Errata

   "All reference to Patent No. 5,920,334 to Albert Zur of Israel, for
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING AN IMAGE BY APPLYING VOLTAGE SIGNALS
AND NON-VISIBLE CHARGES TO A DIELECTRIC ELEMENT appearing in the
Official Gazette of July 06, 1999 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 5,932,901 to Kazuo Itabashi, et al of
Japan, for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH SELF-ALIGNED CONTACT AND ITS
MANUFACTURE appearing in the Official Gazette of August 03, 1999 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 5,969,522 to James M. Daughton, et al of
Edina, Minnesota for MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR WITH A PLURALITY OF
MAGNETORESISTIVE THIN-FILM LAYERS HAVING AN END AT A COMMON SURFACE
appearing in the Official Gazette of October 19, 1999 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 5,988,235 to Kuno Lemke, et al of Germany,
for APPARATUS FOR STERILIZATION, FILLING AND SEALING PACKAGING
CONTAINERS appearing in the Official Gazette of November 23, 1999 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,000,150 to Gerald L. Depies of Wisconsin,
for HYDRAULIC AND ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH VEHICLE
ACCESSORY UNITS appearing in the Official Gazette of December 14, 1999
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,000,826 to H. Van Dyke Parunak, et al of
Ann Arbor, Michigan for COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR MARKET-BASED CONSTRAINT
OPTIMIZATION appearing in the Official Gazette of December 14, 1999
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,004,350 to Gary K. Michelson of
California, for LORDOTIC INTERBODY SPINAL FUSION IMPLANTS appearing in
the Official Gazette of December 21, 1999 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,004,935 to Vladislav I. Deigin, et al of
Canada, for NOVEL PEPTIDE, A METHOD FOR ITS PREPARATION AND A
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE PEPTIDE appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 21, 1999 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,005,808 to Daniel Sobek, et al of
California, for BIASING METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR REDUCING BAND-TO-BAND
AND/OR AVALANCHE CURRENTS DURING THE ERASE OF FLASH MEMORY DEVICES
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 21, 1999 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,006,820 to Colin McCullough, et al of
Minneapolis, Minnesota for METHOD OF MAKING FIBER REINFORCED ALUMINUM
MATRIX COMPOSITE WIRE appearing in the Official Gazette of December 28,
1999 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,007,768 to Shivaji Purwar of Connecticut,
for NOVEL STERILIZATION PROCESS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL SUSPENSIONS appearing
in the Official Gazette of December 28, 1999 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,007,842 to Ram Dutta Pathak, et al of
England, for PAROXETINE TABLETS AND PROCESS TO PREPARE THEM appearing in
the Official Gazette of December 28, 1999 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,007,844 to Richard S. Sackler, et al of
Connecticut for TREATING PAIN BY ADMINISTERING 24 HOURS OPIOID
FORMULATIONS EXHIBITING RAPID RISE OF DRUG LEVEL appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 28, 1999 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,008,122 to Chuanbin Pan, et al of
California, for SILICON-RICH BLOCK COPOLYMERS TO ACHIEVE UNBALANCED VIAS
appearing in the Official Gazette of December 28, 1999 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,008,200 to Arthur M. Krieg of Iowa, for
IMMUNOMODULATORY OLIGONUCLEOTIDES appearing in the Official Gazette of
December 28, 1999 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,008,504 to Yasuhiko Takemura, et al of
Japan, for THIN FILM SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT appearing in the
Official Gazette of December 28, 1999 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,009,055 to Yasuhiro Hayashi of Japan, for
SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT HAVING A VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR CAPABLE
OF CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING THE CENTER FREQUENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH A
CONTROL VOL- TAGE appearing in the Official Gazette of December 28, 1999
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,009,171 to Mark Louis Ciacelli, et al of
New York for APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR
PROTECTING COPYRIGHT DATA WITHIN A COMPUTER SYSTEM appearing in the
Officail Gazette of December 28, 1999 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,010,566 to Dirk Nemegeer, et al of
Belgium, for PREPARATION OF BITUMINOUS CONCRETE COMPRISING WIRE PIECES
appearing in the Official Gazette of January 04, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,010,794 to Hiroyuki Suzuki, et al of
Japan, for MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA FOR LONGITUDINAL RECORDING appearing
in the Official Gazette of January 04, 2000 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,012,486 to Edward L. Rainwater, et al of
Texas, for DUAL ISOLATION VALVE WITH RECTANGULAR FLOW PASSAGEWAYS
appearing in the Official Gazette of January 11, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,012,879 to Nancy Uehlein-Proctor of
Wales, Wisconsin for FEED SYSTEM FOR A DRILL PRESS appearing in the
Official Gazette of January 11, 2000 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,013,751 to Tomoki Hiiro, et al of Japan,
for PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SILOXANE COPOLYMERS AND RESIN
COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SILOXANE COPOLYMERS PREPARED BY THE PROCESS
appearing in the Official Gazette of January 11, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,014,242 to Michael Scalora of Alabama,
for TRANSPARENT METALLO-DIELECTRIC PHOTONIC BAND GAP STRUCTURE appearing
the Official Gazette of January 11, 2000 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,014,703 to Duane J. McCrory, et al of
Pennsylvania for METHOD SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR
PROVIDING PULL MODEL DATA COMMUNICATION appearing in the Official
Gazette of January 11, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. RE 36,533 to Michel Fattouche, et al of
Canada for MULTICODE DIRECT SEQUENCE SPREAD SPECTRUM appearing in the
Official Gazette of January 25, 2000 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,017,271 to Shigeru Miyamoto of Japan, for
THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED AUTOMATIC AND
USER POINT OF VIEW CONTROL appearing in the Official Gazette of January
25, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,018,226 to Thomas J. Dougherty, et al of
Wisconsin for ADVANCED BATTERY CONTROLLER WITH STATE OF CHARGE CONTROL
appearing in the Official Gazette of January 25, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. D 419,835 to Martha Frimer Cheslow of New
Jersey for FOOD HOLDING DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 01, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. D 420,144 to Dennis A. Grubb of Arizona,
for TUBULAR SKYLIGHT appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01,
2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. PP 11,195 to Franz Fruehwirth of
California, for POINSETTIA PLANT NAMED '846' appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 01, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,019,278 to Joseph P. Sagel of Texas, for
TUBULAR CONTAINER HAVING AN OUTER SLEEVE AND AN INNER STORAGE BAG
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,019,653 to Noritake Suzuki of Japan for
METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRON-BEAM SOURCE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
USING SAME, AND ACTIVATION PROCESSING METHOD appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 01, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,019,807 to William P. Wood of Golden
Valley, Minnesota for METHOD FOR MAKING ABRASIVE GRAIN USING
IMPREGNATION AND ABRASIVE ARTICLES appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 01, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,019,875 to Timothy J. Renk, et al of New
Mexico, for METHOD OF MODIFYING A SURFACE appearing in the Official
Gazette of February 01, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,019,889 to Jack Stifelman, et al of
Missouri, for IN-TANK FLUID FILTER WITH VALVE ASSEMBLY appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 01, 2000 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,019,961 to John E. Barry, et al of New
Hampshire for ANTIBIOTIC TOOTHPASTE appearing in the Official Gazette of
February 01, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,020,454 to Masatoshi Aoyama, et al of
Japan for POLYESTER POLYMERIZATION CATALYST A PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF
AND A POLYESTER PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAID CATALYST appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 01, 2000 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,021,441 to Christine M. Desnoyers, et al
of New York for SYSTEM FOR OPTIMISTIC TRANSMISSION FLOW CONTROL
INCLUDING RECEIVER DATA DISCARDS UPON INADEQUATE BUFFERING CONDITION
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 01, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,021,744 to Zoran Valcic, et al of
Chatswood, Aux for IGNITION INHIBITING GAS WATER HEATER AND CONTROLLER
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 08, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,021,809 to Craig V. Rockwell of
Minneapolis, Minnesota for PRESSURE REGULATOR APPARATUS appearing in the
Official Gazette of February 08, 2000 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,021,814 to Kim N. Vu, et al of
California, for MANIFOLD SYSTEM FOR ENABLING A DISTRIBUTION OF FLUIDS
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 08, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,024,546 to Takeo Yajima of Japan for
CHEMICAL SUPPLY SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette of February 15,
2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,024,989 to Francesco Banella, et al of
Italy for PANETTONE-TYPE BAKERY DOUGH appearing in the Official Gazette
of February 15, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,025,009 to Radha Iyengar, et al of
Massachussettes for FAT SOLUBLE POLYMERS AND THEIR USE IN FOODS
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 15, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,025,299 to Chikafumi Yokoyama, et al of
Japan for CATALYTIC OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION PROCESS AND CATALYST
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 15, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,025,606 to Hisashi Ohtani, et al of Japan
for ACTIVE MATRY DISPLAY appearing in the Official Gazette of February
15, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,025,749 to Yoshinori Okajima of Japan for
INTERFACE CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF PREVENTING REFLECTED WAVES AND GLITCHES
appearing in the Official Gazette of February 15, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,025,940 to David Milton, et al of Canada
for WDM OPTICAL NETWORK WITH PASSIVE PASS-THOUGH AT EACH NODE appearing
in the Official Gazette of February 15, 2000 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."