OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the
                   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

February 27, 1996                 Volume 1183                    Number 4

                                   CONTENTS                        Page

Patent and Trademark Office Notices
   Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
   Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
   Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay
      Maintenance Fee
   Reissue Applications Filed
   Requests for Reexaminations Filed
   Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due
      to Failure to Renew
   Service by Publication
   Patent Certificates of Correction
Summary of Final Decisions
   Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Special Boxes for Mail
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in
   Patent Depository Libraries
Patent Examining Corps
Condition of Trademark Applications
Reexaminations
Reissue Patents Granted (35,163)
Plant Patents Granted (9,460)
Patents Granted
   General and Mechanical (5,494,485)
   Chemical (5,495,071)
   Electrical (5,495,619)
Design Patents Granted (367,550)
Index of Patentees
Indices of Reissue, Reexaminations, Design and Plant Patents
Classification of
   Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)
   Designs and Plants Applications
Geographical Index of Residence of Inventors
   Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)
   Designs and Plant Applications
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