Errata

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,057,154 to Shuji Yamamoto, et al of
Japan for PEPTIDE HAVING AN ABILITY TO PROMOTE THE ACTIVATION BY PROTEIN
C BY THROMBIN appearing in the Official Gazette of May 2, 2000 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,057,495 to David Webster of Idaho for
STARCHLESS VARIETY OF PISUM SATIVUM HAVING ELEVATED LEVELS OF SUCROSE
appearing in the Official Gazette of May 2, 2000 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,061,483 to Richard Ian Laming, et al of
Southhampton, United Kingdom for DISPERSION COMPENSATION IN OPTICAL
FIBRE TRANSMISSION appearing in the Official Gazette of May 9, 2000
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. D 424,936 to Jeffrey D. Krich of Illinois
for BOTTLE WITH INTEGRATED GRIP PORTION appearing in the Official
Gazette of May 16, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,062,576 to Jake B. Carpenter, et al of
Vermont for ADJUSTABLE BINDING STRAP FOR SECURING A SNOWBOARD BOOT
WITHIN A BASEPLATE appearing in the Official Gazette of May 16, 2000
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,063,577 to Susan B. Dillon, et al of
Pennsylvania for EPO PRIMARY RESPONSE GENE, EPRG3SPT  appearing in the
Official Gazette of May 16, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,064,526 to R. Russell Austin, et al of
California for GROUP-DELAY DISPERSIVE MULTILAYER-MIRROR STRUCTURES AND
METHOD DESIGNING SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of May 16, 2000
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,064,610 to Frankie F. Roohparvar of
California for METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR USING SUPPLY VOLTAGE FOR TESTING
IN SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICES appearing in the Official Gazette of May
16, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,064,728 to Beverly M. Jones of New Jersey
for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDIRECTING CONTROL OF IN-BAND SIGNALING
appearing in the Official Gazette of May 16, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,064,822 to Adrian R. Wise, et al of
United Kingdom for VIDEO PARSER appearing in the Official Gazette of May
16, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,066,185 to Rickie C. Lake of Idaho for
METHODS OF INSULATING BUTTON-TYPE BATTERIES appearing in the Official
Gazette of May 23, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,066,330 to Seiji Itoh, et al of Japan for
COMPOSITION FOR PROPHYLAXIS AND/OR TREATMENT OF DRY EYE SYNDROME
COMPRISING VITAMIN D appearing in the Official Gazette of May 23, 2000
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,066,453 to Daniel Pinkel, et al of
California for ARRAY-BASED DETECTION OF GENETIC ALTERATIONS ASSOCIATED
WITH DISEASE appearing in the Official Gazette of May 23, 2000 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,066,661 to Randall J. Urban, et al of
Texas for THE USE OF TROGLITAZONE AND RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR THE
TREATMENT OF THE CLIMACTERIC AND CANCER appearing in the Official
Gazette of May 23, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,066,728 to Kweon Kim, et al of Korea for
WATER-SOLUBLE EXTRACT OF ASIATICOSIDE AND MADE-CASSOSIDE FROM CENTELLA
ASIATICA AND ISOLATING METHOD THEREOF  appearing in the Official Gazette
of May 23, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,067,487 to Jean De Bellefeuille, et al of
Brunswick, ME for COMPUTERIZED AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM appearing in
the Official Gazette of May 23, 2000 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. D 425,691 to Nathalie A. Reynolds, et al of
Missouri for SHOE UPPER appearing in the Official Gazette of May 30,
2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. D 425,753 to Robert A. Lewis, et al of
California for SURFACE ORNAMENTATION FOR A CONTROL PANEL ON A RANGE TOP
appearing in the Official Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,067,763 to Mark E. Kirby of Florida for
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A SLOPED FLOOR appearing in the Official
Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,068,049 to Patrick Hoger of France for
HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING AN INLET OR OUTLET SUPPLY INSERT appearing in
the Official Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,068,185 to Don C. McCall, et al of Texas
for ADJUSTABLE PRICE FUEL DISPENSING SYSTEM appearing in the Official
Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,068,403 to Gene D. Schneck of North
Carolina for EASY OPEN INDUSTRIAL BAG appearing in the Official Gazette
of May 30, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,068,776 to Stefan Miltenyi, et al of
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany for MAGNETIC MICRO SEPARATION COLUMN AND
METHOD OF USING IT appearing in the Official Gazette of May 30, 2000
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,068,819 to Donald E. Ackley, et al of
California for LAMINATED ASSEMBLY FOR ACTIVE BIOELECTRONIC DEVICES
appearing in the Official Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,069,016 to Harry N. Gardner, et al of
Colorado for PARAMETER ADJUSTMENT IN A MOS INTEGRATED CIRCUIT appearing
in the Official Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,069,268 to Alfred Hagemeyer, et al of
Frankfurt, Germany for CATALYST PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION AND ITS USE
FOR PREPARING VINYL ACETATE appearing in the Official Gazette of May 30,
2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,069,425 to David G. Halsey, et al of
Illinois for ROTOR FOR A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE appearing in the
Official Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,069,517 to Nianxiong Tan of Sollentuna,
Sweden for METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SAMPLED ANALOGUE SIGNALS IN
DIGITAL BICMOS PROCESS appearing in the Official Gazette of May 30, 2000
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,069,746 to Mitsuru Shinohara, et al of
Texas for LENS BARREL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT appearing in the Official
Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,069,906 to Jin Hong, et al of Canada for
GENERATION OF SHORT OPTICAL PUSLES USING STRONGLY COMPLEX COUPLED DFB
LASERS appearing in the Official Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,069,989 to Hans-Peter Nolting, et al of
Berlin, Germany for DIGITAL OPTICAL SWITCH appearing in the Official
Gazette of May 30, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,070,900 to Walter Lutze, et al of Jena,
Germany for AIRBAG COVER appearing in the Official Gazette of June 6,
2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,071,540 to Eberhard Nurnberg, et al of
Germany for EFFERVESCENT BATH TABLET, METHOD OF PREPARING IT, AND THE
USE THEREOF appearing in the Official Gazette of June 6, 2000 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,071,887 to Zhenkun Ma, et al of Illinois
for C-2 MODIFIED ERYTHROMYCIN DERIVATIVES appearing in the Official
Gazette of June 6, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,071,967 to Ronald W. Pero, et al of Lund,
Sweden for USE OF ARYL N-SUBSTITUTED CARBOXAMIDES DIRECTLY AND AS
RADIO-AND CHEMOSENSITIZERS FOR KILLING TUMOR AND CANCER CELLS AND NOVEL
COMPOUNDS FOR SUCH USE appearing in the Official Gazette of June 6, 2000
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,072,058 to Norisugu Yamasaki, et al of
Japan for BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES appearing in the Official Gazette of
June 6, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,072,195 to Byung Chul Ahn of Korea for
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND A DOUBLE LAYERED METAL CONTACT appearing in
the Official Gazette of June 6, 2000 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,072,704 to Robert W. Johnson, et al of
North Carolina for MULTI-MODE POWER CONVERTERS INCORPORATING BALANCER
CIRCUITS AND METHODS OF OPERATION appearing in the Official Gazette of
June 6, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,074,116 to Jean-Louis of France for
PACKAGING AND APPLICATOR DEVICE, AND A REFILL ELEMENT FOR SUCH A DEVICE
appearing in the Official Gazette of June 13, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,074,117 to Jean-Louis of France for
PACKAGING AND APPLICATOR DEVICE, AND A REFILL ELEMENT FOR SUCH A DEVICE
appearing in the Official Gazette of June 13, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,074,878 to Carole Young of Florida for
QUALITY CONTROL METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of June 13,
2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,075,071 to Mohammed W. Siddiqui of
Illinois for WHITE INK FOR MARKING CANDY SUBSTRATES appearing in the
Official Gazette of June 13, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,075,372 to Kazunari Suga of Japan for
SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING APPARATUS WITH REDUCED
INSTALLATION AREA appearing in the Official Gazette of June 13, 2000
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,075,780 to Ronald Mahany, et al of Iowa
for WIRELESS PERSONAL LOCAL AREA NETWORK appearing in the Official
Gazette of June 13, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,076,207 to Bernard Dominique of Canada
for TOWEL WITH CARRYING POCKET appearing in the Official Gazette of June
20, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,076,581 to Martin A. Allen of Georgia for
APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF NONWOVEN WEBS AND LAMINATES INCLUDING
MEANS TO MOVE THE SPINNING ASSEMBLY appearing in the Official Gazette of
June 20, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,076,604 to Bruce McGarian, et al of
Stonehaven Aberdeen, Great Britian, for BRANCH BOREHOLES appearing in
the Official Gazette of June 20, 2000 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,077,566 to Rudolf Henne, et al of the
Federal Republic of Germany for PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A HEAT
PIPE appearing in the Official Gazette of June 20, 2000 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,077,599 to Bernd Reck, et al of
Gruensatdt, Germany for FORMALDEHYDE-FREE COATING COMPOSITION OR SHAPED
ARTICLES appearing in the Official Gazette of June 20, 2000 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,077,831 to Ly Tam Phan, et al of Illinois
for 6-0-CARBAMATE KETOLIDE DERIVATIVES appearing in the Official Gazette
of June 20, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,078,610 to Katsuhiko Hiramatsu, et al of
Japan for TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING APPARATUS USING A PLURALITY OF
SPREADING CODES appearing in the Official Gazette of June 20, 2000
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,078,862 to Hiroshi Nonaka, et al of
California for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING CURRENT VEHICLE
POSITION appearing in the Official Gazette of June 20, 2000 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,079,069 to John H. Vrzalik of Texas for
AIR SAC FOR OSCILLATING LOW AIR LOSS BED appearing in the Official
Gazette of June 27, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,079,573 to Byung-kwen Park, et al of
Korea for CASSETTE FOR LOADING GLASSES FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
appearing in the Official Gazette of June 27, 2000 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,080,103 to John P. Lunsford, et al of
California for COMBINED VESSEL DISSECTION AND TRANSECTION DEVICE AND
METHOD appearing in the Official Gazette of June 27, 2000 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,080,145 to Kevin S. Marchitto, et al of
Arkansas for IMPROVED LASER ASSISTED PHARMACEUTICAL DELIVERY AND FLUID
REMOVAL appearing in the Official Gazette of June 27, 2000 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,081,045 to Tuong Hai Hoang, et al of
California for TEMPERATURE SENSING CIRCUIT appearing in the Official
Gazette of June 27, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,081,126 to Kinya Sakai of Japan for
TERMINAL CONTACT-TYPE IC CARD HAVING TERMINAL CONTACT FAULT DETECTOR, IC
CARD SYSTEM USING THE IC CARD, AND IC CARD appearing in the Official
Gazette of June 27, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

  "All reference to Patent No. 6,081,787 to Stuart A. Kauffman of New
Mexico for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF AN ECONOMIC WEB AND
THE INDENTIFICATION OF NEW MARKET NICHES appearing in the Official
Gazette of June 27, 2000 should be deleted since no patent was granted."