			Notice Of Exclusion On Consent

   Ivar M. Kaardal, of Sioux Falls, SD, a patent attorney, with
registration number 29,812, has been excluded on consent from practice
before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in patent and
trademark law cases beginning March 1, 2004. This exclusion on consent
is made pursuant to the provisions of 35 U.S.C. 32, and 37 C.F.R. 
10.133(b) and (c).

March 18, 2004 						    JAMES A. TOUPIN 
	       						    General Counsel 
	       			  United States Patent and Trademark Office 
	       						       on behalf of 
	       						       JON W. DUDAS 
	       			      Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for 
	       					  Intellectual Property and 
						     Acting Director of the 
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
