810,144                       03/25/03
6,536,690                       09/528,022                       03/25/03
6,536,693                       09/755,694                       03/25/03
6,536,697                       09/900,856                       03/25/03
6,536,702                       09/719,405                       03/25/03
6,536,706                       09/947,621                       03/25/03
6,536,709                       10/034,314                       03/25/03
6,536,711                       09/965,310                       03/25/03
6,536,720                       09/961,562                       03/25/03
6,536,722                       10/137,414                       03/25/03
6,536,724                       09/955,075                       03/25/03
6,536,733                       09/632,362                       03/25/03
6,536,736                       09/906,869                       03/25/03
6,536,737                       09/642,048                       03/25/03
6,536,748                       09/704,706                       03/25/03
6,536,750                       09/535,491                       03/25/03
6,536,761                       09/826,870                       03/25/03
6,536,766                       09/872,819                       03/25/03
6,536,769                       10/003,449                       03/25/03
6,536,775                       09/772,575                       03/25/03
6,536,780                       09/778,227                       03/25/03
6,536,786                       09/595,324                       03/25/03
6,536,788                       09/699,587                       03/25/03
6,536,790                       09/787,828                       03/25/03
6,536,792                       09/903,587                       03/25/03
6,536,793                       09/973,434                       03/25/03
6,536,796                       09/896,295                       03/25/03
6,536,802                       10/015,116                       03/25/03
6,536,806                       08/829,747                       03/25/03
6,536,813                       09/902,195                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 147 

6,536,816                       10/086,720                       03/25/03
6,536,821                       09/990,042                       03/25/03
6,536,825                       09/848,722                       03/25/03
6,536,830                       08/549,074                       03/25/03
6,536,832                       09/672,468                       03/25/03
6,536,833                       09/941,770                       03/25/03
6,536,834                       09/963,307                       03/25/03
6,536,835                       10/077,815                       03/25/03
6,536,837                       09/870,049                       03/25/03
6,536,839                       09/860,541                       03/25/03
6,536,840                       09/738,684                       03/25/03
6,536,842                       09/818,516                       03/25/03
6,536,845                       09/903,464                       03/25/03
6,536,857                       10/001,980                       03/25/03
6,536,858                       09/723,688                       03/25/03
6,536,862                       10/013,445                       03/25/03
6,536,873                       09/607,840                       03/25/03
6,536,885                       09/774,695                       03/25/03
6,536,888                       09/931,313                       03/25/03
6,536,905                       09/901,088                       03/25/03
6,536,909                       09/763,467                       03/25/03
6,536,915                       10/072,928                       03/25/03
6,536,920                       09/998,473                       03/25/03
6,536,925                       10/044,115                       03/25/03
6,536,929                       09/644,756                       03/25/03
6,536,930                       09/529,047                       03/25/03
6,536,932                       09/718,481                       03/25/03
6,536,938                       09/737,944                       03/25/03
6,536,942                       08/926,891                       03/25/03
6,536,944                       09/414,744                       03/25/03
6,536,952                       09/963,507                       03/25/03
6,536,963                       09/874,810                       03/25/03
6,536,966                       09/624,235                       03/25/03
6,536,973                       09/901,081                       03/25/03
6,536,974                       09/826,090                       03/25/03
6,536,977                       09/903,263                       03/25/03
6,536,980                       09/756,855                       03/25/03
6,536,981                       10/028,351                       03/25/03
6,536,982                       09/773,819                       03/25/03
6,537,000                       09/719,075                       03/25/03
6,537,001                       09/463,857                       03/25/03
6,537,002                       09/804,419                       03/25/03
6,537,006                       09/858,045                       03/25/03
6,537,011                       09/629,322                       03/25/03
6,537,013                       09/844,191                       03/25/03
6,537,014                       09/780,970                       03/25/03
6,537,025                       09/784,264                       03/25/03
6,537,029                       09/976,755                       03/25/03
6,537,034                       09/989,421                       03/25/03
6,537,042                       09/914,347                       03/25/03
6,537,047                       09/784,763                       03/25/03
6,537,057                       09/906,767                       03/25/03
6,537,062                       10/174,752                       03/25/03
6,537,063                       10/012,174                       03/25/03
6,537,073                       09/848,884                       03/25/03
6,537,083                       09/724,966                       03/25/03
6,537,088                       09/906,100                       03/25/03
6,537,089                       10/017,401                       03/25/03
6,537,090                       09/951,412                       03/25/03
6,537,093                       09/726,999                       03/25/03
6,537,095                       09/588,840                       03/25/03
6,537,099                       09/935,075                       03/25/03
6,537,101                       10/003,131                       03/25/03
6,537,107                       09/956,330                       03/25/03
6,537,116                       09/860,852                       03/25/03
6,537,120                       09/713,290                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 148 

6,537,122                       09/555,846                       03/25/03
6,537,125                       10/140,031                       03/25/03
6,537,127                       10/228,377                       03/25/03
6,537,129                       10/159,667                       03/25/03
6,537,130                       09/657,020                       03/25/03
6,537,138                       09/793,421                       03/25/03
6,537,156                       09/389,470                       03/25/03
6,537,164                       09/987,783                       03/25/03
6,537,173                       09/828,960                       03/25/03
6,537,180                       09/750,159                       03/25/03
6,537,185                       09/402,300                       03/25/03
6,537,204                       10/014,740                       03/25/03
6,537,219                       09/825,720                       03/25/03
6,537,222                       08/920,057                       03/25/03
6,537,225                       09/684,104                       03/25/03
6,537,228                       09/719,868                       03/25/03
6,537,229                       09/604,087                       03/25/03
6,537,233                       09/706,987                       03/25/03
6,537,246                       08/877,826                       03/25/03
6,537,249                       09/740,087                       03/25/03
6,537,250                       09/645,818                       03/25/03
6,537,253                       09/446,066                       03/25/03
6,537,265                       09/991,835                       03/25/03
6,537,267                       09/918,869                       03/25/03
6,537,269                       09/668,731                       03/25/03
6,537,270                       09/762,834                       03/25/03
6,537,281                       09/522,525                       03/25/03
6,537,287                       09/705,819                       03/25/03
6,537,293                       09/636,542                       03/25/03
6,537,296                       09/875,342                       03/25/03
6,537,308                       09/549,288                       03/25/03
6,537,316                       09/685,029                       03/25/03
6,537,321                       09/308,762                       03/25/03
6,537,323                       09/770,692                       03/25/03
6,537,325                       09/256,190                       03/25/03
6,537,326                       09/509,359                       03/25/03
6,537,328                       09/600,105                       03/25/03
6,537,329                       09/646,672                       03/25/03
6,537,332                       09/744,487                       03/25/03
6,537,333                       09/898,996                       03/25/03
6,537,350                       09/782,582                       03/25/03
6,537,355                       09/749,294                       03/25/03
6,537,356                       09/369,555                       03/25/03
6,537,357                       09/788,018                       03/25/03
6,537,358                       09/522,427                       03/25/03
6,537,362                       09/710,274                       03/25/03
6,537,363                       09/937,729                       03/25/03
6,537,373                       09/712,179                       03/25/03
6,537,376                       08/563,156                       03/25/03
6,537,379                       09/482,662                       03/25/03
6,537,382                       09/742,870                       03/25/03
6,537,406                       09/541,921                       03/25/03
6,537,411                       09/604,960                       03/25/03
6,537,412                       09/470,298                       03/25/03
6,537,415                       09/942,707                       03/25/03
6,537,417                       09/985,308                       03/25/03
6,537,423                       09/700,866                       03/25/03
6,537,425                       09/903,003                       03/25/03
6,537,426                       10/104,800                       03/25/03
6,537,428                       09/389,861                       03/25/03
6,537,435                       09/758,145                       03/25/03
6,537,440                       09/744,422                       03/25/03
6,537,446                       09/810,301                       03/25/03
6,537,447                       09/852,319                       03/25/03
6,537,450                       10/037,682                       03/25/03
6,537,452                       09/926,246                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 149 

6,537,473                       09/733,886                       03/25/03
6,537,474                       09/611,096                       03/25/03
6,537,476                       09/657,741                       03/25/03
6,537,477                       09/723,131                       03/25/03
6,537,479                       09/645,124                       03/25/03
6,537,484                       09/816,740                       03/25/03
6,537,487                       09/588,935                       03/25/03
6,537,489                       09/972,915                       03/25/03
6,537,500                       09/350,459                       03/25/03
6,537,506                       09/496,999                       03/25/03
6,537,507                       09/741,764                       03/25/03
6,537,512                       09/743,919                       03/25/03
6,537,516                       09/824,767                       03/25/03
6,537,519                       09/755,132                       03/25/03
6,537,536                       09/618,078                       03/25/03
6,537,538                       09/739,945                       03/25/03
6,537,540                       09/579,845                       03/25/03
6,537,545                       09/656,849                       03/25/03
6,537,547                       08/869,927                       03/25/03
6,537,548                       09/627,218                       03/25/03
6,537,554                       09/658,644                       03/25/03
6,537,555                       09/894,998                       03/25/03
6,537,556                       09/582,876                       03/25/03
6,537,558                       08/829,402                       03/25/03
6,537,563                       09/853,477                       03/25/03
6,537,566                       09/520,592                       03/25/03
6,537,572                       09/721,061                       03/25/03
6,537,575                       09/627,808                       03/25/03
6,537,581                       09/872,403                       03/25/03
6,537,583                       09/830,797                       03/25/03
6,537,587                       09/700,745                       03/25/03
6,537,590                       10/077,291                       03/25/03
6,537,596                       09/486,014                       03/25/03
6,537,605                       09/763,081                       03/25/03
6,537,608                       09/752,915                       03/25/03
6,537,610                       09/982,669                       03/25/03
6,537,613                       09/546,867                       03/25/03
6,537,615                       09/190,517                       03/25/03
6,537,616                       09/233,273                       03/25/03
6,537,622                       09/848,375                       03/25/03
6,537,625                       09/877,377                       03/25/03
6,537,641                       09/436,128                       03/25/03
6,537,650                       09/099,956                       03/25/03
6,537,658                       09/684,445                       03/25/03
6,537,664                       09/841,093                       03/25/03
6,537,666                       09/694,630                       03/25/03
6,537,667                       09/988,560                       03/25/03
6,537,674                       09/830,289                       03/25/03
6,537,679                       10/010,699                       03/25/03
6,537,681                       09/569,239                       03/25/03
6,537,687                       09/540,905                       03/25/03
6,537,706                       09/525,198                       03/25/03
6,537,707                       09/525,981                       03/25/03
6,537,720                       08/739,157                       03/25/03
6,537,723                       09/409,078                       03/25/03
6,537,728                       09/947,647                       03/25/03
6,537,736                       09/523,201                       03/25/03
6,537,739                       10/011,682                       03/25/03
6,537,743                       10/017,604                       03/25/03
6,537,744                       08/968,775                       03/25/03
6,537,751                       09/422,978                       03/25/03
6,537,767                       09/402,266                       03/25/03
6,537,769                       09/535,832                       03/25/03
6,537,770                       09/582,466                       03/25/03
6,537,774                       09/172,469                       03/25/03
6,537,780                       09/818,512                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 150 

6,537,786                       09/934,899                       03/25/03
6,537,788                       09/801,191                       03/25/03
6,537,793                       09/883,451                       03/25/03
6,537,796                       09/312,212                       03/25/03
6,537,798                       09/793,571                       03/25/03
6,537,802                       09/593,114                       03/25/03
6,537,805                       09/509,654                       03/25/03
6,537,806                       09/185,852                       03/25/03
6,537,815                       09/736,734                       03/25/03
6,537,824                       09/473,917                       03/25/03
6,537,830                       09/533,204                       03/25/03
6,537,852                       09/935,300                       03/25/03
6,537,855                       09/827,074                       03/25/03
6,537,861                       09/382,108                       03/25/03
6,537,883                       10/063,388                       03/25/03
6,537,886                       09/878,694                       03/25/03
6,537,892                       09/773,959                       03/25/03
6,537,900                       10/012,176                       03/25/03
6,537,903                       09/900,116                       03/25/03
6,537,908                       09/795,417                       03/25/03
6,537,915                       09/863,506                       03/25/03
6,537,927                       09/324,657                       03/25/03
6,537,931                       09/512,008                       03/25/03
6,537,933                       09/701,487                       03/25/03
6,537,940                       09/636,157                       03/25/03
6,537,943                       09/673,147                       03/25/03
6,537,953                       09/901,355                       03/25/03
6,537,961                       09/485,962                       03/25/03
6,537,963                       09/673,376                       03/25/03
6,537,964                       10/086,170                       03/25/03
6,537,967                       10/217,933                       03/25/03
6,537,975                       09/548,496                       03/25/03
6,537,984                       09/884,898                       03/25/03
6,537,987                       09/202,106                       03/25/03
6,537,991                       09/913,488                       03/25/03
6,537,992                       09/754,196                       03/25/03
6,537,994                       09/904,115                       03/25/03
6,537,996                       09/792,876                       03/25/03
6,537,999                       09/803,510                       03/25/03
6,538,001                       09/807,652                       03/25/03
6,538,002                       09/591,631                       03/25/03
6,538,005                       09/889,142                       03/25/03
6,538,006                       09/743,460                       03/25/03
6,538,008                       09/622,733                       03/25/03
6,538,009                       09/824,550                       03/25/03
6,538,011                       09/612,922                       03/25/03
6,538,012                       09/938,821                       03/25/03
6,538,013                       09/850,378                       03/25/03
6,538,015                       10/154,585                       03/25/03
6,538,019                       09/639,541                       03/25/03
6,538,020                       09/948,133                       03/25/03
6,538,021                       09/830,284                       03/25/03
6,538,023                       09/663,455                       03/25/03
6,538,024                       09/925,224                       03/25/03
6,538,036                       10/225,522                       03/25/03
6,538,039                       08/741,967                       03/25/03
6,538,043                       09/786,775                       03/25/03
6,538,045                       09/471,694                       03/25/03
6,538,055                       09/959,171                       03/25/03
6,538,056                       09/685,314                       03/25/03
6,538,059                       09/959,221                       03/25/03
6,538,069                       09/874,753                       03/25/03
6,538,073                       09/604,281                       03/25/03
6,538,080                       09/498,912                       03/25/03
6,538,083                       09/734,135                       03/25/03
6,538,085                       09/985,409                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 151 

6,538,089                       09/890,639                       03/25/03
6,538,094                       09/778,429                       03/25/03
6,538,095                       10/108,709                       03/25/03
6,538,098                       09/913,044                       03/25/03
6,538,104                       09/845,091                       03/25/03
6,538,110                       07/988,945                       03/25/03
6,538,115                       09/770,979                       03/25/03
6,538,125                       10/222,577                       03/25/03
6,538,127                       08/443,530                       03/25/03
6,538,131                       09/556,147                       03/25/03
6,538,133                       09/631,351                       03/25/03
6,538,135                       09/937,812                       03/25/03
6,538,137                       09/959,769                       03/25/03
6,538,143                       09/603,449                       03/25/03
6,538,148                       09/810,843                       03/25/03
6,538,149                       09/482,700                       03/25/03
6,538,160                       09/730,605                       03/25/03
6,538,166                       09/860,331                       03/25/03
6,538,167                       09/687,859                       03/25/03
6,538,168                       09/610,942                       03/25/03
6,538,171                       10/014,261                       03/25/03
6,538,172                       10/014,262                       03/25/03
6,538,189                       10/061,583                       03/25/03
6,538,191                       09/964,095                       03/25/03
6,538,207                       10/053,062                       03/25/03
6,538,209                       09/397,111                       03/25/03
6,538,214                       09/848,854                       03/25/03
6,538,217                       09/679,803                       03/25/03
6,538,221                       09/661,972                       03/25/03
6,538,231                       09/813,025                       03/25/03
6,538,234                       09/897,097                       03/25/03
6,538,236                       09/723,100                       03/25/03
6,538,241                       09/857,591                       03/25/03
6,538,244                       09/524,071                       03/25/03
6,538,255                       09/510,581                       03/25/03
6,538,256                       09/641,099                       03/25/03
6,538,257                       09/726,780                       03/25/03
6,538,258                       09/398,331                       03/25/03
6,538,262                       08/792,461                       03/25/03
6,538,268                       09/381,399                       03/25/03
6,538,271                       09/874,309                       03/25/03
6,538,279                       09/521,330                       03/25/03
6,538,288                       09/725,220                       03/25/03
6,538,308                       09/351,458                       03/25/03
6,538,314                       10/063,210                       03/25/03
6,538,325                       09/799,326                       03/25/03
6,538,340                       09/923,043                       03/25/03
6,538,341                       10/018,603                       03/25/03
6,538,349                       10/266,668                       03/25/03
6,538,355                       09/964,322                       03/25/03
6,538,358                       09/649,306                       03/25/03
6,538,364                       09/407,272                       03/25/03
6,538,370                       09/361,147                       03/25/03
6,538,371                       09/534,575                       03/25/03
6,538,372                       09/739,471                       03/25/03
6,538,375                       09/640,950                       03/25/03
6,538,376                       09/694,267                       03/25/03
6,538,379                       09/866,834                       03/25/03
6,538,381                       09/536,142                       03/25/03
6,538,384                       09/817,106                       03/25/03
6,538,385                       09/823,398                       03/25/03
6,538,395                       09/832,815                       03/25/03
6,538,397                       09/619,580                       03/25/03
6,538,400                       09/850,771                       03/25/03
6,538,405                       09/560,623                       03/25/03
6,538,408                       09/836,898                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 152 

6,538,419                       09/481,079                       03/25/03
6,538,421                       09/853,647                       03/25/03
6,538,426                       09/650,557                       03/25/03
6,538,429                       09/780,301                       03/25/03
6,538,430                       09/938,436                       03/25/03
6,538,439                       09/668,861                       03/25/03
6,538,444                       10/156,174                       03/25/03
6,538,450                       09/822,306                       03/25/03
6,538,455                       09/864,372                       03/25/03
6,538,457                       09/761,842                       03/25/03
6,538,458                       09/915,855                       03/25/03
6,538,460                       09/526,956                       03/25/03
6,538,462                       09/451,652                       03/25/03
6,538,463                       10/078,982                       03/25/03
6,538,471                       09/682,716                       03/25/03
6,538,475                       09/525,459                       03/25/03
6,538,483                       10/217,624                       03/25/03
6,538,484                       10/100,273                       03/25/03
6,538,487                       09/899,948                       03/25/03
6,538,489                       09/819,791                       03/25/03
6,538,491                       09/669,769                       03/25/03
6,538,492                       09/873,053                       03/25/03
6,538,501                       09/852,600                       03/25/03
6,538,502                       09/749,061                       03/25/03
6,538,506                       09/934,403                       03/25/03
6,538,517                       09/740,920                       03/25/03
6,538,521                       09/879,632                       03/25/03
6,538,527                       09/750,947                       03/25/03
6,538,528                       09/894,366                       03/25/03
6,538,529                       09/639,322                       03/25/03
6,538,531                       09/884,275                       03/25/03
6,538,532                       09/829,572                       03/25/03
6,538,537                       10/131,482                       03/25/03
6,538,538                       09/761,352                       03/25/03
6,538,540                       09/906,823                       03/25/03
6,538,542                       10/057,291                       03/25/03
6,538,545                       10/100,278                       03/25/03
6,538,556                       09/459,911                       03/25/03
6,538,565                       09/619,008                       03/25/03
6,538,569                       09/786,513                       03/25/03
6,538,571                       09/243,435                       03/25/03
6,538,573                       10/026,780                       03/25/03
6,538,582                       09/651,581                       03/25/03
6,538,584                       09/752,883                       03/25/03
6,538,589                       10/136,416                       03/25/03
6,538,602                       10/054,948                       03/25/03
6,538,618                       09/975,517                       03/25/03
6,538,637                       09/425,046                       03/25/03
6,538,638                       09/702,176                       03/25/03
6,538,639                       09/607,848                       03/25/03
6,538,690                       09/520,572                       03/25/03
6,538,699                       09/221,571                       03/25/03
6,538,702                       09/659,834                       03/25/03
6,538,715                       10/066,929                       03/25/03
6,538,716                       09/866,875                       03/25/03
6,538,722                       10/143,952                       03/25/03
6,538,742                       09/510,787                       03/25/03
6,538,746                       09/647,025                       03/25/03
6,538,748                       09/550,548                       03/25/03
6,538,750                       09/314,169                       03/25/03
6,538,753                       09/861,541                       03/25/03
6,538,758                       09/309,495                       03/25/03
6,538,764                       08/835,742                       03/25/03
6,538,767                       09/493,412                       03/25/03
6,538,772                       09/300,486                       03/25/03
6,538,774                       10/001,172                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 153 

6,538,776                       09/813,066                       03/25/03
6,538,778                       09/294,555                       03/25/03
6,538,792                       09/596,324                       03/25/03
6,538,794                       09/672,835                       03/25/03
6,538,811                       09/783,055                       03/25/03
6,538,817                       09/690,562                       03/25/03
6,538,828                       10/003,544                       03/25/03
6,538,829                       09/930,778                       03/25/03
6,538,843                       09/704,492                       03/25/03
6,538,856                       09/599,054                       03/25/03
6,538,865                       09/624,845                       03/25/03
6,538,866                       09/526,737                       03/25/03
6,538,868                       10/236,821                       03/25/03
6,538,891                       10/081,640                       03/25/03
6,538,900                       09/738,694                       03/25/03
6,538,901                       10/090,568                       03/25/03
6,538,910                       09/914,406                       03/25/03
6,538,913                       09/826,232                       03/25/03
6,538,927                       10/183,701                       03/25/03
6,538,930                       09/972,895                       03/25/03
6,538,934                       10/150,954                       03/25/03
6,538,936                       09/887,167                       03/25/03
6,538,940                       10/255,303                       03/25/03
6,538,948                       09/972,053                       03/25/03
6,538,952                       10/097,847                       03/25/03
6,538,960                       09/612,233                       03/25/03
6,538,971                       09/218,164                       03/25/03
6,538,972                       09/624,791                       03/25/03
6,538,984                       09/775,200                       03/25/03
6,538,993                       09/271,651                       03/25/03
6,538,995                       09/091,454                       03/25/03
6,539,002                       09/180,708                       03/25/03
6,539,023                       09/161,907                       03/25/03
6,539,025                       09/268,500                       03/25/03
6,539,027                       09/232,611                       03/25/03
6,539,032                       09/801,912                       03/25/03
6,539,040                       09/942,670                       03/25/03
6,539,054                       09/397,924                       03/25/03
6,539,058                       09/059,069                       03/25/03
6,539,085                       09/427,387                       03/25/03
6,539,088                       09/522,382                       03/25/03
6,539,097                       09/833,315                       03/25/03
6,539,098                       09/405,599                       03/25/03
6,539,100                       09/238,979                       03/25/03
6,539,102                       09/654,133                       03/25/03
6,539,109                       09/427,096                       03/25/03
6,539,116                       09/165,116                       03/25/03
6,539,123                       09/779,500                       03/25/03
6,539,128                       09/293,229                       03/25/03
6,539,130                       09/738,174                       03/25/03
6,539,132                       09/790,924                       03/25/03
6,539,134                       09/337,223                       03/25/03
6,539,137                       09/520,545                       03/25/03
6,539,142                       09/872,440                       03/25/03
6,539,152                       09/747,044                       03/25/03
6,539,153                       09/817,824                       03/25/03
6,539,171                       09/756,162                       03/25/03
6,539,175                       09/606,944                       03/25/03
6,539,176                       09/987,925                       03/25/03
6,539,179                       09/932,772                       03/25/03
6,539,184                       09/835,324                       03/25/03
6,539,194                       09/976,092                       03/25/03
6,539,199                       09/972,922                       03/25/03
6,539,204                       09/675,309                       03/25/03
6,539,205                       09/046,060                       03/25/03
6,539,208                       09/713,703                       03/25/03
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 154 

6,539,234                       09/529,912                       03/25/03
6,539,248                       08/891,177                       03/25/03
6,539,251                       09/922,558                       03/25/03
6,539,252                       09/491,782                       03/25/03
6,539,277                       09/619,045                       03/25/03
6,539,288                       09/862,312                       03/25/03
6,539,291                       09/959,951                       03/25/03
6,539,311                       09/698,108                       03/25/03
6,539,314                       09/561,301                       03/25/03
6,539,316                       09/478,486                       03/25/03
6,539,319                       09/183,187                       03/25/03
6,539,321                       09/906,919                       03/25/03
6,539,324                       09/681,862                       03/25/03
6,539,325                       09/456,425                       03/25/03
6,539,330                       09/903,664                       03/25/03
6,539,335                       09/578,212                       03/25/03
6,539,345                       09/289,412                       03/25/03
6,539,347                       09/588,855                       03/25/03
6,539,348                       09/379,668                       03/25/03
6,539,394                       09/477,578                       03/25/03
6,539,399                       09/301,547                       03/25/03
6,539,406                       09/620,429                       03/25/03
6,539,416                       09/213,372                       03/25/03
6,539,432                       09/313,254                       03/25/03
6,539,435                       08/892,134                       03/25/03
6,539,456                       09/417,000                       03/25/03
6,539,459                       09/378,994                       03/25/03
6,539,471                       09/220,159                       03/25/03
6,539,474                       09/782,854                       03/25/03
6,539,475                       09/215,960                       03/25/03
6,539,477                       09/518,553                       03/25/03
6,539,491                       09/436,111                       03/25/03
6,539,497                       09/938,201                       03/25/03
6,539,504                       09/230,757                       03/25/03
6,539,507                       09/437,813                       03/25/03
6,539,513                       09/417,948                       03/25/03
6,539,515                       09/449,230                       03/25/03
6,539,522                       09/494,907                       03/25/03
6,539,531                       09/728,050                       03/25/03
6,539,537                       09/660,470                       03/25/03
6,539,541                       09/378,632                       03/25/03

                    PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON March 27, 2011
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

7,194,772                       11/022,412                       03/27/07
7,194,776                       11/110,599                       03/27/07
7,194,778                       11/201,272                       03/27/07
7,194,780                       11/003,922                       03/27/07
7,194,782                       10/602,107                       03/27/07
7,194,784                       10/759,502                       03/27/07
7,194,796                       10/617,908                       03/27/07
7,194,807                       11/185,064                       03/27/07
7,194,810                       10/975,116                       03/27/07
7,194,812                       11/106,056                       03/27/07
7,194,819                       11/074,691                       03/27/07
7,194,832                       10/776,175                       03/27/07
7,194,842                       10/696,524                       03/27/07
7,194,853                       10/852,761                       03/27/07
7,194,858                       11/216,503                       03/27/07
7,194,859                       11/252,988                       03/27/07
7,194,865                       10/930,495                       03/27/07
7,194,868                       11/035,265                       03/27/07
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 155 

7,194,878                       10/997,387                       03/27/07
7,194,881                       11/063,345                       03/27/07
7,194,882                       10/700,502                       03/27/07
7,194,883                       10/708,950                       03/27/07
7,194,889                       11/198,410                       03/27/07
7,194,905                       11/224,334                       03/27/07
7,194,909                       11/049,658                       03/27/07
7,194,915                       11/157,731                       03/27/07
7,194,924                       10/208,960                       03/27/07
7,194,927                       10/941,073                       03/27/07
7,194,935                       11/435,490                       03/27/07
7,194,939                       11/139,385                       03/27/07
7,194,950                       11/257,630                       03/27/07
7,194,951                       11/034,354                       03/27/07
7,194,952                       10/927,491                       03/27/07
7,194,960                       10/866,031                       03/27/07
7,194,962                       11/147,764                       03/27/07
7,194,963                       10/248,946                       03/27/07
7,194,966                       10/563,344                       03/27/07
7,194,968                       11/350,091                       03/27/07
7,194,969                       11/376,148                       03/27/07
7,194,975                       10/936,954                       03/27/07
7,194,976                       11/299,861                       03/27/07
7,194,981                       11/011,675                       03/27/07
7,195,002                       10/544,369                       03/27/07
7,195,016                       10/752,936                       03/27/07
7,195,021                       11/217,008                       03/27/07
7,195,024                       10/849,836                       03/27/07
7,195,026                       10/733,761                       03/27/07
7,195,027                       10/511,817                       03/27/07
7,195,030                       11/035,820                       03/27/07
7,195,032                       10/765,179                       03/27/07
7,195,039                       10/880,947                       03/27/07
7,195,041                       11/288,998                       03/27/07
7,195,045                       10/256,139                       03/27/07
7,195,049                       10/360,395                       03/27/07
7,195,050                       10/460,478                       03/27/07
7,195,052                       10/901,232                       03/27/07
7,195,061                       11/143,296                       03/27/07
7,195,077                       10/479,632                       03/27/07
7,195,081                       11/395,291                       03/27/07
7,195,087                       10/816,892                       03/27/07
7,195,088                       11/043,941                       03/27/07
7,195,093                       10/861,630                       03/27/07
7,195,096                       11/391,075                       03/27/07
7,195,099                       10/669,999                       03/27/07
7,195,102                       10/353,659                       03/27/07
7,195,111                       10/638,541                       03/27/07
7,195,117                       10/788,584                       03/27/07
7,195,119                       10/054,448                       03/27/07
7,195,124                       11/311,849                       03/27/07
7,195,129                       09/782,304                       03/27/07
7,195,133                       10/121,737                       03/27/07
7,195,135                       10/048,056                       03/27/07
7,195,136                       10/514,142                       03/27/07
7,195,140                       10/790,558                       03/27/07
7,195,147                       10/916,885                       03/27/07
7,195,155                       10/859,760                       03/27/07
7,195,158                       10/956,390                       03/27/07
7,195,165                       11/122,234                       03/27/07
7,195,173                       10/693,687                       03/27/07
7,195,178                       10/767,257                       03/27/07
7,195,187                       10/487,425                       03/27/07
7,195,188                       11/276,431                       03/27/07
7,195,190                       11/189,423                       03/27/07
7,195,191                       10/702,726                       03/27/07
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 156 

7,195,196                       10/402,756                       03/27/07
7,195,198                       11/211,923                       03/27/07
7,195,206                       10/821,661                       03/27/07
7,195,208                       11/079,823                       03/27/07
7,195,212                       10/359,415                       03/27/07
7,195,213                       10/752,908                       03/27/07
7,195,216                       11/009,860                       03/27/07
7,195,221                       10/515,857                       03/27/07
7,195,223                       10/308,602                       03/27/07
7,195,226                       10/927,917                       03/27/07
7,195,232                       10/996,014                       03/27/07
7,195,241                       11/431,206                       03/27/07
7,195,245                       11/229,656                       03/27/07
7,195,248                       11/113,718                       03/27/07
7,195,249                       11/008,238                       03/27/07
7,195,251                       10/983,773                       03/27/07
7,195,256                       10/834,311                       03/27/07
7,195,260                       10/677,760                       03/27/07
7,195,267                       10/886,216                       03/27/07
7,195,270                       10/720,757                       03/27/07
7,195,276                       10/878,688                       03/27/07
7,195,282                       11/095,501                       03/27/07
7,195,283                       11/109,319                       03/27/07
7,195,286                       10/990,447                       03/27/07
7,195,292                       10/943,786                       03/27/07
7,195,294                       11/158,780                       03/27/07
7,195,301                       11/089,731                       03/27/07
7,195,303                       11/062,428                       03/27/07
7,195,309                       11/164,800                       03/27/07
7,195,310                       11/121,989                       03/27/07
7,195,317                       11/237,452                       03/27/07
7,195,322                       10/910,300                       03/27/07
7,195,324                       10/775,708                       03/27/07
7,195,331                       10/508,348                       03/27/07
7,195,344                       10/875,463                       03/27/07
7,195,347                       10/731,005                       03/27/07
7,195,350                       11/215,471                       03/27/07
7,195,351                       11/122,752                       03/27/07
7,195,352                       11/200,055                       03/27/07
7,195,368                       11/137,902                       03/27/07
7,195,370                       10/969,653                       03/27/07
7,195,385                       10/605,986                       03/27/07
7,195,396                       11/041,515                       03/27/07
7,195,398                       10/842,163                       03/27/07
7,195,399                       10/692,969                       03/27/07
7,195,409                       10/917,442                       03/27/07
7,195,411                       10/999,845                       03/27/07
7,195,415                       09/889,535                       03/27/07
7,195,416                       10/664,703                       03/27/07
7,195,417                       10/897,137                       03/27/07
7,195,430                       10/667,363                       03/27/07
7,195,432                       11/175,522                       03/27/07
7,195,440                       10/854,230                       03/27/07
7,195,451                       11/070,914                       03/27/07
7,195,457                       11/006,795                       03/27/07
7,195,459                       10/914,639                       03/27/07
7,195,469                       11/101,940                       03/27/07
7,195,474                       10/958,516                       03/27/07
7,195,480                       10/979,384                       03/27/07
7,195,482                       10/749,059                       03/27/07
7,195,485                       11/097,512                       03/27/07
7,195,486                       10/635,021                       03/27/07
7,195,487                       10/783,697                       03/27/07
7,195,502                       11/285,018                       03/27/07
7,195,513                       11/427,125                       03/27/07
7,195,520                       11/488,033                       03/27/07
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 157 

7,195,531                       11/436,518                       03/27/07
7,195,554                       11/312,829                       03/27/07
7,195,555                       11/047,262                       03/27/07
7,195,561                       10/252,823                       03/27/07
7,195,563                       11/029,133                       03/27/07
7,195,565                       10/761,668                       03/27/07
7,195,570                       10/382,873                       03/27/07
7,195,577                       11/085,002                       03/27/07
7,195,598                       10/444,280                       03/27/07
7,195,617                       10/792,448                       03/27/07
7,195,619                       10/750,344                       03/27/07
7,195,639                       10/764,050                       03/27/07
7,195,647                       10/745,564                       03/27/07
7,195,661                       10/374,830                       03/27/07
7,195,666                       10/523,455                       03/27/07
7,195,667                       10/862,620                       03/27/07
7,195,676                       10/890,502                       03/27/07
7,195,698                       10/318,124                       03/27/07
7,195,707                       10/358,834                       03/27/07
7,195,724                       10/320,275                       03/27/07
7,195,739                       10/606,042                       03/27/07
7,195,741                       11/076,233                       03/27/07
7,195,743                       10/380,496                       03/27/07
7,195,747                       10/723,667                       03/27/07
7,195,752                       10/485,595                       03/27/07
7,195,754                       10/373,181                       03/27/07
7,195,763                       10/911,507                       03/27/07
7,195,769                       10/110,134                       03/27/07
7,195,770                       10/238,321                       03/27/07
7,195,789                       10/375,401                       03/27/07
7,195,796                       10/913,440                       03/27/07
7,195,797                       09/902,250                       03/27/07
7,195,800                       10/181,429                       03/27/07
7,195,802                       11/003,169                       03/27/07
7,195,810                       09/553,928                       03/27/07
7,195,824                       10/923,406                       03/27/07
7,195,834                       10/654,234                       03/27/07
7,195,865                       10/815,957                       03/27/07
7,195,870                       10/239,676                       03/27/07
7,195,878                       10/953,273                       03/27/07
7,195,881                       10/471,788                       03/27/07
7,195,884                       10/199,970                       03/27/07
7,195,890                       10/824,027                       03/27/07
7,195,892                       10/516,587                       03/27/07
7,195,894                       10/519,465                       03/27/07
7,195,898                       11/484,129                       03/27/07
7,195,902                       10/803,738                       03/27/07
7,195,903                       10/441,667                       03/27/07
7,195,904                       10/169,430                       03/27/07
7,195,907                       10/746,795                       03/27/07
7,195,932                       10/915,646                       03/27/07
7,195,934                       11/178,973                       03/27/07
7,195,941                       10/397,580                       03/27/07
7,195,943                       11/091,621                       03/27/07
7,195,968                       11/126,285                       03/27/07
7,195,972                       10/886,439                       03/27/07
7,195,974                       10/996,063                       03/27/07
7,195,985                       11/029,740                       03/27/07
7,196,009                       10/434,772                       03/27/07
7,196,013                       10/319,734                       03/27/07
7,196,028                       11/139,025                       03/27/07
7,196,029                       10/819,211                       03/27/07
7,196,040                       10/297,690                       03/27/07
7,196,056                       10/385,064                       03/27/07
7,196,066                       09/705,149                       03/27/07
7,196,069                       10/885,403                       03/27/07
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7,196,073                       10/859,577                       03/27/07
7,196,080                       10/480,543                       03/27/07
7,196,083                       10/310,600                       03/27/07
7,196,084                       10/343,171                       03/27/07
7,196,088                       10/791,578                       03/27/07
7,196,096                       11/181,098                       03/27/07
7,196,097                       11/503,697                       03/27/07
7,196,106                       10/701,186                       03/27/07
7,196,107                       10/451,307                       03/27/07
7,196,108                       10/384,391                       03/27/07
7,196,120                       10/652,708                       03/27/07
7,196,123                       10/426,771                       03/27/07
7,196,128                       10/886,967                       03/27/07
7,196,135                       10/497,548                       03/27/07
7,196,150                       10/534,388                       03/27/07
7,196,151                       10/852,594                       03/27/07
7,196,154                       10/000,765                       03/27/07
7,196,155                       11/355,809                       03/27/07
7,196,160                       11/110,051                       03/27/07
7,196,163                       10/427,208                       03/27/07
7,196,170                       10/885,227                       03/27/07
7,196,171                       10/973,045                       03/27/07
7,196,172                       11/486,758                       03/27/07
7,196,176                       10/165,353                       03/27/07
7,196,187                       10/122,434                       03/27/07
7,196,196                       10/488,751                       03/27/07
7,196,198                       10/737,901                       03/27/07
7,196,202                       11/066,015                       03/27/07
7,196,203                       10/520,426                       03/27/07
7,196,208                       10/392,956                       03/27/07
7,196,211                       10/939,314                       03/27/07
7,196,216                       10/497,899                       03/27/07
7,196,226                       11/014,355                       03/27/07
7,196,227                       10/739,785                       03/27/07
7,196,229                       10/485,922                       03/27/07
7,196,239                       10/716,894                       03/27/07
7,196,278                       11/367,933                       03/27/07
7,196,288                       10/762,426                       03/27/07
7,196,297                       10/775,542                       03/27/07
7,196,298                       11/328,025                       03/27/07
7,196,301                       10/622,819                       03/27/07
7,196,333                       10/069,045                       03/27/07
7,196,337                       10/829,841                       03/27/07
7,196,340                       11/218,895                       03/27/07
7,196,345                       11/074,799                       03/27/07
7,196,358                       11/286,669                       03/27/07
7,196,362                       10/853,121                       03/27/07
7,196,371                       11/161,994                       03/27/07
7,196,380                       10/905,616                       03/27/07
7,196,395                       10/301,624                       03/27/07
7,196,432                       10/848,810                       03/27/07
7,196,437                       10/536,309                       03/27/07
7,196,440                       10/520,432                       03/27/07
7,196,446                       10/830,474                       03/27/07
7,196,452                       09/778,872                       03/27/07
7,196,463                       10/911,601                       03/27/07
7,196,464                       10/439,693                       03/27/07
7,196,470                       11/071,733                       03/27/07
7,196,478                       10/494,749                       03/27/07
7,196,489                       11/288,282                       03/27/07
7,196,500                       10/750,584                       03/27/07
7,196,508                       11/196,266                       03/27/07
7,196,509                       10/947,926                       03/27/07
7,196,512                       10/722,823                       03/27/07
7,196,520                       10/904,094                       03/27/07
7,196,521                       11/276,821                       03/27/07
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7,196,524                       10/537,541                       03/27/07
7,196,534                       10/538,901                       03/27/07
7,196,535                       10/831,875                       03/27/07
7,196,536                       10/910,060                       03/27/07
7,196,558                       11/076,758                       03/27/07
7,196,560                       11/160,057                       03/27/07
7,196,566                       10/698,299                       03/27/07
7,196,579                       10/522,152                       03/27/07
7,196,599                       10/433,743                       03/27/07
7,196,603                       10/827,099                       03/27/07
7,196,615                       10/982,815                       03/27/07
7,196,618                       11/050,834                       03/27/07
7,196,621                       10/565,288                       03/27/07
7,196,628                       09/837,221                       03/27/07
7,196,636                       10/785,675                       03/27/07
7,196,637                       10/954,555                       03/27/07
7,196,641                       11/114,200                       03/27/07
7,196,661                       10/867,320                       03/27/07
7,196,665                       11/109,989                       03/27/07
7,196,670                       11/162,051                       03/27/07
7,196,674                       10/718,919                       03/27/07
7,196,676                       10/419,999                       03/27/07
7,196,681                       10/489,704                       03/27/07
7,196,687                       10/699,957                       03/27/07
7,196,697                       10/178,590                       03/27/07
7,196,726                       10/058,789                       03/27/07
7,196,739                       10/741,364                       03/27/07
7,196,742                       10/266,282                       03/27/07
7,196,750                       10/840,085                       03/27/07
7,196,762                       11/244,079                       03/27/07
7,196,779                       10/992,194                       03/27/07
7,196,780                       10/913,506                       03/27/07
7,196,781                       10/399,741                       03/27/07
7,196,788                       10/868,712                       03/27/07
7,196,789                       10/752,212                       03/27/07
7,196,795                       10/823,166                       03/27/07
7,196,797                       10/857,053                       03/27/07
7,196,798                       10/710,216                       03/27/07
7,196,841                       10/512,100                       03/27/07
7,196,842                       10/998,050                       03/27/07
7,196,844                       10/825,419                       03/27/07
7,196,856                       10/866,359                       03/27/07
7,196,858                       11/100,579                       03/27/07
7,196,861                       10/711,941                       03/27/07
7,196,863                       10/985,873                       03/27/07
7,196,881                       10/796,745                       03/27/07
7,196,893                       10/527,942                       03/27/07
7,196,907                       10/775,590                       03/27/07
7,196,908                       10/455,982                       03/27/07
7,196,910                       10/781,496                       03/27/07
7,196,912                       11/223,538                       03/27/07
7,196,926                       11/164,919                       03/27/07
7,196,944                       10/325,755                       03/27/07
7,196,953                       11/146,119                       03/27/07
7,196,972                       10/796,916                       03/27/07
7,196,975                       10/089,409                       03/27/07
7,196,978                       10/501,717                       03/27/07
7,196,997                       10/481,145                       03/27/07
7,196,999                       09/814,379                       03/27/07
7,197,026                       10/746,939                       03/27/07
7,197,039                       10/152,101                       03/27/07
7,197,041                       10/232,464                       03/27/07
7,197,058                       11/018,573                       03/27/07
7,197,075                       10/646,635                       03/27/07
7,197,077                       10/037,453                       03/27/07
7,197,092                       10/242,363                       03/27/07
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7,197,101                       10/039,016                       03/27/07
7,197,108                       10/627,611                       03/27/07
7,197,110                       10/999,083                       03/27/07
7,197,115                       10/710,877                       03/27/07
7,197,123                       10/860,042                       03/27/07
7,197,134                       09/949,587                       03/27/07
7,197,136                       09/595,494                       03/27/07
7,197,137                       09/593,532                       03/27/07
7,197,140                       10/613,617                       03/27/07
7,197,144                       09/590,859                       03/27/07
7,197,167                       10/208,926                       03/27/07
7,197,171                       10/369,146                       03/27/07
7,197,180                       10/375,946                       03/27/07
7,197,191                       10/390,909                       03/27/07
7,197,193                       10/429,258                       03/27/07
7,197,204                       10/941,294                       03/27/07
7,197,208                       10/823,191                       03/27/07
7,197,210                       10/362,272                       03/27/07
7,197,222                       11/299,007                       03/27/07
7,197,239                       10/918,309                       03/27/07
7,197,248                       10/206,347                       03/27/07
7,197,261                       11/148,693                       03/27/07
7,197,277                       09/876,442                       03/27/07
7,197,285                       10/619,770                       03/27/07
7,197,287                       11/361,356                       03/27/07
7,197,298                       10/828,152                       03/27/07
7,197,299                       10/752,630                       03/27/07
7,197,314                       10/310,129                       03/27/07
7,197,330                       09/524,767                       03/27/07
7,197,338                       10/463,588                       03/27/07
7,197,339                       10/793,216                       03/27/07
7,197,347                       10/605,075                       03/27/07
7,197,348                       10/760,603                       03/27/07
7,197,353                       09/952,446                       03/27/07
7,197,359                       10/110,712                       03/27/07
7,197,379                       10/830,093                       03/27/07
7,197,380                       11/039,108                       03/27/07
7,197,384                       10/540,016                       03/27/07
7,197,385                       10/759,518                       03/27/07
7,197,414                       11/090,217                       03/27/07
7,197,419                       11/050,324                       03/27/07
7,197,420                       11/052,491                       03/27/07
7,197,439                       10/059,176                       03/27/07
7,197,446                       10/711,168                       03/27/07
7,197,450                       10/436,672                       03/27/07
7,197,454                       10/123,791                       03/27/07
7,197,455                       09/674,576                       03/27/07
7,197,471                       09/942,635                       03/27/07
7,197,481                       09/221,656                       03/27/07
7,197,491                       09/399,696                       03/27/07
7,197,496                       10/761,183                       03/27/07
7,197,499                       10/293,372                       03/27/07
7,197,510                       10/767,518                       03/27/07
7,197,522                       10/453,901                       03/27/07
7,197,532                       09/911,718                       03/27/07
7,197,538                       10/153,734                       03/27/07
7,197,540                       10/093,920                       03/27/07
7,197,542                       09/894,181                       03/27/07
7,197,551                       09/998,324                       03/27/07
7,197,558                       10/015,682                       03/27/07
7,197,579                       10/255,932                       03/27/07
7,197,581                       10/821,931                       03/27/07
7,197,593                       10/717,697                       03/27/07
7,197,604                       10/965,151                       03/27/07
7,197,618                       10/498,372                       03/27/07
7,197,621                       10/409,437                       03/27/07
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7,197,628                       10/733,014                       03/27/07
7,197,651                       10/698,175                       03/27/07
7,197,652                       10/743,369                       03/27/07
7,197,655                       10/606,581                       03/27/07
7,197,667                       10/495,314                       03/27/07
7,197,670                       10/750,562                       03/27/07
7,197,699                       10/139,269                       03/27/07
7,197,705                       09/522,686                       03/27/07
7,197,721                       10/321,074                       03/27/07
7,197,722                       10/956,608                       03/27/07
7,197,724                       10/054,179                       03/27/07
7,197,726                       10/490,908                       03/27/07
7,197,731                       10/105,367                       03/27/07
7,197,736                       10/610,830                       03/27/07
7,197,744                       10/116,602                       03/27/07
7,197,754                       10/621,677                       03/27/07
7,197,767                       09/729,569                       03/27/07
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 04/18/2011
                 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
                     Late Maintenance Fee from 04/18/2011

Patent          Application          Filing          Issue          Granted
Number          Number               Date            Date           Date

5,817,664       08/470,317           06/06/95        10/06/98      04/19/11
5,842,534       08/963,037           11/03/97        12/01/98      04/20/11
6,074,243       08/889,398           07/08/97        06/13/00      04/20/11
6,221,679       09/064,957           04/23/98        04/24/01      04/21/11
6,223,755       09/065,195           04/23/98        05/01/01      04/21/11
6,261,039       08/727,840           10/02/96        07/17/01      04/20/11
6,305,703       09/475,173           12/30/99        10/23/01      04/22/11
6,308,610       09/173,423           10/15/98        10/30/01      04/19/11
6,349,875       09/641,131           08/16/00        02/26/02      04/19/11
6,462,280       09/866,380           05/24/01        10/08/02      04/21/11
6,504,515       09/846,786           05/01/01        01/07/03      04/22/11
6,521,466       10/124,125           04/17/02        02/18/03      04/20/11
6,830,021       10/708,578           03/12/04        12/14/04      04/22/11
6,989,123       11/061,037           02/18/05        01/24/06      04/24/11
7,062,706       10/426,182           04/29/03        06/13/06      04/19/11
7,065,967       10/674,073           09/29/03        06/27/06      04/22/11
7,072,888       09/334,327           06/16/99        07/04/06      04/19/11
7,102,901       10/058,454           01/28/02        09/05/06      04/20/11
7,106,826       10/268,678           10/11/02        09/12/06      04/20/11
7,141,032       09/818,722           03/27/01        11/28/06      04/19/11
7,143,446       10/984,330           11/08/04        12/05/06      04/19/11
7,158,752       10/244,952           09/17/02        01/02/07      04/22/11
7,167,081       10/978,312           10/14/04        01/23/07      04/20/11
7,171,703       10/267,464           10/09/02        02/06/07      04/18/11
7,185,472       10/807,895           03/24/04        03/06/07      04/19/11
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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).

   6,363,200, Re. S.N. 13/065,832, Mar. 29, 2011, Cl. 385, OUTSIDE PLANT
FIBER DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, Patrick Thompson, et al, Owner of
Record: ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Attorney or Agent: David Schmaltz,
Ex. Gp.: 2872

   6,573,907, Re. S.N. 13/016,725, Jan. 28, 2011, Cl. 715/716, NETWORK
DISTRIBUTION AND MANAGEMENT OF INTERACTIVE VIDEO AND MULTI-MEDIA CONTAINERS,
Nabi Madrane, Owner of Record: Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP, Attorney or
Agent: Nikolaus P. Schiblli, Ex. Gp.: 2172

   6,680,718, Re. S.N. 12/907,945, Oct. 19, 2010, Cl. 345/063, METHOD FOR
DRIVING A GAS-DISCHARGE PANEL, Yasunobu Hashimoto, et.al., Owner of Record:
Hitachi Plasma Patent Licensing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP, Attorney or Agent:
Leonid D. Thenor, Ex. Gp.: 2629

   6,982,518, Re. S.N. 13/090,386, Apr. 20, 2011, Cl. 313/046, METHODS AND
APPARATUS FOR AN LED LIGHT, Der Jeou Chou, et.al., Owner of Record: Enertron,
Inc, Tempe, AZ, Attorney or Agent: Robert D. Atkins, Ex. Gp.: 2879

   7,099,531, Re. S.N. 13/065,669, Mar. 28, 2011, Cl. 385/031, COMPENSATING
FOR CHROMATIC DISPERSION IN OPTICAL FIBERS, Yong Qin Cheh, et al., Owner of
Record: Chromatic Micro Optics, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent:
Donald E. Schreiber, Ex. Gp.: 2874

   7,404,131, Re. S.N. 12/840,974, Jul. 21, 2010, Cl. 714/746, HIGH
EFFICIENCY, ERROR MINIMIZING CODING STRATEGY METHOD AND APPARATUS, Steve
McCarthy, et al., Owner of Record: Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA,
Attorney or Agent: Robert J. Crawford, Ex. Gp.: 2112

   7,489,976, Re. S.N. 13/024,202, Feb. 09, 2011, Cl. 700, SYSTEM AND METHOD
FOR DYNAMICALLY SIMULATING PROCESS AND VALUE STREAM MAPS, Hosni I Adra,
Naperville, IL, Owner of Record: CreateASoft., Inc., Naperville, IL,
Attorney or Agent: Kader Gacem, Ex. Gp.: 2121

   7,511,462, Re. S.N. 13/074,014, Mar. 29, 2011, Cl. 323/265, DC POWER
CONVERSION CIRCUIT HAVING SELF-AUXILIARY POWER AND SELF-PROTECTION,
Shih-Yuan Wang, Owner of Record: ADDek Corp, Taipei, TW, Attorney or Agent:
Scott Margo, Ex. Gp.: 2838

   7,514,617, Re. S.N. 13/081,071, Apr. 06, 2011, Cl. 084/411, PRACTICE
DRUMHEAD ASSEMBLY, Thomas Rogers, et.al., Owner of Record: RTOM Corporation,
Carlstad, NJ, Attorney or Agent: Kenneth F. Florek, Ex. Gp.: 2832

   7,515,759, Re. S.N. 13/081,975, Apr. 07, 2011, Cl. 382, 3D VIDEO CODING
USING SUB-SEQUENCES, Shijun Sun, Vancouver, WA, Owner of Record: Sharp
Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Steven M. Jensen,
Ex. Gp.: 2624

   7,519,035, Re. S.N. 13/086,296, Apr. 13, 2011, Cl. 370, METHOD TO
NEGOTIATE CONSUMED POWER VERSUS MEDIUM OCCUPANCY TIME IN MIMO BASED WLAN
SYSTEMS USING ADMISSION CONTROL, John M. Kowalski, et al, Owner of Record:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Babak Sani,
Ex. Gp.: 2618

   7,600,529, Re. S.N. 13/088,292, Apr. 15, 2011, Cl. 137, DUAL GAS PRESSURE
REGULATOR FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE, Felix Querejeta, Vitoria, Spain,
Owner of Record: CORPECITEC, S.L., Aretxabaleta, Spain, Attorney or Agent:
Peter B. Scull, Ex. Gp.: 3753

   7,887,440, Re. S.N. 13/085,340, Apr. 12, 2011, Cl. 473, METHOD FOR
MATCHING A GOLFER WITH A PARTICULAR CLUB STYLE, Ian C. Wright, et al,
Owner of Record: Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Attorney or Agent:
Sandon M. Duncan, Ex. Gp.: 3716
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
                   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   5,606,621, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,554, Requested Date: Mar. 8, 2011,
Cl. 381/001, Title: HYBRID BEHIND-THE-EAR AND COMPLETELY-IN-CANAL HEARING
AID, Inventor: James J. Reiter et al., Owners of Record: Hear-Wear, LLC.,
Tulsa, OK, Attorney or Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP., Dallas, TX,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Robert Greene Sterne, Sterne Kessler Goldstein &
Fox, PLLC., Washington, DC

   5,643,446, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,552, Requested Date: Mar. 8, 2011,
Cl. 210/184, Title: FUEL FILTER AND PRIMING PUMP, Inventor: Michael D.
Clausen et al., Owners of Record: Parker Intangibles, LLC., Cleveland, OH,
Attorney or Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP., Cleveland, OH,
Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Richard B. Lazarus, Barnes & Thornburg, LLP.,
Washington, DC

   6,020,929, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,548, Requested Date: Mar. 7, 2011,
Cl. 348/564, Title: VIDEO MIX PROGRAM GUIDE, Inventor: Connie T. Marshall
et al., Owners of Record: United Video Properties, Inc., Tulsa, OK,
Attorney or Agent: Ropes & Gray, LLP., New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Ronald G. McAndrews, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner,
LLP., Washington, DC

   6,040,033, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,563, Requested Date: Mar. 11, 2011,
Cl. 428/099, Title: FASTENER TAPE MATERIAL, BAG UTILIZING FASTENER TAPE
MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF, Inventor: James R. Johnson,
Owners of Record: Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL, Attorney or Agent:
Day Pitney, LLP., New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: PATENT OWNER

   6,068,383, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,549, Requested Date: Mar. 7, 2011,
Cl. 362/084, Title: PHOSPHOROUS FLOURESCENT LIGHT ASSEMBLY EXCITED BY LIGHT
EMITTING DIODES, Inventor: Roger Robertson et al., Owners of Record: H.E.
Williams, Inc., Carthage, MI, Attorney or Agent: Beirne Maynard & Parsons,
Houston, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Carlos R. Villamar, The Villamar Firm,
PLLC., Falls Church, VA

   6,118,894, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,488, Requested Date: Mar. 11, 2011,
Cl. 382/151, Title: INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PROBE CARD INSPECTION SYSTEM,
Inventor: Rodney E. Schwartz et al., Owners of Record: Integrated Technology
Corporation, Tempe, AZ, Attorney or Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle and Sklar,
Cleveland, OH, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Todd R. Fronek, Dicke Billig &
Czaja, PLLC, Minneapolis, MN

   6,188,578, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,487, Requested Date: Mar. 3, 2011,
Cl. 361/717, Title: INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE WITH MULTIPLE HEAT DISSIPATION
PATHS, Inventor: Po-Yao Lin, et al., Owners of Record: HTC Corporation,
Taiwan, Attorney or Agent: Pollock Vande Sande & Priddy, RLLP., Washington,
DC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Joseph P. Krause, Kelly & Krause, LP.,
Oak Brook, IL

   6,321,423, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,564, Requested Date: Mar. 11, 2011,
Cl. 024/585, Title: FASTENER ASSEMBLY, FASTENER TAPE MATERIAL, BAG UTILIZING
FASTENER TAPE MATERIAL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF, Inventor: James
R. Johnson, Owners of Record: Illinois Tool Works, Inc., Glenview, IL,
Attorney or Agent: Day Pitney, LLP., New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester:
PATENT OWNER

   6,392,227, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,544, Requested Date: Mar. 7, 2011,
Cl. 250/302, Title: LIQUID FOR PRODUCING MARKER VAPOUR, A METHOD OF PRODUCING
MARKER VAPOUR AND A METHOD OF INSPECTION WITH MARKER VAPOUR, Inventor:
Richard Leslie Banyard et al., Owners of Record: Star EnviroTech, Inc., Costa
Mesa, CA, Attorney or Agent: Thompson Lambert, LLP., Canada, Ex. Gp.: 3991,
Requester: Redline Detection, LLC., Matthew A. Newboles, Stetina Brunda
Garred & Brucker, Aliso Viejo, CA

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   6,406,657, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,567, Requested Date: Mar. 14, 2011,
Cl. 264/340, Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A FIBROUS ELECTRET WEB
USING A WETTING LIQUID AND AN AQUEOUS POLAR LIQUID, Inventor: Philip D.
Eitzman et al., Owners of Record: 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul,
MN, Attorney or Agent: 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN,
Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Transweb, LLC., Stephen H. Docter, Reinhart
Boerner Van Deuren, SC., Milwaukee, WI

   6,408,415, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,565, Requested Date: Mar. 11, 2011,
Cl. 714/738, Title: TEST MODE SETUP CIRCUIT FOR MICROCONTROLLER UNIT,
Inventor: Ho Hyun Kim, Owners of Record: Intellectual Ventures II, LLC.,
Wilmington, DE, Attorney or Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP., Houston, TX,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Steven H. Slater, Slater & Matsil, LLP.,
Dallas, TX

   6,439,031, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,545, Requested Date: Mar. 7, 2011,
Cl. 073/040, Title: METHOD FOR DETECTING LEAKS IN A FLUID SYSTEM, Inventor:
Kenneth Alan Pieroni et al., Owners of Record: Envirotech, Inc., Costa Mesa,
CA, Attorney or Agent: Morland C. Fischer, Irvine, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Redline Detection, LLC., Matthew A. Newboles, Stetina Brunda
Garred & Brucker, Aliso Viejo, CA

   6,462,713, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,547, Requested Date: Mar. 7, 2011,
Cl. 343/719, Title: ANTENNA FOR ELECTRIC METER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
THEREOF, Inventor: Lawrence R. Porter et al., Owners of Record: TransData,
Inc., Carrollton, TX, Attorney or Agent: Hitt Gaines, PC., Richardson, TX,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Richard M. Moose, Dority & Manning, PA.,
Greenville, SC

   6,655,613, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,470, Requested Date: Mar. 16, 2011,
Cl. 239/587, Title: FIRE-FIGHTING WATER TURRET, Inventor: Arther E. Brown,
Owners of Record: Linda L. Brown, Ledera Ranch, CA, Attorney or Agent:
Stout Uxa Buyan & Mullins, LLP., Irvine, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester:
Task Force Tips, Inc., Peter J. Shakula, Wood Phillips Katz Clark & Mortimer,
Chicago, IL

   6,722,637, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,555, Requested Date: Mar. 9, 2011,
Cl. 256/001, Title: FENCE POST ACCESSORY APPARATUS, Inventor: Michael G.
Burkart et al., Owners of Record: LMT-Mercer Group, Inc., Lawrenceville, NJ,
Attorney or Agent: Fox Rothschild, LLP., Lawrenceville, NJ, Ex. Gp.: 3993,
Requester: Universal Forest Products, Inc., Joel E. Bair, McGarry Bair, PC.,
Grand Rapids, MI

   6,903,699, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,546, Requested Date: Mar. 7, 2011,
Cl. 343/719, Title: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC METER AND
METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF, Inventor: Lawrence R. Porter et al.,
Owners of Record: TransData, Inc., Carrollton, TX, Attorney or Agent:
Hitt Gaines, PC., Richardson, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Richard M. Moose,
Dority & Manning, PA., Greenville, SC

   6,928,148, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,483, Requested Date: Feb. 10, 2011,
Cl. 379/039, Title: INTEGRATED SECURITY AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM WITH
SECURE COMMUNICATIONS LINK, Inventor: Theodore Simon et al., Owners of
Record: Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ, Attorney or Agent:
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester:
Richard D. McLeod, Klarquist Sparkman, LLP., Portland, OR

   6,934,858, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,557, Requested Date: Mar. 9, 2011,
Cl. 726/001, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE
NETWORK IN PROVIDING AUTHENTICATION OR AUTHORIZATION FOR ONLINE TRANSACTIONS,
Inventor: James R. Woodhill, Owners of Record: Authentify, Inc., Chicago, IL,
Attorney or Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP., Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Kimberly S. Jordahl, KSJLaw, LLC., Marine on St. Croix, MN

   7,383,572, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,558, Requested Date: Mar. 9, 2011,
Cl. 726/005, Title: USE OF PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK FOR
 May 17, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1366 OG 166 

AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHORIZATION IN ON-LINE TRANSACTIONS, Inventor: Andrew
R. Rolfe, Owners of Record: Authentify, Inc., Chicago, IL, Attorney or Agent:
Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP., Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester:
Kimberly S. Jordahl, KSJLaw, LLC., Marine on St. Croix, MN

   7,461,258, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,559, Requested Date: Mar. 9, 2011,
Cl. 713/176, Title: USE OF PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORK FOR CAPTURING
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN ON-LINE TRANSACTIONS, Inventor: Andrew R. Rolfe,
Owners of Record: Authentify, Inc., Chicago, IL, Attorney or Agent: Husch
Blackwell Sanders, LLP., Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Kimberly S.
Jordahl, KSJLaw, LLC., Marine on St. Croix, MN

   7,574,733, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,560, Requested Date: Mar. 9, 2011,
Cl. 726/001, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE PUBLIC SWITCHED TELEPHONE
NETWORK IN PROVIDING AUTHENTICATION OR AUTHORIZATION FOR ONLINE TRANSACTION,
Inventor: James R. Woodhill, Owners of Record: Authentify, Inc., Chicago, IL,
Attorney or Agent: Husch Blackwell Sanders, LLP., Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Kimberly S. Jordahl, KSJLaw, LLC., Marine on St. Croix, MN

   7,691,183, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,562, Requested Date: Mar. 11, 2010,
Cl. 095/119, Title: METHOD FOR DRYING COMPRESSED GAS AND DEVICE USED THEREBY,
Inventor: Danny Etienne Andree Vertriest, Owners of Record: Atlas Copco
Airpower Naamloze Vennootschap, Belgium, Attorney or Agent: Bacon & Thomas,
PLLC., Alexandria, VA, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: PATENT OWNER
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Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed
                 Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed

   6,777,231, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,592, Requested Date: Apr. 1, 2011,
Cl.: 435/325, Title: ADIPOSE-DERIVED STEM CELLS AND LATTICES, Inventor:
Adam J. Katz et al., Owners of Record: University of Pittsburgh of the
Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA, Attorney or Agent:
Leydig Voit & Mayer, LTD., Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Third Party
Requester: Cellerix SA., Spain; (Att'y Is: Robert A. Saltzberg, Morrison &
Foerster, LLP., San Francisco, CA), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third
Party Requester

   6,878,358, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,587, Requested Date: Mar. 28, 2011,
Cl.: 423/210, Title: PROCESS FOR REMOVING MERCURY FROM FLUE GASES,
Inventor: Bernhard Vosteen et al., Owners of Record: Vosteen Consulting GMBH,
Germany, Attorney or Agent: Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP., Kansas City, MO,
Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Third Party Requester: Nalco Company; (Att'y Is:
Michael Geoffrey, Reed Smith, LLP., Chicago, IL), Real Party in Interest:
Same As Third Party Requester

   6,936,268, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,591, Requested Date: Mar. 31, 2011,
Cl.: 424/402, Title: SHEET-FORM ADHESIVE PREPARATION, Inventor: Kazunori Muta
et al., Owners of Record: Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical, Co., Inc., Japan,
Attorney or Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC., Boston, MA, Ex. Gp.: 3991,
Requester: Third Party Requester: Kowa Company, LTD.; (Att'y Is: Daniel E.
Altman, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, Irvine, CA), Real Party in Interest:
Same As Third Party Requester

   7,336,763, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,583, Requested Date: Mar. 25, 2011,
Cl.: 378/040, Title: DENTAL EXTRA-ORAL X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD,
Inventor: Konstantinos Spartiotis et al., Owners of Record: Oy Ajat, LTD.,
Finland, Attorney or Agent: Young & Thompson, Alexandria, VA, Ex. Gp.:
3992, Requester: Third Party Requester: Vatech America, Inc.; (Att'y Is:
Samuel Digirolamo, Husch Blackwell, LLP., St. Louis, MO), Real Party in
Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,483,856, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,594, Requested Date: Apr. 1, 2011,
Cl.: 713/176, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING PAYMENT FOR AN
ELECTRONIC AUCTION COMMERCE TRANSACTION, Inventor: George Likourezos et al.,
Owners of Record: XPRT Ventures, LLC., Greenwich, CT, Attorney or Agent:
George Likourezos, Esq., St. James, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party
Requester: eBay, Inc.; (Att'y Is: Tracy W. Druce, Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP.,
Houston, TX), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,512,563, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,589, Requested Date: Mar. 30, 2011,
Cl.: 705/001, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AUTOMATE PAYMENT FOR A COMMERCE
TRANSACTION, Inventor: George Likourezos et al., Owners of Record: XPRT
Ventures, LLC., Greenwich, CT, Attorney or Agent: George Likourezos, Esq.,
St. James, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party Requester: eBay, Inc.;
(Att'y Is: Tracy W. Druce, Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP., Houston, TX),
Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,627,528, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,590, Requested Date: Mar. 30, 2011,
Cl.: 713/176, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING A REAL-TIME PAYMENT FOR
AN ITEM WON ON AN ELECTRONIC AUCTION, Inventor: George Likourezos et al.,
Owners of Record: XPRT Ventures, LLC., Greenwich, CT, Attorney or Agent:
George Likourezos, Esq., St. James, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party
Requester: eBay, Inc.; (Att'y Is: Tracy W. Druce, Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP.,
Houston, TX), 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
                                April 22, 2011
                            DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW

Reg. Number                   Serial Number                     Reg. Date

  874,700                      72/300,722                      08/12/1969
2,388,014                      75/017,743                      09/19/2000
2,388,173                      75/375,385                      09/19/2000
2,386,958                      75/560,379                      09/19/2000
2,386,967                      75/564,187                      09/19/2000
2,388,602                      75/611,391                      09/19/2000
2,388,643                      75/629,837                      09/19/2000
2,388,673                      75/643,630                      09/19/2000
2,388,683                      75/648,908                      09/19/2000
2,387,566                      75/757,673                      09/19/2000
2,387,686                      75/801,489                      09/19/2000
2,387,729                      75/817,001                      09/19/2000
2,387,735                      75/819,383                      09/19/2000
1,139,594                      73/184,409                      09/16/1980
1,613,806                      74/007,144                      09/18/1990
1,613,820                      74/014,133                      09/18/1990
2,388,011                      75/006,851                      09/19/2000
2,388,026                      75/095,715                      09/19/2000
2,388,027                      75/106,667                      09/19/2000
2,388,031                      75/109,181                      09/19/2000
2,386,692                      75/110,373                      09/19/2000
2,388,036                      75/128,342                      09/19/2000
2,386,699                      75/155,657                      09/19/2000
2,388,040                      75/155,780                      09/19/2000
2,388,041                      75/157,362                      09/19/2000
2,388,071                      75/240,637                      09/19/2000
2,388,080                      75/259,300                      09/19/2000
2,388,081                      75/261,205                      09/19/2000
2,388,095                      75/281,400                      09/19/2000
2,388,096                      75/281,406                      09/19/2000
2,388,098                      75/283,537                      09/19/2000
2,386,729                      75/284,629                      09/19/2000
2,388,809                      75/285,057                      09/19/2000
2,388,109                      75/303,726                      09/19/2000
2,386,738                      75/308,335                      09/19/2000
2,388,112                      75/309,034                      09/19/2000
2,386,741                      75/312,327                      09/19/2000
2,386,749                      75/327,922                      09/19/2000
2,386,750                      75/329,622                      09/19/2000
2,386,751                      75/330,047                      09/19/2000
2,388,134                      75/340,411                      09/19/2000
2,386,758                      75/346,685                      09/19/2000
2,388,146                      75/351,060                      09/19/2000
2,388,147                      75/351,169                      09/19/2000
2,388,174                      75/376,766                      09/19/2000
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2,388,179                      75/378,990                      09/19/2000
2,386,774                      75/379,470                      09/19/2000
2,388,181                      75/381,861                      09/19/2000
2,388,184                      75/383,896                      09/19/2000
2,386,776                      75/392,669                      09/19/2000
2,388,193                      75/393,153                      09/19/2000
2,388,200                      75/400,467                      09/19/2000
2,388,203                      75/403,832                      09/19/2000
2,388,206                      75/406,840                      09/19/2000
2,388,208                      75/409,853                      09/19/2000
2,388,210                      75/410,218                      09/19/2000
2,388,218                      75/417,184                      09/19/2000
2,388,221                      75/419,334                      09/19/2000
2,388,224                      75/420,860                      09/19/2000
2,388,256                      75/439,938                      09/19/2000
2,386,813                      75/442,352                      09/19/2000
2,388,260                      75/443,582                      09/19/2000
2,386,815                      75/447,514                      09/19/2000
2,388,267                      75/449,943                      09/19/2000
2,388,281                      75/458,220                      09/19/2000
2,388,290                      75/465,638                      09/19/2000
2,388,293                      75/468,260                      09/19/2000
2,388,296                      75/471,256                      09/19/2000
2,386,836                      75/472,405                      09/19/2000
2,386,840                      75/473,678                      09/19/2000
2,388,304                      75/477,090                      09/19/2000
2,386,845                      75/478,786                      09/19/2000
2,388,313                      75/479,678                      09/19/2000
2,388,316                      75/480,481                      09/19/2000
2,388,827                      75/481,718                      09/19/2000
2,388,317                      75/482,171                      09/19/2000
2,388,323                      75/484,369                      09/19/2000
2,386,855                      75/484,956                      09/19/2000
2,388,326                      75/487,599                      09/19/2000
2,388,831                      75/488,764                      09/19/2000
2,386,865                      75/490,896                      09/19/2000
2,388,337                      75/496,809                      09/19/2000
2,388,340                      75/499,596                      09/19/2000
2,386,875                      75/503,242                      09/19/2000
2,388,360                      75/510,215                      09/19/2000
2,386,884                      75/514,171                      09/19/2000
2,386,885                      75/514,684                      09/19/2000
2,388,376                      75/516,026                      09/19/2000
2,388,379                      75/516,910                      09/19/2000
2,388,384                      75/523,021                      09/19/2000
2,386,903                      75/527,271                      09/19/2000
2,388,395                      75/529,696                      09/19/2000
2,388,400                      75/532,003                      09/19/2000
2,386,912                      75/532,464                      09/19/2000
2,388,415                      75/535,456                      09/19/2000
2,386,916                      75/536,257                      09/19/2000
2,388,422                      75/536,978                      09/19/2000
2,388,425                      75/537,764                      09/19/2000
2,388,428                      75/538,665                      09/19/2000
2,386,923                      75/539,130                      09/19/2000
2,388,837                      75/539,200                      09/19/2000
2,388,433                      75/540,822                      09/19/2000
2,388,442                      75/546,302                      09/19/2000
2,388,448                      75/551,004                      09/19/2000
2,388,454                      75/553,208                      09/19/2000
2,388,457                      75/554,065                      09/19/2000
2,386,945                      75/555,105                      09/19/2000
2,386,946                      75/555,625                      09/19/2000
2,388,471                      75/558,035                      09/19/2000
2,388,474                      75/559,391                      09/19/2000
2,388,476                      75/560,169                      09/19/2000
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2,386,960                      75/561,471                      09/19/2000
2,386,965                      75/563,188                      09/19/2000
2,388,490                      75/565,128                      09/19/2000
2,388,499                      75/568,092                      09/19/2000
2,388,503                      75/569,157                      09/19/2000
2,386,985                      75/571,484                      09/19/2000
2,386,987                      75/571,915                      09/19/2000
2,388,511                      75/572,825                      09/19/2000
2,388,522                      75/575,320                      09/19/2000
2,388,523                      75/575,324                      09/19/2000
2,388,528                      75/577,143                      09/19/2000
2,388,529                      75/577,783                      09/19/2000
2,388,531                      75/578,360                      09/19/2000
2,386,999                      75/578,999                      09/19/2000
2,388,537                      75/579,769                      09/19/2000
2,387,000                      75/580,797                      09/19/2000
2,387,004                      75/582,385                      09/19/2000
2,388,543                      75/582,724                      09/19/2000
2,387,007                      75/582,960                      09/19/2000
2,388,853                      75/587,220                      09/19/2000
2,388,554                      75/587,585                      09/19/2000
2,388,556                      75/588,115                      09/19/2000
2,387,027                      75/591,053                      09/19/2000
2,388,563                      75/593,444                      09/19/2000
2,388,565                      75/594,091                      09/19/2000
2,387,035                      75/595,212                      09/19/2000
2,388,572                      75/597,228                      09/19/2000
2,388,573                      75/597,491                      09/19/2000
2,388,577                      75/598,944                      09/19/2000
2,388,579                      75/599,520                      09/19/2000
2,388,580                      75/599,793                      09/19/2000
2,388,855                      75/602,311                      09/19/2000
2,388,856                      75/603,876                      09/19/2000
2,387,059                      75/603,884                      09/19/2000
2,388,857                      75/604,643                      09/19/2000
2,388,590                      75/604,966                      09/19/2000
2,387,066                      75/605,287                      09/19/2000
2,388,592                      75/605,772                      09/19/2000
2,387,070                      75/606,006                      09/19/2000
2,387,071                      75/606,323                      09/19/2000
2,388,597                      75/608,775                      09/19/2000
2,387,076                      75/609,591                      09/19/2000
2,388,599                      75/610,665                      09/19/2000
2,387,081                      75/610,798                      09/19/2000
2,388,600                      75/611,033                      09/19/2000
2,388,601                      75/611,092                      09/19/2000
2,387,090                      75/612,985                      09/19/2000
2,387,097                      75/614,129                      09/19/2000
2,388,612                      75/616,051                      09/19/2000
2,388,627                      75/621,229                      09/19/2000
2,387,115                      75/623,191                      09/19/2000
2,387,116                      75/623,522                      09/19/2000
2,387,122                      75/625,723                      09/19/2000
2,387,128                      75/627,299                      09/19/2000
2,387,135                      75/629,063                      09/19/2000
2,387,144                      75/631,373                      09/19/2000
2,388,651                      75/635,484                      09/19/2000
2,387,159                      75/635,524                      09/19/2000
2,387,161                      75/636,020                      09/19/2000
2,387,166                      75/637,171                      09/19/2000
2,387,175                      75/639,802                      09/19/2000
2,387,184                      75/641,622                      09/19/2000
2,388,671                      75/643,040                      09/19/2000
2,387,192                      75/644,152                      09/19/2000
2,387,199                      75/646,145                      09/19/2000
2,388,680                      75/646,485                      09/19/2000
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2,387,202                      75/646,839                      09/19/2000
2,388,685                      75/649,062                      09/19/2000
2,387,227                      75/652,411                      09/19/2000
2,388,869                      75/652,999                      09/19/2000
2,387,233                      75/653,856                      09/19/2000
2,388,695                      75/653,893                      09/19/2000
2,387,240                      75/655,027                      09/19/2000
2,387,244                      75/656,309                      09/19/2000
2,387,249                      75/657,444                      09/19/2000
2,387,250                      75/657,507                      09/19/2000
2,387,256                      75/659,707                      09/19/2000
2,388,705                      75/662,013                      09/19/2000
2,387,261                      75/662,739                      09/19/2000
2,387,262                      75/662,743                      09/19/2000
2,388,875                      75/663,564                      09/19/2000
2,387,274                      75/665,928                      09/19/2000
2,388,710                      75/668,044                      09/19/2000
2,387,283                      75/668,399                      09/19/2000
2,388,714                      75/671,119                      09/19/2000
2,388,721                      75/674,570                      09/19/2000
2,388,723                      75/675,617                      09/19/2000
2,388,725                      75/676,378                      09/19/2000
2,387,313                      75/677,615                      09/19/2000
2,388,731                      75/679,647                      09/19/2000
2,387,324                      75/679,929                      09/19/2000
2,387,328                      75/681,448                      09/19/2000
2,388,880                      75/682,661                      09/19/2000
2,387,334                      75/683,569                      09/19/2000
2,387,349                      75/686,274                      09/19/2000
2,387,350                      75/686,478                      09/19/2000
2,387,354                      75/687,212                      09/19/2000
2,387,365                      75/688,984                      09/19/2000
2,387,375                      75/690,970                      09/19/2000
2,387,381                      75/693,604                      09/19/2000
2,387,390                      75/695,759                      09/19/2000
2,388,750                      75/696,498                      09/19/2000
2,387,406                      75/698,471                      09/19/2000
2,387,409                      75/699,616                      09/19/2000
2,387,410                      75/699,895                      09/19/2000
2,387,429                      75/703,864                      09/19/2000
2,387,435                      75/706,834                      09/19/2000
2,387,438                      75/708,064                      09/19/2000
2,387,441                      75/708,753                      09/19/2000
2,388,762                      75/713,182                      09/19/2000
2,387,458                      75/713,910                      09/19/2000
2,387,472                      75/720,617                      09/19/2000
2,387,476                      75/721,225                      09/19/2000
2,387,492                      75/723,639                      09/19/2000
2,387,499                      75/725,902                      09/19/2000
2,388,769                      75/730,211                      09/19/2000
2,387,510                      75/734,553                      09/19/2000
2,387,520                      75/739,301                      09/19/2000
2,387,521                      75/739,332                      09/19/2000
2,387,527                      75/740,944                      09/19/2000
2,388,777                      75/742,367                      09/19/2000
2,388,781                      75/744,552                      09/19/2000
2,387,536                      75/746,143                      09/19/2000
2,387,537                      75/746,349                      09/19/2000
2,387,541                      75/746,543                      09/19/2000
2,387,552                      75/751,210                      09/19/2000
2,387,554                      75/752,459                      09/19/2000
2,388,910                      75/763,326                      09/19/2000
2,387,587                      75/764,119                      09/19/2000
2,387,589                      75/764,373                      09/19/2000
2,387,595                      75/767,525                      09/19/2000
2,387,600                      75/768,389                      09/19/2000
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2,387,605                      75/769,391                      09/19/2000
2,387,609                      75/771,943                      09/19/2000
2,388,915                      75/774,238                      09/19/2000
2,387,628                      75/780,414                      09/19/2000
2,387,644                      75/786,894                      09/19/2000
2,388,920                      75/792,465                      09/19/2000
2,387,675                      75/798,678                      09/19/2000
2,387,685                      75/801,437                      09/19/2000
2,388,924                      75/805,775                      09/19/2000
2,387,696                      75/806,549                      09/19/2000
2,387,702                      75/808,891                      09/19/2000
2,387,712                      75/812,717                      09/19/2000
2,387,716                      75/813,877                      09/19/2000
2,387,724                      75/814,999                      09/19/2000
2,387,727                      75/816,426                      09/19/2000
2,387,728                      75/816,664                      09/19/2000
2,388,925                      75/816,965                      09/19/2000
2,387,738                      75/819,634                      09/19/2000
2,387,755                      75/823,622                      09/19/2000
2,387,767                      75/826,579                      09/19/2000
2,387,768                      75/826,889                      09/19/2000
2,387,775                      75/831,052                      09/19/2000
2,387,776                      75/831,746                      09/19/2000
2,387,782                      75/833,021                      09/19/2000
2,387,794                      75/836,021                      09/19/2000
2,387,797                      75/836,187                      09/19/2000
2,387,811                      75/838,258                      09/19/2000
2,387,813                      75/838,334                      09/19/2000
2,387,814                      75/838,335                      09/19/2000
2,387,825                      75/839,428                      09/19/2000
2,387,826                      75/839,430                      09/19/2000
2,387,828                      75/839,855                      09/19/2000
2,387,835                      75/841,236                      09/19/2000
2,387,843                      75/842,147                      09/19/2000
2,387,845                      75/842,488                      09/19/2000
2,387,851                      75/842,875                      09/19/2000
2,387,854                      75/843,543                      09/19/2000
2,387,855                      75/843,613                      09/19/2000
2,387,857                      75/843,810                      09/19/2000
2,388,929                      75/845,677                      09/19/2000
2,388,930                      75/845,678                      09/19/2000
2,387,896                      75/849,037                      09/19/2000
2,387,897                      75/849,151                      09/19/2000
2,387,903                      75/850,619                      09/19/2000
2,387,914                      75/852,074                      09/19/2000
2,387,926                      75/854,068                      09/19/2000
2,387,933                      75/854,638                      09/19/2000
2,387,957                      75/859,944                      09/19/2000
2,387,964                      75/863,274                      09/19/2000
2,387,965                      75/863,402                      09/19/2000
2,387,970                      75/864,562                      09/19/2000
2,387,977                      75/867,698                      09/19/2000
2,387,978                      75/867,986                      09/19/2000
2,387,980                      75/870,617                      09/19/2000
2,388,935                      75/910,924                      09/19/2000
2,387,994                      75/979,615                      09/19/2000
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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.

Panta Systems, Inc., Cupertino, California, Registration Nos. 3130908 and
3160179 for the mark "PANTA", Cancellation No. 92053486.

Vitco Industries, Inc., Nappanee, Indiana, Registration No. 1667882 for the
mark "VITCO", Cancellation No. 92053628.

Codex Holdings, LLC, Carson City, California, Registration No. 3264986 for
the mark "CODEX", Cancellation No. 92053788.

                                                            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.

Scentric Inc., Duluth, 30097, Registration No. 3149732 for the mark
"SCENTRIC", Cancellation No. 92053790.

Noguchi Medical Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA, Registration No.
2850300, 2009642 for the marks "NOGUCHI HIDEYO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION",
"INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CLINIC NOGUCHI HUMAN DRY DOCK NINGEN DOCK"
Cancellation No. 92053490.

                                                           MILLICENT CANADY
                                      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.

Pavel V. Gnitetskiy, New York, NY, Registration No. 3311593 for the mark
"PEEKYOU", Cancellation No. 92053766.

Off The Wall, LLC, Louisville, KY, Registration No. 3443307 for the mark
"OFF THE WALL", Cancellation No. 92053526.

Vortex Fishing Systems, Inc., Tucson, AZ, Registration No. 2943612 for the
mark "VORTEX", Cancellation No. 92053767.
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Joseph Kramer, Copiague, NY, Registration No. 3208876 for the mark "PRO-FIT",
Cancellation No. 92053662.

Pondur Inc., Atlanta, GA, Registration Nos. 3505081 and 3372971 for the mark
"PONDšR", Cancellation No. 92053661.

                                                               AMY MATELSKI
                                                       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.

Bottlers Int., Ltd., Clearbrook, VA Registration No. 400434 for the mark
"TRU ADE NOT CARBONATED", Cancellation No. 92053643.

Power Mart Corporation, Oak Brook, IL, Registration No. 3259015, 3291259 for
the mark "POWER ONE", Cancellation No. 92053647.

                                                             ROCHELLE ADAMS
                                                                  Paralegal
                                      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.

Maverick Co Pty Ltd, Port Melbourne, Australia, Registration No. 3176043 for
the mark "CALAVERA", Cancellation No. 92053502.

                                                             VERONICA 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.

Robert V. Mitchell, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Registration No. 2494936 for
the mark "RM", Cancellation No. 92053755.
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                                                              VIONETTE BAEZ
                                                       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.

Hush Baby, LLC, Aliso Viejo, CA, Registration No. 3138252 and 3570117 for the
marks "HUSH BABY CHILDREN'S BOUTIQUE", "HUSH BABY", Cancellation No. 92053627.

                                                                TINA CRAVEN
                                      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.

NX Health Systems, Inc., Sparks, MD, Registration No. 2964754 for the mark
"VERO SMOKE BREAK", Cancellation No. 92053473.

                                                              MONIQUE TYSON
                                                       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.

Antichi Saporti S.R.L., Salerno, IT, Registration No. 3832185 for the mark
"ANTICHI SAPORI DAL PARCO", Cancellation No. 92053018.

Club Paris LLC, Orlando, FL, Registration No. 3140150 for the mark "CLUB
PARIS", Cancellation No. 92053619.

                                                            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 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 addresses of the non-signing inventors. The
inventor whose signature is missing (Jean I. Montagu) 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/US2009/034777
and was filed 20 February 2009 in the names of Jean I. Montagu, Herman
Deweerd, Natalia A. Rodionova and Nathan Tyburczy for the invention entitled
ASSAYS BASED ON LIQUID FLOW OVER ARRAYS. The national stage number is
12/867,257 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 22 March 2011.


                       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 inventors. The inventors
whose signatures are missing (Joseph R. Byrum and Donghong Pei) 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/US2008/0065123 and was filed on 29 May 2008 in the name of Mark A.
Erickson, Thomas Horejsi, Joseph R. Byrum, and Donhong Pei for the invention
entitled COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF SOYBEAN WITH ELEVATED OIL CONTENT.
The national stage application number is 12/600,231.


                       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 addresses of the non-signing inventors. The
inventor whose signature is missing (Ndiata Kalonji) 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/IB2009/053237
and was filed 29 June 2009 in the names of Manoj Mourya and Ndiata Kalonji
for the invention entitled A METHOD TO MANAGE MULTIPLE CALLER IDENTIES IN
A TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM. The national stage number is 13/002,037 and has
a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 29 December 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 (Kenji Nakamura) 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/JP2007/073587 and was filed 06
December 2007 in the names of Hideo Ochi, Satoru Ohta, Akira Hirasawa, Kenji
Nakamura and Takahito Oyamada for the invention entitled PIXEL CIRCUIT AND
DISPLAY PANEL. The national stage number is 12/742,547 and has a 35 U.S.C.
371(c) date of 20 October 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
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sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor whose
signature is missing (Michael Badard) 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/EP2008/056057 and was filed on 16 May
2004 in the names of Laurence DOMOULIN, Delia PASTORELLI, and Michael BADARD
for the invention entitled INSTALLATION FOR WATER TREATMENT BY FLOTATION
AND CORRESPONDING WATER TREATMENT METHOD. The national stage application
number is 12/600,591.


                       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 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 (Cornelis Stienstra) 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/IB2005/052520 and was filed on 27
July 2005 in the names Henricus C.J. Buthker, Lambert J.H. Folmer, and'
Cornelis Stienstra for the invention entitled DIGITALLY CONTROLLING A DC-DC
CONVERTER. The national stage application number is 11/573,352 and has a
35 U.S.C. 371 date of 04 April 2011.
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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 the following applications with a
petition under 37 CFR § 1.47 requesting the acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors or, if the inventor is deceased, the
legal representative of the deceased inventor. The petition in each
application has been granted. A notice has been sent to the last known address
of the non-signing inventor or legal representative. The inventors or legal
representatives whose signatures are missing may join in the application by
promptly filing an oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR § 1.63.

                                Non-Signing
                                Inventor(s)
Application                     or Legal
No.           Filing Date       Representative(s)       Title of Invention

29/370,725    Aug. 27, 2010     Brian Abrams            Hooded Sleeping Bag
                                Eric Sachs

12/325,407    Dec. 1, 2008      James R. Schwaegler     Bimetal Laminate
                                                        Structure And Method
                                                        Of Making The Same

12/419,098    Apr. 6, 2009      Richard M. Wagner       Multicore Computer
                                                        Program Debugger

12/536,042    Aug. 5, 2009      Matthew Reedman         Foldable Rear View
                                                        Mirror Assembly
                                                        For A Vehicle

12/544,442    Aug. 20, 2009     Donald Jamieson         Gas-Fired Heater With
                                                        Carbon Dioxide
                                                        Detector

12/564,286    Sep. 22, 2009     Anthony Granite         Financial System For
                                                        Isolated Economic
                                                        Environment

12/603,766    Oct. 22, 2009     Wan-Joo Kim             Fabrication Method
                                                        Of Two-Terminal
                                                        Semiconductor
                                                        Component Using
                                                        Trench Technology

12/616,493    Nov. 11, 2009     Ramsey Jallad           Systems And Methods
                                Patrick Stach           For Securely Providing
                                John Terrill            And/Or Accessing
                                                        Information

12/622,303    Nov. 19, 2009     Nicolas Mantel          Laser Scribing
                                                        Platform With
                                                        Moving Gantry

12/634,302    Dec. 9, 2009      Rainer Gruhn            Grammar And
                                Stefan Hamerich         Template-Based Speech
                                                        Recognition Of Spoken
                                                        Utterances

12/642,157    Dec. 18, 2009     Travis D. Fox           Adaptive Resource
                                Edwin S. Olds           Controlled Write-Back
                                                        Aging For A Data
                                                        Storage Device

12/645,915    Dec. 23, 2009     Petr Valentinovich      Geophysical Prospecting
                                 Kuzmin                 Using Rotationally
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                                                        Invariant Parameters
                                                        Of Natural
                                                        Electromagnetic Fields

12/661,549    Mar. 18, 2010     Lawrence Binder         Posterior Lumbar Fusion

12/688,495    Jan. 15, 2010     Doug Crafts             Porous Silicon
                                                        Electro-Etching
                                                        System And Method

12/691,399    Jan. 21, 2010     Allen Colebank          Audio Book Editing
                                                        Method And Apparatus
                                                        Providing The
                                                        Integration Of Images
                                                        Into The Text

12/702,502    Feb. 9, 2010      Richard G. Cartledge    Inflatable Minimally
                                                        Invasive System For
                                                        Delivering And
                                                        Securing An Annular
                                                        Implant

12/712,079    Feb. 24, 2010     Fangyi She              Efficient Frame
                                Guofang Sheng           Structure For Digital
                                Ming Yang               Satellite Communication

12/713,040    Feb. 25, 2010     Wan-Hee Jo              Method For Concealing
                                                        Dark Defect In
                                                        Image Sensor

12/716,223    Mar. 2, 2010      Laudelino Baez          Adjustable Fishing
                                                        Outrigger Apparatus

12/716,243    Mar. 2, 2010      Merjin Camiel Terheggen System And Method For
                                                        Publishing Media
                                                        Objects

12/723,428    Mar. 12, 2010     Mark D. Duennes         Applicator For Self-
                                                        Adhesive Products

12/724,024    Mar. 15, 2010     Thomas Burghardt        Polymerization
                                                        Initiators For
                                                        Fiber-Reinforced
                                                        Polymer Composites
                                                        And Materials Made
                                                        From The Composites

12/730,546    Mar. 24, 2010     Kenneth Olson           Representing Text And
                                                        Other Types Of
                                                        Content By Using
                                                        A Frequency Domain

12/756,589    Apr. 8, 2010      Douglas Greiner         Column Enrichment Of
                                                        PCR Beads Comprising
                                                        Tethered Amplicons

12/764,557    Apr. 21, 2010     Andrew Guzman           Method Of Using
                                                        Deformable Mirror
                                                        Using Piezoelectric
                                                        Actuators Formed As
                                                        An Integrated Circuit

12/766,515    Apr. 23, 2010     Zine-Eddine Boutaghou   Dressing Bar For
                                                        Embedding Abrasive
                                                        Particles Into
                                                        Substrates
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12/767,035    Apr. 26, 2010     Michael Soltz           Medical Device
                                                        Including An Air
                                                        Evacuation System

12/767,058    Apr. 26, 2010     Michael Soltz           Medical Device
                                                        Including An Air
                                                        Evacuation System

12/771,026    Apr. 30, 2010     Jens Schneider          Watch

12/790,376    May. 28, 2010     Dennis Nasto            Digital Signature
                                David Vineyard          System And Method

12/790,651    May 28, 2010      Johann Kaspar Locher    Device And Process For
                                                        The Authentication
                                                        Of Authorizations
                                                        Or Enablement Of A
                                                        Person With The Use
                                                        Of A Mobile
                                                        Communication Device

12/794,337    Jun. 4, 2010      Walter Geer III         Dynamic Integration
                                Ellen To                And Linear
                                Jason Witt              Presentation Of
                                                        Advertising Content
                                                        And Media Content

12/794,347    Jun. 4, 2010      Walter Geer III         Dynamic Integration
                                Ellen To                And Non-Linear
                                Jason Witt              Presentation Of
                                                        Advertising Content
                                                        And Media Content

12/817,030    Jun. 16, 2010     Kustra Gabe             Multiplexer For
                                                        Selection Of An MRI
                                                        Compatible Bandstop
                                                        Filter Placed In
                                                        Series With A
                                                        Particular Therapy
                                                        Electrode Of An
                                                        Active Implantable
                                                        Medical Device

12/818,762    Jun. 18, 2010     Michael P. Anthony      Background Calibration
                                                        Of Offsets In
                                                        Interleaved Analog
                                                        To Digital Converters

12/821,081    Jun. 22, 2010     Shou Shan Chiang        Method Of Reversing,
                                                        Preventing, Delaying
                                                        Or Stabilizing Soft
                                                        Tissue Calcification

12/829,742    Jul. 2, 2010      Anthony D. Amicangioli  Brokerage Transaction
                                                        Server And Method Using
                                                        Encapsulated Messages

12/832,988    Jul. 9, 2010      Milan Klimes            Fast Fill Tandem
                                                        Master Cylinder

12/838,863    Jul. 19, 2010     Joe Linzer              Catalyst For Oxidation
                                                        Of Saturated And
                                                        Unsaturated Aldehydes
                                                        To Unsaturated
                                                        Carboxylic Acid,
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                                                        Method Of Making And
                                                        Method Of Using
                                                        Thereof

12/844,700    Jul. 27, 2010     Curt Hendrix            Compositions And
                                                        Methods For
                                                        Treating Headache

12/845,151    Jul. 28, 2010     Milan Klimes            Electric Hydraulic
                                                        Booster

12/846,492    Jul. 29, 2010     Milan Klimes            Pedal Feel Simulator
                                                        Actuator And
                                                        Cutoff Assembly

12/859,485    Aug. 19, 2010     Kris Church             Integrated Machining
                                                        And Part Inspection
                                                        Method

12/874,149    Sep. 1, 2010      Harry Taplin            Lithium Conditioned
                                                        Engine With Reduced
                                                        Carbon Oxide Emissions

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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 June 6, 2011 at
the following address: Mail Stop OED United States Patent and Trademark
Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22314.

Brothers, Michael Howard, Brown, Werner & Brothers LLP, 30 Atlantic Street,
Niantic, CT  06357-3119

Coobs, Rebecca Johanna, 272 Maple Lane, Roseville, MN  55113

Egenton, Cormac Ryan, 16 Willow Avenue, Fanwood, NJ  07023

Flynn, Peter Andrew, GE Aviation, 1000 Western Avenue, Building 40, 3rd Floor
MD 34029, Lynn, MA 01910

Franco, Katherine Aileen, 4511 Dunlavy Street, Unit B, Houston, TX 77006

Hughes, Scott Arthur, Hogan Lovells US LLP, Columbia Square, 555 Thirteenth
Street, N. W., Washington, DC 20004

Lee, Seong Eyl, 1605 Ann Street, 2nd Fl, Fort Lee, NJ 07024

Lin, Diana Chen-ni, 500 3rd Street, Suite 515, San Francisco, CA 94107

Misley, Heath Travis, 15 Wyman Street, Unit #54, Concord, NH 03301

Spiro, Craig, 601 E 2nd Street, Apartment 312, Los Angeles, CA 90012-4187

Strauss, Ryan Nathan, 3811 13th Avenue, W, Apartment 4, Seattle, WA 98119

Vithayathil, Anne Marie, Perkins Coie LLP, 1201 3rd Avenue, Suite 4800,
Seattle, WA 98101

April 19, 2011                                           WILLIAM J. GRIFFIN
                                 Acting Director of Enrollment & Discipline
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Notice of Stayed Suspension
                          Notice of Stayed Suspension

   Theodore J. Bielen of Concord, California, a registered patent attorney
(Registration number 27,420). Mr. Bielen has been suspended for twenty-four
(24) months with the entirety of the suspension stayed and placed on probation
for a period of twenty-four (24) months by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office ("Office") for violating 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.23(b)(4) for conduct
involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation; 10.23(b)(6) for
conduct reflecting adversely on a practitioner's fitness to practice before
the Office; 10.77(c) for neglecting entrusted legal matters; and 10.112(b)
for commingling funds. Mr. Bielen is permitted to practice before the Office
during his probation unless the stay of the suspension is lifted.

   Mr. Bielen submitted checks for required fees to the Office drawn on his
operating account, but he failed to maintain sufficient funds in the account
when the checks were presented for payment. Mr. Bielen subsequently paid the
application fees for which the checks were originally presented, as well as
fees arising from the untimely payment of those fees. Upon receipt notice of
the investigation of his handling of client funds, Mr. Bielen immediately
undertook remedial action to ensure that the conduct herein would never
reoccur (e.g., he no longer uses checks to pay USPTO fees). No client has
reported substantial harm to OED. Mr. Bielen has no previous disciplinary
record.

   This action is the result of a settlement agreement between Mr. Bielen and
the OED Director pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 2(b)(2)(D) and 32, and 37 C.F.R.
§§ 11.20, 11.26, and 11.59. Disciplinary decisions involving practitioners
are posted for public reading at the Office of Enrollment and Discipline's
Reading Room located at: http://des.uspto.gov/Foia/OEDReadingRoom.jsp.

April 22, 2011                                            DAVID M. SHEWCHUK
                              Acting Deputy General Counsel for General Law
                                                  Office of General Counsel
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office

                                                               on behalf of

                                                            DAVID M. KAPPOS
                  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
                  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark Office
           Extension of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program
          between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the
                      German Patent and Trade Mark Office

   On April 27, 2009, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
commenced a Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot program which enabled an
applicant whose claims have been determined allowable/patentable in an
application filed in the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) to have
the corresponding application filed in the USPTO advanced out of turn for
examination. See "Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the United
States Patent and Trademark Office and the German Patent and Trade Mark
Office," 1342 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 100 (May 12, 2009). The USPTO indicated
that the pilot program would last for a period of two years ending on
April 27, 2011, but may be extended for an additional time period thereafter.

   In order to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH pilot program,
the USPTO and the DPMA have decided to extend the pilot program for an
additional two years to April 26, 2013. The USPTO and DPMA will evaluate the
results of the pilot program at the end of this two-year period to determine
whether and how the program should be fully implemented.

   Please continue to direct inquiries on the PPH pilot program to Magdalen
Greenlief at 571-272-8140, or via e-mail addressed to
Magdalen.greenlief@uspto.gov.

                                                            DAVID J. KAPPOS
                  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
                  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Streamlined Patent Reexamination Proceedings; Notice of Public Meeting
                            DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                          Patent and Trademark Office
                               37 CFR Chapter I
                         [Docket No.: PTO-P-2011-0018]

                 Streamlined Patent Reexamination Proceedings;
                           Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; request for comments.

SUMMARY: This document announces a public meeting to solicit public opinions
on a number of changes being considered by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) to streamline the procedures governing ex parte and
inter partes reexamination proceedings. These changes are intended to achieve
faster, more efficient resolution of the substantial new question of
patentability (SNQ) for which reexamination is ordered. The proposed changes
in this document are divided into three categories: changes to both ex parte
and inter partes reexaminations, changes specific to ex parte reexamination,
and changes specific to inter partes reexamination. After soliciting public
opinions regarding this document, the USPTO may seek to adopt one or more of
the proposed changes or a modified version thereof, or other changes
suggested by the public, through a rule making or through internal
operational changes as appropriate.

DATES: The public meeting will be held on June 1, 2011, beginning at 1:30
p.m. Persons interested in attending the meeting must register by 5 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time (EST), on May 25, 2011.
   Written comments must be submitted by June 29, 2011.

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the USPTO, in the South
Auditorium of Madison West, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314.
   Written comments should be sent by electronic mail message over the
Internet addressed to reexamimprovementcomments@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 Kenneth M. Schor. Although comments may be submitted by mail,
submission via e-mail to the above address is preferable.
   The written 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 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.
   For Registration to Give a Presentation at the Meeting: If you wish to
make an oral presentation at the meeting, you must register by sending an
e-mail to reexamimprovementcomments@uspto.gov, by 5 p.m. EST, on May 11,
2011. See the registration information provided below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kenneth M. Schor, Office of Patent Legal
Administration, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination
Policy, by telephone at 571-272-7710, or by mail addressed to: Mail Stop
Comments-Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313-1450.
   Inquiries regarding the current reexamination practice may be directed to
the Office of Patent Legal Administration, by telephone at (571) 272-7703, or
by electronic mail at PatentPractice@uspto.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document announces a public meeting to
solicit public opinions on a number of changes being considered by the
USPTO to streamline the procedures governing ex parte and inter partes
reexamination proceedings. These changes are intended to achieve faster,
more efficient resolution of the SNQ for which reexamination is ordered.
Moreover, the changes proposed in this document are complementary to the
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post-grant provisions in the pending America Invents Act currently being
considered by Congress. In particular, the America Invents Act would not
alter ex parte reexamination, and it would provide a transition period of
several years during which inter partes reexamination could still be
requested. Therefore, it is important for the USPTO to continue its efforts
to improve the existing reexamination system.
   On August 5, 2010, the USPTO explained that it is considering a number of
short- and long-range initiatives that can be implemented in three phases to
reduce pendency and improve efficiency, while maintaining quality, in
reexamination proceedings. See Optional Waiver of Patent Owner's Statement
in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings, 75 FR 47269 (Aug. 5, 2010).
   Phase I includes a number of streamlined procedures and optional programs
in which the Patent Owner and Third Party Requester may elect to participate
in order to gain the benefit of shorter pendency. For example, in the above-
mentioned notice dated August 5, 2010, the USPTO implemented an optional
procedure allowing the Patent Owner in an ex parte reexamination to waive
the Patent Owner's statement under 35 U.S.C. 304, and thereby enable the
USPTO to issue a first Office action on the merits (FAOM), together with or
soon after mailing the order granting reexamination. Also as part of phase I,
the USPTO had previously implemented a streamlined procedure for appeal brief
review in both ex parte and inter partes reexamination proceedings. See
Streamlined Procedure for Appeal Brief Review in Ex Parte Reexamination
Proceedings, 75 FR 29321 (May 25, 2010); Streamlined Procedure for Appeal
Brief Review in Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings, 75 FR 50750
(Aug. 17, 2010). Moreover, in order to process reexaminationt proceedings
more efficiently and expeditiously, the USPTO has increased the number of
examiners working exclusively on reexamination proceedings, made changes in
the handling and scanning of documents, instituted an improved petitions
tracking system, and designed new forms for answering certain types of
petitions. In addition, the USPTO's Central Reexamination Unit has identified
a number of automation and information technology upgrades that will be
instituted as part of the USPTO's end-to-end electronic processing system,
which will greatly improve the processing and tracking of all stages of
reexamination proceedings.
   However, the USPTO alone cannot reduce reexamination pendency,
particularly under its existing procedures. Streamlining these procedures,
including those governing the practices of the Patent Owner and Third Party
Requester, will be necessary if a more significant reduction in pendency is
to be achieved. Therefore, in phases II and III of the USPTO's three-phase
initiative, the USPTO will consider the data gathered from phase I and
solicit public opinion on additional procedural changes, rule making
proposals, and administrative proposals for statutory changes.
   The instant notice seeks public input as the USPTO considers moving into
phases II and III. In particular, the instant notice proposes a number of
changes intended to reduce pendency while maintaining quality in ex parte and
inter partes reexamination proceedings. The proposed changes in this notice
are divided into three categories: (A) Changes to both ex parte and inter
partes reexaminations, (B) changes specific to ex parte reexamination, and
(C) changes specific to inter partes reexamination. After soliciting public
opinions regarding this notice, the USPTO may seek to adopt one or more of
the proposed changes or a modified version thereof, or other changes as
recommended by the public, through rule making or through internal
operational changes, as appropriate.

A. Proposed Changes to Both Ex Parte and Inter Partes Reexaminations

1. Requester Must Separately Explain How Each SNQ Presented in the
Request Is "New" Relative to Other Examinations of the Patent Claims

   This proposed change is intended to allow the USPTO to more quickly
determine whether the request raises an SNQ based on a new, non-cumulative
technological teaching. The proposed change also ensures that the Requester
adequately explains how each SNQ presented in the request is "new" relative
to other examinations of the patent claims (rather than merely stating what
the SNQ is believed to be). Current practice does not set forth a consistent
format in which the required information should be presented in the request.
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This lack of consistency results in requests that are denied a filing date
and whose noncompliance must be corrected by the Requester, which delays the
proceeding.
   As explained in the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP)
§§ 2216, 2614:

   It is not sufficient that a request for reexamination merely proposes one
or more rejections of a patent claim or claims as a basis for reexamination.
It must first be demonstrated that a patent or printed publication that is
relied upon in a proposed rejection presents a new, non-cumulative
technological teaching that was not previously considered and discussed on
the record during the prosecution of the application that resulted in the
patent for which reexamination is requested, and during the prosecution of
any other prior proceeding involving the patent for which reexamination is
requested.

   In order to ensure that requests comply with MPEP §§ 2216 and 2614, the
USPTO would require, for each SNQ presented in the request, a statement of
how the technological teaching in the references that support the SNQ is new
and non-cumulative of what had been considered in any previous or pending
USPTO examination of the patent claims. For clarity, this statement would be
provided in a section of the request dedicated solely to explaining how each
SNQ is believed to be new.

2. Requester Must Explain How the References Apply to Every Limitation
of Every Claim for Which Reexamination Is Requested

   This proposed change is intended to allow the USPTO to more quickly
address the requisite "pertinency and manner of applying cited prior art to
every claim for which reexamination is requested" (35 U.S.C. 302, 311)
presented in the request. It is also intended to allow examiners to more
quickly write a First Action on the Merits (FAOM) based on the references
cited in the request. Current request practice does not require the use of a
consistent format in which the required information must be presented. This
inconsistency results in delay and potential re-work because Requesters do
not consistently map the prior art teachings to the limitations of the
claims.
   A statement of how the references apply to every limitation of the claims
would be required to be provided in a section of the request dedicated solely
to explaining how the references apply. Requests filed by a Third Party
Requester must clearly set forth a proposed rejection for each claim for
which reexamination is requested, with separate rejections based on
anticipation, obviousness, and/or double patenting. Requests filed by a
Patent Owner must include an anticipation, obviousness, and/or double
patenting analysis for each claim for which reexamination is requested. In
all cases, a limitation-by-limitation explanation of the manner of applying
the references must be presented in the form of a claim chart or narrative
explanation, but not both, as providing both tends to lengthen the request
and may result in inconsistencies between the two explanations.
   To avoid confusion, the explanation must not combine multiple or
alternative proposed rejections or proposed combinations of references. Thus,
a proposed rejection of claims 1-5 as being "obvious over references A or B
or C, in view of references C or D or E, optionally in view of references F
or G," is improper. Likewise a proposed rejection of claims 1-5 being "either
anticipated or obvious over references A or B," is improper. Each statutory
ground of rejection and each combination of references must be expressed and
explained separately.

3. Requester Must Explain How Multiple SNQs Raised in the Same Request
Are Non-Cumulative of Each Other; Cumulative SNQs Will Be Deemed to
Constitute a Single SNQ

   This proposed change is intended to streamline reexamination in cases
where a request includes multiple references cited in support of separate
SNQs, but which are all directed to the same claims and are all based on the
same new technological teaching. The current practice of separately
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addressing multiple, cumulative SNQs prolongs pendency and is an inefficient
means of addressing the question raised by a new technological teaching that
is common among multiple, cumulative SNQs.
   The instant notice proposes that cumulative SNQs will be deemed to
constitute a single SNQ. For example, if a request cites ten prior art
references in support of ten proposed SNQs, and all ten references are cited
for the same claim limitation found missing in a prior examination, the
USPTO will construe the request as raising a single SNQ based on the single,
new technological teaching.
   Where a Requester asserts multiple SNQs against the same claim, it is the
Requester who is in the best position to narrow the dispute by explaining how
the SNQs present unique issues of patentability. The Requester will be
required to explain, in a separate section of the request, how each SNQ is
substantially different from all other SNQs that are being asserted against
the same claims in the same request. Cf. In re Katz Interactive Call
Processing Pat. Litig., ----F.3d----, 2011 WL 607381, at *3-4 (Fed. Cir.
Feb. 18, 2011) (holding that it was not an abuse of discretion to require the
the party that was "in the best position to narrow the dispute" to show how
non-selected claims were "substantially different," in terms of validity
and/or infringement, from selected claims).
   SNQs that are not persuasively explained to be substantially different
from each other will be deemed to constitute a single SNQ from which the
examiner will select the best proposed rejections based on the best cited
references, as discussed below in Part A.4. Any order granting reexamination
will identify the SNQs for which reexamination is granted, and will further
identify any SNQs that are found to be cumulative of other SNQs. The
examiner's designation of an SNQ as "cumulative" is not petitionable;
however, the examiner's selection of any "representative" rejections (see
Part A.4) from among the cumulative SNQs may be challenged by the Third Party
Requester in inter partes reexamination in the manner set forth in Part C.1
below.

4. The Examiner May Select One or More Representative Rejections From
Among a Group of Adopted Rejections.

   In the FAOM, for each SNQ for which reexamination is granted, the
examiner will identify each of the Requester's proposed rejections as either
"adopted" or "not adopted." A proposed rejection is "adopted" if the examiner
determines that it establishes a prima facie case of unpatentability. A
proposed rejection is "not adopted" if the examiner determines that it fails
to establish a prima facie case of unpatentability.
   Where multiple rejections are adopted against a single claim, the
examiner may select one or more "representative" rejections from the group of
adopted rejections. The examiner's determination that a rejection is
"representative" means that the examiner believes that all rejections within
the group of adopted rejections will clearly fall if the representative
rejection is not sustained. The examiner will clearly identify which
rejections, if any, are being treated as a group and which rejection(s)
within the group is/are representative of the group. The examiner's reasons
in support of each representative rejection will be fully discussed in the
Office action. For any rejection within the group which is not designated as
a representative rejection, the examiner may simply state, to the extent the
examiner agrees with the Requester, that the rejection is adopted for the
reasons set forth in the request, and incorporate by reference the
Requester's limitation-by-limitation explanation of the manner of applying
the references (see Part A.2).
   In deciding which rejections to designate as representative, the
examiner will apply the guidance set forth in MPEP § 706.02(I), quoted below:

   Prior art rejections should ordinarily be confined strictly to the best
available art. Exceptions may properly be made, for example, where:

   (A) the propriety of a 35 U.S.C. 102 or 103 rejection depends on
a particular interpretation of a claim;
   (B) a claim is met only in terms by a reference which does not
disclose the inventive concept involved; or
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   (C) the most pertinent reference seems likely to be antedated by
a 37 CFR 1.131 affidavit or declaration.

   Such rejections should be backed up by the best other art rejections
available. Merely cumulative rejections, i.e., those which would clearly fall
if the primary rejection were not sustained, should be avoided.

   If the Patent Owner subsequently overcomes the representative rejections
of a claim, then the examiner will consider whether any other rejection
within the group overcomes the deficiency of the representative rejections,
and will do so prior to confirming the patentability of that claim. In this
way, no claim will be confirmed as patentable without having received due
consideration of all rejections within the group. For this reason, it is
advisable for the Patent Owner to explain, in its response to the FAOM, why
the Patent Owner's arguments against any representative rejection would
likewise overcome all other rejections within the group. The Patent Owner may
also present any specific argument or evidence directed to any rejection
within the group.
   If the Patent Owner appeals the final rejection of a claim, then the
appeal must be taken from all adopted rejections of that claim, not just from
the representative rejections. The Board of Patent Appeals and Interference
(Board) may review any rejection within the group of adopted rejections in
order to affirm the examiner as to that claim. The affirmance of a rejection
of a claim on any of the grounds specified will constitute a general
affirmance of the examiner's rejections of that claim, except as to any
ground specifically reversed.
   The examiner's designation of a rejection as "representative" is not
petitionable; however, this designation may be challenged by the Third Party
Requester in inter partes reexamination in the manner set forth in Part C.1
below.

5. Requester's Declaration and Other Evidence Will Be Mainly Limited to
the Request

   This proposed change is intended to encourage compact prosecution
by requiring the Requester to submit all necessary evidence in the initial
request and thereby reduce the need for later submissions. In inter partes
reexamination, any further submission of evidence (including declarations,
affidavits, and test data) by the Third Party Requester in the proceeding
will be limited to rebutting a point made in an examiner's Office action or
in a Patent Owner's response. In ex parte reexamination, the further
submission of evidence by the Third Party Requester will be limited to
rebutting a point made in the Patent Owner's statement under 35 U.S.C. 304,
if any such statement is filed. In all cases, when submitting new evidence,
the Third Party Requester must identify the specific point to be rebutted and
explain how the new evidence rebuts it.

6. Patent Owner's Amendments and Evidence Will Be Mainly Limited to the
First Action Response

   This proposed change is intended to encourage compact prosecution
by ensuring that the Patent Owner's amendments and evidence (including
declarations, affidavits, and test data) are presented early in
reexamination. In ex parte reexamination, the Patent Owner's submission
of amendments and evidence will be generally limited to the earlier of:

(1) The Patent Owner's optional statement under 35 U.S.C. 304, if the
Patent Owner does not waive the statement; or (2) if the Patent Owner
waives the statement, the Patent Owner's response to an FAOM. In inter
partes reexamination, the Patent Owner's amendment and declaration
evidence will be generally limited to the Patent Owner's response to
the FAOM. Any further submission of amendments or declaration evidence,
in either ex parte or inter partes reexamination, will be limited to
overcoming a new ground of rejection entered in any non-final Office
action.
   Amendments filed after a final Office action will only be admitted
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to (1) cancel claims, (2) rewrite dependent claims into independent
form, (3) comply with requirements or suggestions set forth in a final
Office action, or (4) respond to any new ground of rejection designated
in an examiner's answer or Board decision. For a discussion of what
constitutes a "final Office action" in inter partes reexamination,
see Part C.2 below.

7. Claim Amendments Will Not Be Entered Unless Accompanied by a Statement
Explaining How the Proposed New Claim Language Renders the Claims Patentable
in Light of an SNQ

   Claim amendments that are not germane to any SNQ tend to unnecessarily
expand the scope of the proceeding and result in longer reexamination
pendency. In such cases, the examiner is often required to conduct an
entirely new search of the prior art and to consider issues beyond those
raised in the request. All of this detracts from what should otherwise be the
central focus of the reexamination - namely, a "resolution of the question"
for which reexamination was ordered. 35 U.S.C. 304, 313.
   The change proposed herein is intended to allow the USPTO to determine
whether a Patent Owner's amendment should be permitted entry, given that
"amendment of claims during reexamination is limited to amendment in light of
prior art raising a substantial new question of patentability." In re
Freeman, 30 F.3d 1459, 1468 (Fed. Cir. 1994). In Freeman, the Federal Circuit
stated:

   [T]he ability of a patentee to amend claims during reexamination must be
seen in light of the fundamental purpose of reexamination - the determination
of validity in light of a substantial new question of patentability. Thus,
amendment of claims during reexamination is limited to amendment in light of
prior art raising a substantial new question of patentability.

   Id. (emphasis added). In Freeman, the Patent Owner amended the patent
claims during reexamination, not to distinguish the prior art, but to avoid
an unfavorable interpretation that a court had given those claims in an
earlier litigation. The Board affirmed the examiner's rejection under 35
U.S.C. 305 because the amendments were found to broaden the scope of the
claims as interpreted by the court. In appealing the Board's decision, the
Patent Owner argued that the court's claim interpretation did not bind the
Patent Owner in the reexamination under the doctrine of issue preclusion
because, according to the Patent Owner, the reexamination offered the Patent
Owner "the opportunity to amend his claims `in response to a decision adverse
to the patentability of a claim of a patent."' Id. (quoting 35 U.S.C. 305).
The Federal Circuit disagreed. It held that the Patent Owner "never had the
option of amending his claims during reexamination" in a manner having
"nothing to do with a substantial new question of patentability." Id.
(emphasis added). The Federal Circuit therefore concluded that the doctrine
of issue preclusion applied against the Patent Owner, and thus affirmed the
broadening rejection.
   In view of the foregoing, and in order to ensure that all proposed claim
amendments, including new claims, are directed to resolving the SNQ, the
USPTO will require the Patent Owner to submit a statement explaining how
the proposed new claim language (apart from the original claim language)
renders the claims patentable over the references raising an SNQ. The role of
this explanatory statement is to allow the USPTO to determine whether a
proposed amendment is being properly submitted "in light of prior art raising
a substantial new question of patentability," or whether the amendment should
be refused entry because it has "nothing to do with a substantial new
question of patentability." Freeman, 30 F.3d at 1468. The amendment will not
be entered if the necessary statement is either missing or conclusory (e.g.,
the statement merely says "the amended claims distinguish over the prior
art"). Nevertheless, so long as the Patent Owner explains how the proposed
new claim language distinguishes the invention over the prior art, the
amendment will be entered even if, on the merits, the examiner disagrees with
the Patent Owner that the amendment overcomes the rejection. Moreover, the
amendment will be entered even if the new or amended claim gives rise to a
new ground of rejection. Where the requirement is satisfied as to fewer than
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all of the proposed new or amended claims, the proposed amendment will be
entered in part as to the claims for which the requirement is satisfied.
   It is important to note that the submission of an amendment unrelated to
any SNQ is not, in itself, a basis for rejecting the amended claim; rather it
is a basis for refusing entry of the amendment. In Cordis Corp. v. Medtronic
Ave, Inc., 511 F.3d 1157, 1185 (Fed. Cir. 2008), the Federal Circuit stated
that the prohibition against enlarging the scope of a claim is the only
"substantive limitation" in 35 U.S.C. 305, and is thus the only basis on
which to invalidate a claim under section 305 in litigation after the
amendment has been entered. In contrast to this "substantive limitation," the
court in Freeman stated that amending claims during reexamination in a manner
having "nothing to do with a substantial new question of patentability" is
not a "procedural opportunity available in the [US]PTO." Freeman, 30 F.3d at
1468-69 (stating that the Patent Owner "never had the option of amending his
claims" in such a manner). It follows that the USPTO should only allow entry
of a proposed claim amendment if it is presented to resolve an SNQ; however,
once the amendment is entered, a rejection based on broadening is the only
substantive ground of rejection available under 35 U.S.C. 305 and 314.
   The refusal to enter a proposed amendment is petitionable and not
appealable to the Board. See In re Kline, 474 F.2d 1325, 1329 (CCPA 1973).

8. Petitions Practice Will Be Clearly Defined

   To the extent possible, the USPTO seeks to specify when, how, and by whom
any petition under 37 CFR 1.181-1.183, and any opposition thereto, may be
filed in reexamination proceedings. By providing clear guidance in this area,
the USPTO hopes to reduce the number of improper or duplicative petitions
that are currently filed, including multiple concurrent petitions for a
single item of requested relief, unjustified multiple iterations of petitions
for an item of relief, petitions to resolve issues that are appealable rather
than petitionable, and papers improperly opposing another party's petition.

   The table below sets forth (1) the various reexamination-related
petitions (both proper and improper) that are commonly filed based on
the type of relief requested, (2) whether the relief is properly sought
by petition (and if so, under what section of 37 CFR), and (3) whether
the petition may be opposed by another party.


           Examples of Petitions Filed in Reexamination Proceedings

      Relief requested             Petitionable?          Opposable?

Review of refusal to grant ex      Yes - 1.181........    No.
 parte or inter partes reexam
 (see MPEP 2248, 2648).
Vacate as ultra vires an order     Yes - 1.181........    Yes.
 granting ex parte or inter
 partes reexam (see MPEP 2246,
 2646).
Review of a finding of an SNQ      No (but see 75 FR      No.
 in an order granting ex parte     36357 in ex parte
 or inter partes reexam (see 75    reexam).
 FR 36357).
Vacate filing date of ex parte     Yes - 1.181........    Yes.
 or inter partes reexam based
 on failure to comply with 37
 CFR 1.510 or 1.915.
Extension of time to respond to    Yes - 1.550(c).....    No.
 an Office action by Patent
 Owner in ex parte reexam.
Extension of time to respond to    Yes - 1.956........    No.
 an Office action by Patent
 Owner in inter partes reexam.
Extension of time to submit        No.................    No.
 comments by Third Party
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 Requester (see 35 USC
 314(b)(2)).
Extension of time to file a        Yes - 1.550(c).....    No.
 notice of appeal or brief on
 appeal by Patent Owner in ex
 parte reexam (see 37 CFR
 41.31, 41.37, 41.43).
Extension of time to file a        Yes - 1.183........    No.
 notice of appeal or brief on
 appeal by any party in inter
 partes reexam (see 37 CFR
 41.61, 41.66).
Striking another party's           Yes - 1.181........    Yes.
 improper paper (or portion
 thereof) from the file.
Protection of proprietary          Yes - 1.59(b)......    Yes.
 information being submitted
 under seal.
Waiver of page or word limit       Yes - 1.183........    No.
 requirement.
Review of refusal to enter         Yes - 1.181........    Yes.
 amendment.
Withdrawal of final Office         Yes - 1.181........    Yes.
 action.
Revival of terminated              Yes - 1.137(a).....    No.
 proceeding based on Patent
 Owner's "unavoidable" delay
 and acceptance of late paper.
Revival of terminated              Yes - 1.137(b).....    No.
 proceeding based on Patent
 Owner's "unintentional"
 delay and acceptance of late
 paper.
For jurisdiction to be             No.................    No.
 transferred to the Office of
 Patent Legal Administration.
Suspend inter partes reexam for    Yes - 1.182........    Yes.
 "good cause" under 35 USC
 314(c).
Terminate inter partes reexam      Yes - 1.182........    Yes.
 based on estoppel under 35 USC
 317(b).


  The table above reflects the USPTO's current practice. The USPTO is
interested to hear what changes can and should be made to its current
practice in order to eliminate undue delays associated with petitions
and oppositions.

B. Proposed Changes Specific to Ex Parte Reexamination

1. Make Permanent the Pilot That Allows the Patent Owner to Optionally
Waive the Patent Owner's Statement

   In light of the fact that only about ten percent of Patent Owners
elect to file a statement under 35 U.S.C. 304 following an order for ex
parte reexamination, the USPTO launched a pilot to allow Patent Owners to
waive this statement altogether. See Optional Waiver of Patent Owner's
Statement in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings, 75 FR 47269 (Aug. 5, 2010).
The goal of this pilot is to eliminate the delay associated with the examiner
having to wait two months under 35 U.S.C. 304 before beginning work on the
FAOM in the majority of cases where the Patent Owner does not file a
statement in response to the order granting reexamination. This delay is
unique to ex parte reexaminations because inter partes reexaminations do not
have a two-month statement period between the grant of the order and the
mailing of the FAOM. See 35 U.S.C. 313 (providing, in relevant part, that
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"[t]he order may be accompanied by the initial action of the Patent and
Trademark Office on the merits of the inter partes reexamination"). For this
reason, the average time between the filing of the request and the mailing of
an FAOM in inter partes reexamination has historically been shorter (indeed,
nearly half as long) as that in ex parte reexamination.\1\

   \1\ See USPTO Reexamination Operational Statistics, available at
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/stats/Reexamination_Information.jsp
(average number of months, per quarter in FY 2010, between the reexam
request and the FAOM, for ex parte: 7.6, 7.8, 7.4, 7.5; for inter partes:
4.4, 4.2, 3.6, 3.3).

   Under the pilot, the USPTO contacts the Patent Owner, via telephone,
after the reexamination request is given a filing date but before any
decision on the request has been made. The telephone communication is
limited to an inquiry regarding whether the Patent Owner wishes to
waive the right to file a statement under 35 U.S.C. 304 in the event
that the reexamination request is granted. Any discussion of the
merits of the proceedings (e.g., the patentability of the claims) is not
permitted. The Patent Owner's decision to either waive or not waive the
statement is made of record in an interview summary, and a copy of the
summary is mailed to both the Patent Owner and any Third Party Requester.
If the Patent Owner agrees to waive the statement, then the examiner can mail
an order for ex parte reexamination together with or soon after mailing the
FAOM. The initial results of the pilot are encouraging. In view of these
results, the USPTO proposes to make the pilot permanent through a notice of
proposed rule making.

2. Where the Patent Owner Does Not Waive the Statement, the Order Granting
Reexamination Will Include a Provisional FAOM, Which May Be Made Final in the
Next Action

   This proposed change is intended to streamline reexamination and reflects
the fact that the Patent Owner has a right, under 35 U.S.C. 304, to file a
statement, together with evidence and amendments, in order to distinguish the
claimed invention from the prior art. If the Patent Owner does not waive this
statement when contacted by the USPTO pursuant to the Optional Waiver of
Patent Owner's Statement in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings, 75 FR 47269
(Aug. 5, 2010), and if the examiner determines that the reexamination request
raises an SNQ, then the examiner will mail an order granting ex parte
reexamination together with a provisional FAOM indicating which claims stand
provisionally rejected or provisionally confirmed.
   If, in response to a provisional FAOM, the Patent Owner either does not
file a statement or files a statement that fails to overcome all provisional
rejections, then, to the extent the rejections have not been overcome, the
examiner will adopt in the next action the pertinent portions of the
provisional FAOM which were not overcome. For purposes of determining whether
this next action will be made final, the examiner will treat the provisional
FAOM as if it were an actual FAOM at the time it was mailed, and will apply
the guidance set forth in MPEP § 706.07(a) (Final Rejection, When Proper on
Second Action).

C. Proposed Changes Specific to Inter Partes Reexamination

1. Third Party Requester May Dispute the Examiner's Designation That a
Rejection is "Representative" of Other Rejections in the Group

   If an examiner designates a rejection as "representative" of a group of
adopted rejections (see Part A.4 above), then the Third Party Requester will
have an opportunity to dispute this designation to both the examiner and the
Board. In particular, after the Patent Owner files a response to the FAOM,
then the Third Party Requester may file comments in which the Third Party
Requester supports the examiner's reasons for adopting a group of rejections
but further argues that one or more rejections within the group of adopted
rejections would stand even if the representative rejection is overcome. If
the examiner agrees with the Third Party Requester that all rejections within
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the group do not "stand or fall" with the representative rejection, then the
examiner will say so in the next action. This next action may be made final
under MPEP § 706.07(a) (Final Rejection, When Proper on Second Action).
   Similarly, after the Patent Owner files an appeal of a final rejection,
the Third Party Requester may file a respondent's brief in which the Third
Party Requester supports the examiner's final rejections but further argues
that one or more final rejections in the group would stand even if the
representative rejection is reversed. This further argument will ensure that,
in the event the representative rejection is reversed, the Board will have
the benefit of the Third Party Requester's position as to the other
rejections within the group. The Board may review any rejection within the
group of adopted rejections in order to affirm the examiner as to that claim.
For further discussion of the Third Party Requester's briefing on appeal in
inter partes reexamination, see Part C.3 below.

2. Final Office Action Closes Prosecution and Triggers Appeal Rights

   This proposed change is intended to reduce delays in inter partes
reexaminations by consolidating the action closing prosecution under 37
CFR 1.949 and the right of appeal notice under 37 CFR 1.953, and replacing
them with one final Office action. The final Office action will identify the
status of each claim and will explain the reasons for each representative
rejection and each decision to confirm a claim. No amendment can be made in
response to the final Office action, other than to cancel claims (where
cancellation does not change the scope of any pending claim), to rewrite
dependent claims into independent form, or to comply with requirements or
suggestions set forth in the final Office action. The final Office action
will set (1) a time period in which any Patent Owner amendment and appeal
must be filed, and/or (2) a time period in which any Third Party Requester
appeal must be filed.
   To effect this proposed change, the USPTO would amend 37 CFR 1.949-
1.953 to create a single, final Office action that closes prosecution and
triggers appeal rights.

3. Third Party Requester's Appellant Brief is Limited To Appealing An
Examiner's Decision That a Claim is Patentable; Additional Bases To Cancel
A Rejected Claim Can Only Be Argued in a Respondent Brief Following Patent
Owner's Appellant Brief

   This proposed change is intended to reduce the number of duplicative
issues and briefs submitted on appeal, particularly where all claims stand
finally rejected and the Third Party Requester is challenging the examiner's
determination not to make additional proposed rejections. The statute
authorizes the Third Party Requester to independently appeal "any final
decision favorable to the patentability of any original or proposed amended
or new claim of the patent." 35 U.S.C. 315(b)(1). The current rules, however,
permit the Third Party Requester to independently appeal "any final decision
favorable to the patentability, including any final determination not to make
a proposed rejection, of any original, proposed amended, or new claim of the
patent." 37 CFR 41.67(a)(2) (2010) (emphasis added).
   The regulatory language, emphasized above, allows the Third Party
Requester to independently appeal an examiner's determination not to adopt a
proposed rejection of a claim, even in cases where the same claim stands
rejected on other grounds that are being appealed by the Patent Owner. In
this scenario, the Third Party Requester's cross-appeal merely raises
additional grounds on which to affirm the examiner's final determination that
the claim is unpatentable.
   Courts do not permit such cross-appeals. As the Federal Circuit has
explained in the context of district court litigation, "A cross-appeal may
only be filed `when a party seeks to enlarge its own rights under the
judgment or to lessen the rights of its adversary under the judgment."'
Aventis Pharma S.A. v. Hospira, Inc.,  -  - F.3d -  - , 2011 WL 1046187, at
*1 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 24, 2011) (quoting Bailey v. Dart Container Corp., 292
F.3d 1360, 1362 (Fed. Cir. 2002)). By contrast, where "the district court has
entered a judgment of invalidity as to all of the asserted claims, there is
no basis for a cross-appeal as to either (1) additional claims for invalidity
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or (2) claims of non-infringement." TypeRight Keyboard Corp. v. Microsoft
Corp., 374 F.3d 1151, 1157 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (emphasis added). An unwarranted
cross-appeal "unnecessarily expands the amount of briefing," and also gives
"the appellee an unfair opportunity to file the final brief and have the
final oral argument." Bailey, 292 F.3d at 1362.
   Although a cross-appeal is not the appropriate vehicle to present
alternative grounds for affirmance, parties are "free to devote as much of
their responsive briefing as needed to flesh out additional arguments and
alternative grounds for affirming the judgment on appeal." Aventis,  -  -
F.3d at -  - , 2011 WL 1046187, at *2. See United States v. Am. Ry. Express
Co., 265 U.S. 425, 435 (1924) (The "appellee may, without taking a cross-
appeal, urge in support of a decree any matter appearing in the record,
although his argument may involve an attack upon the reasoning of the lower
court or an insistence upon matter overlooked or ignored by it.").
   Consistent with the courts' practice, the USPTO proposes to revise its
rules governing appeals by Third Party Requesters to prohibit the filing of
appeals by Third Party Requesters as to any claim that is finally rejected on
at least one ground. A final rejection of a claim on at least one ground is a
"decision adverse to the patentability" of that claim under 35 U.S.C.
315(a)(1), which not only triggers the Patent Owner's appeal, but also allows
the Third Party Requester to "be a party to any appeal taken by the patent
owner," id. § 315(b)(2). As a party to the Patent Owner's appeal, the Third
Party Requester may argue in its responsive briefing that the examiner should
have made additional rejections against a claim that stands rejected on other
grounds. By contrast, a "final decision favorable to the patentability" of a
claim under 35 U.S.C. 315(b)(1) is one in which no rejection has been finally
adopted against that claim.
   To effect this proposed change, the USPTO would amend 37 CFR 41.61, 41.67,
41.68, 41.71, and/or 41.77. A Third Party Requester's appellant brief, if
any, would be limited to challenging a final determination in which no
rejection has been adopted against a particular claim. However, if a claim
stands finally rejected and is appealed by the Patent Owner, then the Third
Party Requwester may file a respondent's brief addressing the Patent Owner's
arguments and further challenging the examiner's non-adoption of additional
proposed rejections against that claim. The Patent Owner could then address
these arguments in a reply brief.

   Comments are invited on the above-proposed changes, as well as to the
questions below:

   1. Should the USPTO proceed with any efforts to streamline the procedures
governing ex parte and/or inter partes reexamination proceedings?

   2. Should the USPTO place word limits on requests for ex parte and/or
inter partes reexamination?

   3. Should the USPTO revise its existing page or word limits in inter
partes reexamination following the request?

   4. Should the USPTO place any limitation or criteria on the addition of
new claims by a Patent Owner in reexamination? If so, what kind of limitation
or criteria?

   5. Should the USPTO change its interpretation of "a substantial new
question of patentability" to require something more than "a substantial
likelihood that a reasonable examiner would consider the prior art patent
or printed publication important in deciding whether or not the claim is
patentable"? See MPEP §§ 2242, 2642. If so, how should it be interpreted?

   6. How much time should Patent Owners and Third Party Requesters
ordinarily be given to submit a statement, response, or appeal where the time
for filing the statement, response, or appeal is set by the USPTO rather than
by statute?

   7. Under what conditions should the USPTO grant a Patent Owner's request
for an extension of time under 37 CFR 1.550(c) or 1.956, both of which
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provide that extensions of time may only be granted for "sufficient cause and
for a reasonable time specified"?

   8. Should the USPTO require that any information disclosure statement
(IDS) filed by a Patent Owner in a reexamination comply with provisions
analogous to 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98, and further require that any IDS filed
after a Notice of Intent to Issue a Reexamination Certificate (NIRC) or
notice of appeal be accompanied by: (1) an explanation of why the information
submitted could not have been submitted earlier, and (2) an explanation of
the relevance of the information with regard to the claimed invention?

   9. Under what conditions should a reexamination proceeding be merged with
another reexamination or reissue proceeding?

   10. What relief can and should be given to a Third Party Requester that
shows that it did not receive a Patent Owner's statement or response within
a certain number of days after the date listed on the Patent Owner's
certificate of service? How many days and what kind of showing should be
required?

   11. Should the USPTO encourage and/or require that all correspondence in
reexamination proceedings be conducted electronically (e.g., e-filing
parties' documents, e-mailing notices of Office actions and certificates)?

   12. Should reexamination proceedings remain with the Board in cases
where the Board has entered a new ground of rejection on appeal and the
Patent Owner seeks to introduce new evidence and amendments? In particular,
is it more efficient for three administrative patent judges or a single
examiner to decide issues involving new evidence and amendments?

   13. What other changes can and should the USPTO make in order to
streamline reexamination proceedings?

   Registration Information: The USPTO plans to make the meeting available
via Web cast. Web cast information will be available on the USPTO's Internet
Web site before the meeting. The written comments and list of the meeting
participants and their associations will be posted on the USPTO's Internet
Web site (http://www.uspto.gov).
   When registering, please provide the following information:
(1) Your name, title, and if applicable, company or organization, address,
phone number, and e-mail address; and (2) if you wish to make a presentation,
the specific topic or issue to be addressed and the approximate desired
length of your presentation.
   There is no fee to register for the public meeting and registration will
be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Early registration is recommended
because seating is limited. Registration on the day of the public meeting
will be permitted on a space-available basis beginning at 1:30 p.m., Eastern
Standard Time, on June 1, 2011.
   The USPTO will attempt to accommodate all persons who wish to make a
presentation at the meeting. After reviewing the list of speakers, the USPTO
will contact each speaker prior to the meeting with the amount of time
available and the approximate time that the speaker's presentation is
scheduled to begin. Speakers must then send the final electronic copies of
their presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Word to
reexamimprovementcomments@uspto.gov by May 25, 2011, so that the presentation
can be displayed in the Auditorium.
   If you need special accommodations due to a disability, please inform
the contact person (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) by May 25, 2011.

April 18, 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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Errata
                                    Errata

   "All reference to Reexamination Certificate No. C1 6,425,401 to Jonnie R.
Williams of Manakin-Sabot, VA (US) for METHOD OF TREATING TOBACCO TO REDUCE
NITROSAMINE CONTENT, AND PRODUCTS PRODUCED THEREBY appearing in the Official
Gazette of April 19, 2011, should be deleted, since the reexamination
certificate has been vacated.

   "All reference to Patent No. D 636,546 to John M. Lipscomb, et al of
Cedarburg, WI for LITTER SCOOP appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19,
2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,926,125 to Lamson Nguyen, et al of Someret,
NJ for DISPENSING DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,926,174 to Daisuke Yamauchi of Ibaraki-Shi,
Japan for CONDUCTOR-CLAD LAMINATE, WIRING CIRCUIT BOARD, AND PROCESSES FOR
PRODUCING THE SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,926,255 to Yoichi Iwasaki, et al of Hoygo,
Japan for GAS TURBINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AIR SUPPLY AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING AIR SUPPLY appearing in the Official Gazette of April
19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,926,305 to Makoto Yoshida of Gunma, Japan
for MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR POROUS GLASS BASE MATERIAL appearing in the
Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,926,996 to Takehisa Ishikawa, et al of
Kawasaki, Japan for ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ILLUMINATING DEVICE HAVING A
TRANSLUCENT MEMBER WITH INCIDENT LINES OF PROTRUSIONS appearing in the
Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,927,118 to Gene H. Arts, et al of Berthoud,
CO for FLOATING CONNECTOR FOR MICROWAVE SURGICAL DEVICE appearing in the
Official Gazette April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,927,296 to Christopher James Leatt of
Constantia, South Africa for NECK BRACE appearing in the Official Gazette of
April 12, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,927,644 to Glen S. Axelrod, et al of Colts
Neck, NJ for DIRECT MELT PROCESSING OF RESINS appearing in the Official
Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,036 to Urszula Slomczynska, et al of
Ballwin, Missouri for COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING NEMATODES
appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,229 to Knut Eis, et al of Berlin,
Germany for NOVEL SULPHOXIMINE-SUBSTITUTED QUINOLINE AND QUINAZOLINE
DERIVATIVES AS KINASE INHIBITORS appearing in the Official Gazette of
April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,261 to Anton A. Mentlik, et al of
Dallas, TX for GLYCERYL AND GLYCOL ACID COMPOUNDS appearing in the Official
Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,263 to Roger Victor Bonnert, et al of
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Leicestershire, United Kingdom for SUBSTITUTED ACIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF
RESPIRATORY DISSEASES appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,346 to Wayne Montoya, et al of Redwood
City, CA for SURFACE MOUNT MULTI-LAYER ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT PROTECTION DEVICE
WITH ACTIVE ELEMENT BETWEEN PPTC LAYERS appearing in the Official Gazette of
April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,362 to Michael W. Senko of Sunnyvale,
CA for METHODS FOR INDENTIFYING AN APEX FOR IMPROVED DATA-DEPENDENT
ACQUISITION appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,428 to Daisuke Kumaki, et al of Nigata,
Japan for LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of
April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,481 to Albert Birner, et al of
Regensburg, Germany for METHOD AND LAYOUT OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH
REDUCED PARASITICS appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,531 to Abdalla Aly Naem, et al of San
Jose, CA for FUSE TARGET AND METHOD OF FORMING THE FUSE TARGET IN A COPPER
PROCESS FLOW appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,928,778 to Yantao Ma of Boise, ID for
MULTI-PHASE SIGNAL GENERATOR AND METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of
April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,929,371 to Eiji Suetsugi, et al of Chiyoda-
Ku, Japan for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING PLURALITYOF OPERATION MODES
appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,929,699 to Gregory G. Rose, et al of
Concord, Australia for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATION IN WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,930,047 to Paul E. Beckmann, et al of
Southborough, MA for INTERACTIVE SOUND REPRODUCING appearing in the Official
Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,930,512 to Paul Ignatius, et al of
Alpharetta, GA for SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING DATA IN A BLOCK-LEVEL
STORAGE OPERATION appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,930,713 to Dean F. Jerding, et al of
Roswell, GA for PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE SERVICES BASED ON RECEIVER
CONFIGURATION AND TYPE OF DISPLAY DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette
of April 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,930,717 to Arturo A. Rodriguez, et al of
Norcross, GA for GRAPHIC USER INTERFACES FOR PURCHASABLE AND RECORDABLE MEDIA
(PRM) DOWNLOADS appearing in the Official Gazette of April 19, 2011 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."
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Certificates of Correction
                          Certificates of Correction
                              for April 26, 2011

5,342,143             7,572,568             7,822,458              7,875,168
5,842,110             7,577,978             7,822,844              7,875,392
5,867,304             7,593,259             7,822,863              7,875,426
5,991,697             7,594,102             7,823,112              7,875,873
5,991,801C1           7,605,160             7,823,201              7,876,317
6,150,131             7,618,827             7,824,057              7,876,882
6,330,926             7,618,960             7,824,694              7,877,344
6,330,965             7,621,934             7,824,709              7,877,450
6,350,340             7,625,558             7,824,737              7,877,455
6,487,668             7,629,436             7,825,233              7,877,535
6,646,006             7,633,552             7,825,402              7,877,557
6,693,887             7,634,482             7,825,596              7,877,605
6,716,372             7,635,034             7,825,609              7,877,657
6,787,907             7,639,045             7,825,875              7,877,728
6,849,748             7,639,093             7,826,125              7,878,045
6,869,789             7,644,690             7,826,492              7,878,200
7,016,564             7,649,410             7,827,006              7,878,499
7,060,206             7,649,824             7,827,073              7,878,681
7,105,334             7,651,312             7,827,680              7,878,878
7,169,780             7,655,783             7,828,390              7,879,210
7,199,180             7,659,448             7,828,728              7,879,382
7,224,312             7,660,761             7,829,287              7,879,822
7,226,164             7,663,948             7,830,586              7,879,988
7,229,689             7,667,935             7,831,688              7,880,147
7,247,445             7,668,541             7,832,554              7,880,836
7,250,682             7,671,092             7,833,015              7,880,854
7,253,264             7,679,632             7,833,249              7,881,192
7,270,815             7,681,594             7,833,338              7,881,267
7,279,328             7,683,660             7,834,654              7,881,461
7,284,007             7,689,719             7,835,610              7,881,512
7,295,492             7,691,244             7,835,666              7,881,623
7,321,840             7,691,488             7,835,751              7,881,675
7,325,032             7,696,163             7,836,310              7,881,923
7,328,157             7,698,944             7,836,326              7,881,987
7,339,451             7,703,371             7,836,582              7,882,074
7,350,996             7,703,745             7,836,989              7,882,098
7,362,625             7,704,338             7,838,989              7,882,101
7,373,530             7,705,826             7,840,486              7,882,115
7,375,493             7,705,895             7,843,331              7,882,348
7,379,888             7,706,342             7,843,332              7,883,002
7,386,542             7,706,590             7,843,422              7,883,022
7,397,504             7,709,478             7,843,465              7,883,573
7,408,548             7,709,932             7,843,766              7,883,690
7,409,584             7,718,671             7,844,486              7,884,021
7,409,619             7,721,857             7,845,112              7,885,280
7,409,689             7,728,253             7,845,195              7,885,375
7,409,707             7,729,436             7,845,938              7,885,467
7,409,719             7,731,758             7,846,313              7,885,782
7,411,609             7,734,542             7,847,105              7,885,990
7,412,647             7,735,159             7,847,141              7,886,025
7,415,314             7,736,828             7,847,412              7,886,136
7,415,474             7,736,829             7,848,010              7,886,143
7,417,983             7,741,269             7,848,060              7,886,379
7,418,732             7,742,120             7,848,167              7,886,415
7,420,564             7,744,453             7,848,795              7,886,887
7,420,639             7,745,999             7,848,934              7,887,150
7,421,089             7,747,310             7,849,146              7,887,398
7,421,386             7,747,401             7,850,053              7,887,414
7,421,510             7,747,606             7,850,083              7,887,593
7,421,592             7,747,678             7,850,339              7,887,601
7,421,625             7,750,585             7,850,649              7,888,041
7,421,657             7,756,615             7,850,716              7,888,078
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7,423,133             7,756,798             7,850,719              7,888,185
7,424,469             7,756,922             7,850,735              7,888,446
7,424,706             7,758,856             7,851,075              7,888,447
7,424,730             7,760,374             7,851,134              7,889,059
7,426,329             7,761,288             7,851,275              7,889,159
7,426,497             7,761,324             7,851,618              7,889,574
7,426,503             7,761,357             7,852,371              7,889,602
7,428,725             7,761,411             7,852,650              7,890,270
7,428,751             7,761,479             7,852,664              7,890,365
7,429,474             7,764,454             7,853,248              7,890,375
7,430,607             7,764,642             7,853,502              7,890,383
7,430,633             7,765,817             7,853,593              7,890,851
7,430,738             7,767,032             7,853,725              7,890,876
7,430,754             7,768,716             7,853,731              7,891,112
7,432,941             7,772,476             7,854,286              7,891,203
7,433,700             7,772,578             7,854,552              7,891,303
7,433,946             7,774,413             7,854,631              7,891,446
7,433,979             7,774,902             7,854,914              7,891,745
7,434,010             7,776,908             7,854,937              7,891,948
7,434,173             7,777,180             7,855,060              7,891,950
7,434,235             7,779,344             7,855,289              7,892,089
7,434,252             7,779,752             7,855,414              7,892,180
7,434,578             7,780,705             7,855,875              7,892,294
7,437,136             7,781,640             7,856,171              7,892,367
7,437,406             7,782,019             7,856,186              7,892,453
7,440,370             7,782,036             7,856,643              7,892,457
7,440,439             7,783,065             7,857,259              7,892,578
7,443,971             7,783,140             7,857,482              7,892,584
7,444,016             7,783,621             7,857,865              7,892,802
7,444,156             7,783,781             7,857,948              7,892,943
7,444,194             7,783,868             7,858,356              7,892,964
7,444,327             7,784,873             7,858,451              7,893,035
7,444,328             7,785,621             7,858,598              7,893,113
7,444,352             7,786,347             7,858,726              7,894,136
7,444,413             7,786,465             7,858,765              7,894,264
7,444,419             7,786,761             7,859,130              7,894,286
7,444,510             7,787,125             7,859,341              7,895,083
7,444,523             7,787,462             7,859,705              7,895,121
7,446,143             7,791,412             7,859,748              7,895,276
7,447,360             7,793,601             7,860,059              7,895,431
7,447,705             7,794,291             7,860,343              7,895,455
7,447,707             7,795,509             7,860,608              7,895,603
7,450,600             7,796,062             7,860,639              7,896,379
7,451,123             7,796,894             7,860,666              7,896,650
7,451,127             7,797,323             7,860,691              7,898,113
7,451,159             7,798,006             7,861,084              7,898,307
7,451,450             7,799,970             7,861,189              7,898,503
7,451,453             7,800,859             7,861,247              7,898,642
7,453,162             7,803,174             7,861,366              7,898,749
7,454,393             7,803,553             7,861,560              7,898,935
7,454,436             7,803,567             7,861,762              7,899,067
7,454,444             7,803,918             7,862,104              7,899,123
7,454,462             7,804,284             7,862,156              7,899,678
7,454,477             7,804,586             7,862,398              7,899,721
7,454,718             7,804,613             7,862,555              7,899,973
7,454,922             7,805,196             7,862,597              7,900,541
7,455,986             7,805,283             7,862,930              7,901,104
7,457,791             7,808,941             7,863,006              7,901,357
7,457,798             7,809,785             7,863,394              7,901,402
7,457,814             7,810,260             7,863,510              7,901,679
7,457,826             7,810,615             7,864,659              7,901,691
7,462,467             7,811,209             7,865,069              7,902,144
7,464,137             7,811,333             7,865,424              7,902,456
7,464,367             7,811,993             7,865,988              7,902,920
7,466,244             7,812,037             7,866,955              7,903,592
7,469,251             7,812,194             7,867,086              7,903,973
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7,469,380             7,813,962             7,867,255              7,904,717
7,474,010             7,814,474             7,867,351              7,905,290
7,475,061             7,815,014             7,867,612              7,906,179
7,475,417             7,816,036             7,867,646              7,906,509
7,478,115             7,817,142             7,867,824              7,906,559
7,479,189             7,817,408             7,868,246              7,906,736
7,484,664             7,817,492             7,868,717              7,906,825
7,491,738             7,817,608             7,869,024              7,908,218
7,498,060             7,817,651             7,870,245              7,908,635
7,498,771             7,817,744             7,870,256              7,908,638
7,501,420             7,817,967             7,870,485              7,909,862
7,502,415             7,818,092             7,870,987              7,912,097
7,505,855             7,818,187             7,871,319              7,915,934
7,507,820             7,818,393             7,871,626              D.571,830
7,508,890             7,818,444             7,871,699              D.591,505
7,517,076             7,820,360             7,871,776              D.593,472
7,521,441             7,820,390             7,871,784              D.625,579
7,521,442             7,820,857             7,871,946              D.630,420
7,532,131             7,821,010             7,872,773              D.631,260
7,538,645             7,821,071             7,873,002              PP.21,782
7,546,520             7,821,389             7,873,990              RE.39,021
7,550,227             7,821,399             7,874,607              RE.42,004
7,553,845             7,821,735             7,874,764
7,557,169             7,821,991             7,874,913
7,570,687             7,821,997             7,875,106
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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
April 11 – April 15, 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
4-11 EX 76695202 Barrie House Coffee Co., Inc. 23(c); whether identification of goods is indefinite; whether specimen is acceptable Refusals Affirmed as to genericness and as to identification of goods being indefinite; Refusal as to the specimen is Reversed   "MOCCA" [coffee product, namely, coffee beans, and not including coffee bean-derived coffee]   No
4-12 OPP 91190175 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, Inc. and 100 Blacks Who Care, Inc. v. 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care 2(d); Dilution; Whether applicant is owner of the mark Opposition Sustained on claim applicant is not the owner of the mark "100 BLACKS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO CARE" [advocating for civil and human rights on behalf of citizens of New York State; educational seminars; informational public seminars] "100 BLACKS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO CARE" [association services, namely, promoting the interests of civil rights]   No
4-12 OPP CANC 91110811 91110969 91113796 91115346 92027735 The Procter & Gamble Company v. Colgate-Palmolive Company 2(e)(1); 6 Oppositions Sustained and Petition to Cancel granted on claims of descriptiveness; disclaimer may be entered in oppositions 91110811 and 91113796   "COLGATE ALL IN ONE" [toothpaste] "ALL IN ONE" [toothpaste] "ULTRA BRITE ALL IN ONE" [toothpaste] "ALL IN ONE" [non-medicated mouthwash and rinse] "ALL IN ONE TOOTHPASTE" [toothpaste]   No
4-13 OPP 91171133 Learning Annex, LLC v. Chiquita Brands LLC 2(d) Opposition Dismissed "BRAINFUEL" [dietary supplement to enhance mental performance] "BRAIN FUEL" [fresh fruit]   No
4-14 EX 77709903 Gardenlife, Inc. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "EZ GRO" [living flowers and plants and plant seeds] "EEZY-GRO" [flower pots and planters] No
4-14 EX 77915887 Michael Weinberger 23 Refusal Affirmed   "SMOKELESS LOG" [artificial fireplace logs]   No
4-15 EX 79060115 Kettenbach GmbH & Co. KG 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "IDENTIUM" [wide variety of dental and orthodontic goods and services in four classes] "DENTIUM" (and design) [cover screws, pins, screws and wires for dental purposes; implants of artificial materials for dental and orthopaedic purposes; bone clamps; artificial bones; bone screws; implant abutments; synthetic bone graft materials; stents] No
4-15 EX 76682275 eCopy, Inc. 2(e)(1); 2(f) Refusal Affirmed   "ECOPY" [software discs and associated apparatus for enabling the scanning and electronic distribution of documents over computer networks and touch screen control panels for interfacing with such software]   No
4-15 OPP 91185251 Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, Cluett Peabody Resources Corporation and Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc. v. Weijing Luo 2(d); 43(c) (dilution); lack of bona fide intent to use All claims by the first two opposers dismissed; Third opposer’s 2(d) claim sustained, but dilution claim dismissed "ARROW" [wide variety of clothing, perfume, leather goods, jewelry and eyewear] "ARROWWA" [wide variety of clothing items in Class 25]   No
4-15 EX 77681936 Oliver Wine Co., Inc. 2(a), 2(e)(1) Both Refusals Reversed   "AMERICAN HERITAGE" [wines]   No

(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
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   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
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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
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                        application and requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(3)
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Mail Stop EBC           Mail for the Electronic Business Center including:
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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
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                        application to avoid publication of the
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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:

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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
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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
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                        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

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be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows (unless
otherwise instructed):

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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
Iowa                    Davenport: Davenport Public Library (563) 326-7832
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 01/01/2009
  1620 07/08/2009
  1630 07/11/2009
  1640 09/07/2009
  1650 05/18/2009
  1660 03/06/2010
  TOTAL 06/17/2009
     
1700 CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS
  1710 11/28/2008
  1720 11/25/2008
  1730 08/05/2009
  1740 06/17/2009
  1750 10/01/2008
  1760 09/07/2009
  1770 04/23/2009
  1780 01/04/2009
  1790 05/15/2009
  TOTAL 04/08/2009
     
2100 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE
  2110 01/13/2009
  2120 11/22/2008
  2150 01/25/2009
  2160 02/06/2009
  2170 05/12/2008
  2180 02/12/2009
  2190 08/18/2007
  TOTAL 10/08/2008
     
2400 NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY
  2420 09/19/2008
  2430 05/18/2008
  2440 07/20/2009
  2450 06/05/2009
  2460 10/23/2008
  2470 12/23/2008
  2480 07/11/2008
  2490 05/12/2008
  TOTAL 11/19/2008
     
2600 COMMUNICATIONS
  2610 08/17/2008
  2620 07/27/2008
  TOTAL 08/08/2008
     
2800   SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING
  2810 10/23/2009
  2820 07/14/2009
  2830 08/02/2009
  2840 10/14/2009
  2850 03/12/2009
  2860 07/24/2009
  2870 07/08/2009
  2880 05/30/2009
  2890 08/26/2009
  TOTAL 07/14/2009
     
     
2900    
  2910 07/05/2010
  TOTAL 07/05/2010
     
     
3600     TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW
  3610 08/02/2009
  3620 10/08/2008
  3630 05/15/2009
  3640 07/08/2009
  3650 01/19/2009
  3660 01/01/2009
  3670 08/11/2009
  3680 10/29/2008
  3690 03/27/2009
  TOTAL 03/21/2009
     
3700   MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS
  3710 12/17/2008
  3720 02/15/2009
  3730 12/26/2008
  3740 09/01/2008
  3750 12/26/2008
  3760 03/27/2009
  3770 10/11/2008
  3780 10/14/2008
  TOTAL 12/17/2008
     
  1 Report last updated on 02-28-11.
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