			    OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the
		   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
			        
December 26, 2000             Volume 1241  	               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						  
   Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
      Late Maintenance Fee from 11/10/00
   Reissue Applications Filed 					  
   Requests for Reexamination Filed				  
   Guidelines Setting Forth a Modified Policy Concerning
      the Evidence of Common Ownership, or an
      Obligation of Assignment to the Same Person, as
      Required by 35 U.S.C. 103(c)
   Assignment of Confirmation Number and
      Time Period for Filing a Copy of an Application by
     EFS for Eighteen-Month Publication Purposes
   Advance Notice of Change to "References Cited" on the
      Front Page of a Patent
   Status of Office of Public Records Services
   Patent Public Advisory Committee - Annual Report
   Trademark Public Advisory Committee - Annual Report
   Registration to Practice
   Disclaimers and Dedications
   Errata
   Certificates of Correction					  
   Fiscal Year 2000 Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
      Receipts and Dispositions by Groups Ex Parte Appeals 
   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 Technology Centers					  
Condition of Trademark Applications				  
Reexaminations 							 
Reissue Patents Granted (36,995)				 
Plant Patents Granted (11,715)   				 
Patents Granted
   General and Mechanical (6,163,883)				 
   Chemical (6,165,229)						 
   Electrical (6,166,307)					 
Design Patents Granted (435,327)				 
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				  
Change of Address Form						  
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