PATENT EXAMINING CORPS BRUCE A. LEHMAN, Commissioner LAWRENCE J. GOFFNEY, Jr., Assistant Commissioner for Patents EDWARD R. KAZENSKE, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patents STEPHEN G. KUNIN, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patent Policy J.O. THOMAS, JR., Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patent Process Services Phone Number New Case PATENT EXAMINING GROUPS Area Code 703 Date* CHEMICAL EXAMINING GROUPS GENERAL METALLURGICAL, INORGANIC, PETROLEUM AND ELECTRICAL CHEMISTRY, AND ENGINEERING, GROUP 1100-JOHN E. KITTLE, Director 308-0661 02/10/94 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, GROUP 1200-RICHARD V. FISHER, Director 308-1235 04/08/94 SPECIALIZED CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, GROUP 1300-BARRY S. RICHMAN, Director 308-0651 06/14/94 HIGH POLYMER CHEMISTRY, PLASTICS, COATING, PHOTOGRAPHY STOCK MATERIALS AND COMPOSITIONS, GROUP 1500-THEODORE MORRIS, Director 308-2351 04/28/94 BIOTECHNOLOGY, GROUP 1800-JOHN J. DOLL, Director 308-0196 11/02/93 ELECTRICAL EXAMINING GROUPS INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, PHYSICS AND RELATED ELEMENTS, GROUP 2100-STEWART LEVY, Director 308-1782 06/07/94 SPECIAL LAWS AND ADMINISTRATION, GROUP 2200-ROBERT E. GARRETT, Director 308-0511 08/18/93 COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER APPLICATION, GROUP 2300- BOBBY R. GRAY, Director 305-9600 03/03/94 PACKAGES, CLEANING, TEXTILES AND GEOMETRICAL INSTRUMENTS GROUP 2400-GERALD GOLDBERG, Director 308-0771 01/19/94 ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, GROUP 2500-JANICE A. HOWELL, Director 308-0956 11/23/93 COMMUNICATIONS, MEASURING, TESTING AND LAMP/DISCHARGE GROUP, GROUP 2600-NICHOLAS P. GODICI, Director 305-4700 09/07/93 DESIGN, GROUP 2900-JOHN E. KITTLE, Director 308-0661 06/01/93 MECHANICAL EXAMINING GROUPS HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION MEDIA, GROUP 3100-F.R. SCHMIDT, Director 308-1113 01/24/94 MATERIAL SHAPING, ARTICLE MANUFACTURING AND TOOLS, GROUP 3200-CARLTON R. CROYLE, Director 308-1148 01/04/94 MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND HUSBANDRY PERSONAL TREATMENT INFORMATION, GROUP 3300-J.J. LOVE, Director 308-0858 03/31/94 SOLAR, HEAT, POWER, AND FLUID ENGINEERING DEVICES, GROUP 3400-DONALD G. KELLY, Director 308-0861 01/13/94 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING, GROUP 3500-A.L. SMITH, Director 308-1021 01/31/94 *A communication from the examiner should have been received in most applications filed prior to this date. Expiration of Patents: The patents within the range of numbers indicated below expire during April 1995 except those which may have had their terms curtailed by disclaimer under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 253. Other patents, issued after the dates of the range of numbers indicated below, may have expired before the full term of 17 years for the same reasons, or have lapsed under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 151. Patents Numbers 4,081,864 to 4,086,663 inclusive Plant Patents 4,232 to 4,244