United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 24 September 2002

                 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
                       Late Maintenance Fee From 8/19/02

Patent          Serial          Filing          Issue           Granted
Number          Number          Date            Date            Date

4,776,150       06/948,153      12/31/86        10/11/88        08/22/02
4,838,153       07/206,805      06/15/88        06/13/89        08/19/02
4,900,681       07/201,767      06/02/88        02/13/90        08/19/02
4,913,418       07/276,347      11/25/88        04/03/90        08/23/02
4,930,982       07/275,407      11/18/88        06/05/90        08/19/02
4,955,750       07/402,542      09/05/89        09/11/90        08/19/02
4,993,187       07/421,344      10/13/89        02/19/91        08/20/02
5,129,264       07/623,696      12/07/90        07/14/92        08/21/02
5,138,737       07/690,547      04/23/91        08/18/92        08/19/02
5,151,292       07/818,420      01/06/92        09/29/92        08/21/02
5,164,064       07/686,644      04/17/91        11/17/92        08/23/02
5,192,282       07/756,835      09/09/91        03/09/93        08/19/02
5,213,092       07/785,996      10/31/91        05/25/93        08/20/02
5,214,488       07/828,722      01/31/92        05/25/93        08/23/02
5,216,257       07/549,842      07/09/90        06/01/93        08/22/02
5,224,240       07/863,944      04/06/92        07/06/93        08/23/02
5,236,069       07/907,641      07/02/92        08/17/93        08/20/02
5,246,560       07/771,701      10/04/91        09/21/93        08/19/02
5,249,579       07/629,180      12/20/90        10/05/93        08/19/02
5,249,965       07/926,050      08/06/92        10/05/93        08/20/02
5,284,127       07/976,014      11/13/92        02/08/94        08/22/02
5,291,909       07/668,935      03/13/91        03/08/94        08/20/02
5,293,866       07/881,596      05/12/92        03/15/94        08/19/02
5,310,652       08/082,182      06/24/93        05/10/94        08/22/02
5,318,686       08/102,438      08/05/93        06/07/94        08/22/02
5,344,460       07/969,129      10/30/92        09/06/94        08/23/02
5,399,044       08/288,565      08/10/94        03/21/95        08/21/02
5,460,458       08/217,603      03/24/94        10/24/95        08/21/02
5,560,962       08/204,263      08/10/94        10/01/96        08/20/02
5,597,529       08/335,488      11/07/94        01/28/97        08/23/02
5,620,652       08/410,801      03/27/95        04/15/97        08/23/02
5,641,741       08/518,931      08/24/95        06/24/97        08/20/02
5,654,968       08/569,689      12/08/95        08/05/97        08/22/02
5,661,869       08/748,283      11/13/96        09/02/97        08/22/02
5,677,696       08/499,796      07/07/95        10/14/97        08/23/02
5,697,895       08/648,247      05/15/96        12/16/97        08/23/02
5,702,881       08/476,456      06/07/95        12/30/97        08/22/02
5,709,215       08/524,391      09/06/95        01/20/98        08/20/02
5,709,346       08/635,738      04/22/96        01/20/98        08/20/02
5,735,750       08/753,193      11/21/96        04/07/98        08/20/02
5,736,976       08/389,931      02/13/95        04/07/98        08/20/02
5,743,895       08/592,108      01/26/96        04/28/98        08/20/02
5,757,165       08/584,044      01/11/96        05/26/98        08/23/02
5,759,411       08/677,359      07/05/96        06/02/98        08/23/02
5,762,304       08/792,662      01/31/97        06/09/98        08/20/02