United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 29 January 2002

                                    Errata


   "All reference to Patent No. 6,336,228 to Robert Fleege of
San Francisco, CA for COMBINED ELBOW AND FOOT PROTECTOR appearing in
the Official Gazette of January 08, 2002 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,336,952 to Kazumi Naito of
Chiba, Japan for POWDERED NIOBIUM appearing in the Official Gazette of
January 08, 2002 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,338,577 to Hiromitsu Miraki,
et al of Japan, for BALL BEARING DEVICE FOR A SWING ARM appearing in
the Official Gazette of January 15, 2002 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 6,339,520 to Hiroyasu Tsuchida,
et al of Japan, for SUSPENSION, HEAD SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY, AND DISK
DRIVE APPARATUS appearing in the Official Gazette of January 15, 2002
should be deleted since no patent was granted."