Commissioner Ordered Reexaminations

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(c). The orders for reexamination listed below
are open to inspection by the general public in the indicated Examining
Group. Copies of the orders and other related papers may be obtained by
paying the fee therefor established in the Rules (37 CFR 1.2(b)).
   In the event correspondence to the patent owner is not recieved, this
notice will be considered to be constructive notice to the patent owner
and reexamination will proceed (37 CFR 1.24(a)(5) and 1.525(b)).

   5,731,580, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,395, Sep. 20, 1999, Cl. 250/310,
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE, Mitsugu Sato, et. al., Owner of Record:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Edward W. Greason,
Kenyon and Kenyon, New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 2878, Requester: Commissioner
of Patents and Trademarks, Washington, DC


                       Requests for Reexamination Filed

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(c). The requests for reexamination listed
below are open to inspection by the general public in the indicated
Examining Groups. Copies of the requests and related papers may be
obtained by paying the fee therefor established in the Rules (37 CFR
1.19(a)).
   In the event correspondence to the patent owner is not received, this
notice will be considered to be constructive notice to the patent owner
and reexamination will proceed (37 CFR 1.248(a)(5) and 1.525(b)).

   4,366,348, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,544, Nov. 3, 1999, Cl. 340/825.73,
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING AND PROCESSING THE INFORMATION CONTENT
OF MULTI-FREQUENCY SIGNALS, John W. Pope, Owner of Record: Cidco Inc.,
Morgan Hill, CA, Attorney or Agent: Russell Johnson, Skjerven Morrill,
et. al., San Jose, CA, Ex. Gp.: 2735, Requester: Cooley Godward, Palo
Alto, CA,

   4,834,194, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,548, Nov. 5, 1999, Cl. 175/050, METHOD
AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTION OF VOLATILE SOIL CONTAMINANTS IN SITU, Frank
Manchak Jr., Owner of Record: Inventor, Attorney or Agent: W. Norman
Roth, Roth and Goldman, Los Angeles, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3672, Requester: Kevin
D. McDermott, Mineola, NY

   5,056,578, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,551, Nov. 8, 1999, Cl. 160/177,
CARRIER STRUCTURE FOR A VERTICAL BLIND ASSEMBLY, Oscar Helver, Owner of
Record: Novo Industries, Inc., Houston, TX, Attorney or Agent: Shook
Hardy and Bacon, Houston, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3634, Requester: Scientific
Plastics, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL c/o Robert J. Van Der Wall, Miami, FL

   5,316,344, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,545, Nov. 4, 1999, Cl. 283/081,
STATIONERY WITH REMOVABLE PRINTABLE LABELS AND METHOD THEREFOR,
Ghanshyam H. Popat, et. al., Owner of Record: Avery Dennison Corp.,
Pasadena, CA, Attorney or Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly, Los
Angeles, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3722, Requester: Continental Datalabel, Inc.,
Elgin, IL, c/o Maxwell J. Petersen, Pauley, Petersen, Kinne and Fejer,
Hoffman Estates, IL

   5,355,439, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,546, Nov. 4, 1999, Cl. 700/247, METHOD
AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED TISSUE ASSAY, Steven A. Bernstein, et. al.,
Owner of Record: Bio Tek Instruments, Santa Barbara, CA, Attorney or
Agent: John J. McDonnell, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert and Berghoff,
Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 2786, Requester: James M. Smith, Hamilton, Brook,
Smith and Reynolds, Lexington, MA

   5,364,585, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,549, Nov. 5, 1999, Cl. 264/520,
INJECTION ORIENTATION BLOW MOLDING MACHINE, Setsuyuki Takeuchi, Owner of
Record: A. K. Technical Laboratory, Inc., Nagano-ken, Japan, Attorney or
Agent: Wayne M. Smith, Graham and James, Los Angeles, CA, Ex. Gp.: 1732,
Requester: Owner

   5,478,852, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,547, Nov. 4, 1999, Cl. 514/369, USE OF
THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVES AND RELATED ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC AGENTS IN
THE TREATMENT OF IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN ORDER TO PREVENT OR
DELAY, Jerrold Olefsky, et. al., Owner of Record: Sankyo Co., Ltd.,
Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper and Scinto,
New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 1614, Requester: Owner

   5,937,715, Reexam. S.N. 90/005,550, Nov. 5, 1999, Cl. 081/185, SOCKET
FOR FASTENERS OF VARIOUS SIZES, Chin Ho Lin, Owner of Record: Inventor,
Attorney or Agent: Raymond Kam On Kwong, Sunnyvale, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3723,
Requester: Paul Y. Feng, Fulwider Patton Lee and Utecht, Los Angeles, CA