United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 08 January 2002

                                  Disclaimers

   Re. 33,572 - Brad E. Meyers, Redmond, WA. INVISIBLE LIGHT BEAM
PROJECTOR AND NIGHT VISION SYSTEM. Patent dated April 16,
1991. Disclaimer and Dedication filed June 6, 2001, by the inventor Brad
E. Meyers.

   Hereby disclaims and dedicates to the Public claims 35, 37, 38,
39, and 40 of said patent.

   4,426,477 -  Toshihito Yasumatsu, Fujiidera; Toshiaki Nakase,
Hirakata; Toshinori Kubozuka, Kyoto; Kaoru Kawabata, Yahata, all of
Japan. THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITION. Patent dated January 17, 1984.
Disclaimer filed August 28, 2001, by the assignee, Riken Vitamin Co.,
Ltd.

   Hereby enter this disclaimer to claims 1-9.

   4,921,428  - Kunihiko sasaki; Yuichi Ida; Tsumoru Oka; Mituaki
Shinroaku, all of Miyagi, Japan. CABLE REEL. Patent dated May 1,
1990. Disclaimer filed July 16, 2001, by assignee, Alps Electric Co.,
Ltd.

   Hereby enter this disclaimer to claims 1 thru 8.

   5,855,210 -  Wesley D. Sterman, San Francisco; Lawrence C.
Siegel; Patricia E. Curtis both of Hillsborough; John H. Stevens, Palo
Alto; Timothy R. Machold, Moss Beach, all of CA. METHODS FOR PERFORMING
HEART SURGERY. Patent dated January 5, 1999. Disclaimer filed May 7,
2001, by assignee, Heartport, Inc.

   Hereby enter the term of this patent shall not extend beyond the
expiration date of Pat. No. 5.452,733.

   5,952,397 - Hironao Fujiki; Takafumi Sakamoto, both of Usui-gun,
Japan. PHOTO-CURABLE LIQUID SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITIONS FOR TEMPLATING
MOTHER MOLDS. Patent dated September 14, 1999. Disclaimer filed August
27, 2001, by assignee, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 6, 7 and 8.

   6,080,301 - Paul J. Beriowitz, E. Windsor; Jacob J. Habeeb,
Westfield, both of NJ; Robert J. Wittenbrink, Baton Rouge, LA. PREMIUM
SYNTHETIC LUBRICANT BASE STROCK HAVING AT LEAST 95NON-CYCLIC
ISOPARAFFINS. Patent dated June 27, 2000. Disclaimer filed July 9, 2001,
by assignee, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company.

   Hereby the term of this patent shall not extend beyond the
expiration date of Pat. No. 6,008,164.

   6,095,651 - David R. Williams; Junzhong Liang, both of
Rochester, NY. METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING VISION AND THE
RESOLUTION OF RETINAL IMAGES. Patent dated August 1, 2000. Disclaimer
filed August 3, 2001 by assignee, University of Rochester.

   Hereby the term of this patent shall not extend beyond the
expiration date of Pat. Nos. 5,777,719 or 5,949,521.