United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 27 June 2006

                                 Disclaimers


   D. 453, 826 - Rolando Hidalgo, Orange, CA (US). COMBINED CEILING FAN
HOUSING AND LIGHT FIXTURE. Patent dated Feb. 19, 2002. Disclaimer filed
Feb. 13, 2006, by the Assignee, Minka Lighting, Inc

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 1, of said patent.


   5,396,043 - Richard W. Couch, Jr., Hanover, N.H.; Nicholas A. Sanders,
Norwich, Vt.; Lifeng Luo, Lebanon; John Sobr, Enfield, both of N.H. PLASMA
ARC CUTTING PROCESS AND APPARATUS USING AN OXYGEN-RICH GAS SHIELD. Patent
Dated Mar. 07, 1995. Disclaimer filed Feb. 17, 2006, by the Assignee,
Hypertherm, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 36, of said patent.


   5,775,394 - John Wong, Montreal, Canada. PUCKER FREE SLEEVE PLACKET
GARMENT SEAM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION. Patent dated July 7, 1998.
Disclaimer filed Mar. 01, 2006, by the Assignee, Tal Apparel, Ltd.

   The term of this patent, subsequent to the term of patent numbers,
5,568,779, 5,590,615, 5,713,292, 5,782,191, 5,950,554, 6,070,542 and
6,079,343 has been disclaimed.


   5,881,909 - Jack L. Crain, Marion; P. Randell Gray, Johnston City;
Melvin D. Colclasure, Marion, all of ILL. PLASTIC WASHING MACHINE BASKET.
Patent dated Mar. 16, 1999. Disclaimer filed Feb. 28, 2006, by Assignee,
Maytag Corporation, Newton, Iowa.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 23,of said patent.


   6,248,735 - John J. Baldwin, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US) OPHTHALMIC
COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING COMBINATIONS OF A CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITOR AND
A BETA-ADRENERGIC ANTAGONONIST. Patent dated June 19, 2001. Disclaimer
filed Apr. 21, 2006, by the Assignee, Merck & Co, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-17,of said patent.


   6,316,443 - John J. Baldwin, Gwynedd Valley, PA (US) OPHTHALMIC
COMPRISING COMBINATIONS OF A CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITOR AND A BETA-
ADRENERGIC ANTAGONIST. Patent dated Nov. 13, 2001. Disclaimer filed Apr.
21, 2006, by the Assignee, Merck & Co., Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-17, of said patent.


   6,682,509 - George A. Lopez, Corona del Mar CA (US) MEDICAL VALVE AND
METHOD OF USE. Patent dated Jan. 27, 2004. Disclaimer Filed Jan. 25, 2006,
by the Assignee, ICU Medical, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-10 and 17-29, of said patent.