United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 19 December 2006

                                  Disclaimer


   6,781,920 B2 - Cary Lee Bates, Rochester, MN (US); Robert James
Crenshaw, Apex, NC (US); Paul Reuben Day, Rochester, MN (US); John Matthew
Santosuosso, Rochester, MN (US). METHOD FOR RESOLVING MEETING CONFLICTS
WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR APPLICATION. Patent dated August 24, 2004.
Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-8 of said patent.

   6,817,538 B2 - Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); Claudius
Feger, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US); Marco Martens, Chappaqua, NY (US); Paul
Andrew Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); Alejandro Gabriel Schrott, New
York, NY (US); Charles P. Tresser, Mamaroneck, NY (US); Robert Jacob von
Gutfeld, New York, NY (US). METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING PARALLEL
MARKETING OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ITEMS. Patent dated November 16, 2004.
Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-8 of said patent.

   6,715,670 B1 - Edward Raymond Swiatek, Concord, NC (US); Stephen Wesley
Linn, Concord, NC (US). INTERACTIVE DISPENSE DENOMINATION ADJUSTMENT.
Patent dated April 6, 2004. Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the
assignee, International Business Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-6 of said patent.

   7,014,116 B2 - Ronald E. Craig, Pittsboro, NC (US); Haley L. Wilson
Gray, Cary, NC (US); David L. Kaminsky, Chapel Hill, NC (US). PRICE
VERIFICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM PRODUCT. Patent dated March 21,
2006. Disclaimer filed October 6, 2006, by the assignee, International
Business Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-28 of said patent.

   6,574,585 B2 - Joe Caruso, Staatsburg, NY (US); Aliza R. Heching, Bronx,
NY (NY). METHOD FOR IMPROVING ROBUSTNESS OF WEIGHTED ESTIMATES IN A
STATISTICAL SURVEY ANALYSIS. Patent dated June 3, 2003. Disclaimer filed
October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines
Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-11 of said patent.

   6,556,963 B1 - Linda S. Tetzlaff, Mt. Kisco, NY (US). USER STATE
SENSITIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NUTRIENT ANALYSIS USING NATURAL LANGUAGE
INTERFACE. Patent dated April 29, 2003. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006,
by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-10 of said patent.

   5,970,465 - Brenda Lynn Dietrich, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); Grace
Yuh-Jiun Lin, Goldens Bridge, NY (US); Ramesh Srinivasan, Yorktown Heights,
NY (US). METHOD FOR PART PROCUREMENT IN A PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH
CONSTRAINED RESOURCES. Patent dated October 19, 1999. Disclaimer filed
October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines
Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-9 of said patent.

   5,950,217 - Philip David Heinlein, Binghamton, NY (US); Carl Frank
Ingersoll, Endwell, NY (US); Gary Lee Mack, Vestal, NY (US). COMPUTER
NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT (PSM) INCLUDING
FACILITATOR DISPLAY AND MULTIPLE PARTICIPANT WORKSTATIONS. Patent dated
September 7, 1999. Disclaimer filed October 6, 2006, by the assignee,
International Business Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-5 of said patent.

   6,604,079 B1 - Joann Ruvolo, San Jose, CA (US); Stefan B. Edlund,
Sunnyvale, CA (US); Daniel Alexander ford, Los Gatos, CA (US). SYSTEM AN
DMETHOD FOR FEEDING E-MAIL WITH CALENDAR DATA. Patent dated August 5, 2003.
Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

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

   6,390,097 B1 - Arun Chandra, Austin, TX (US). METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR
PROVIDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PLANNING AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF
SURGICAL PATHS. Patent dated May 21, 2002. Disclaimer filed October 4,
2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-28 of said patent.

   6,829,583 B1 - Kenneth C. Knapp, Austin, TX (US); Michael Daniel
Santivenere, Austin, TX (US); Michael Joseph Sullivan, Austin, TX (US);
Jonathan Mark Wagner, Round Rock, TX (US). METHOD FOR RESOLVING MEETING
CONFLICTS WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR APPLICATION. Patent dated December
7, 2004. Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International
Business Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-21 of said patent.

   6,618,062 B1 - Michael Wayne Brown, Georgetown, TX (US); Kevin Roderick
Lawrence, Round Rock, TX (US); Michael A. Paolini, Round Rock, TX (US).
METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR SPECIFYING AN ELECTRONIC MENU WITH FOOD
PREFERENCES FROM A PERSONAL STORAGE DEVICE. Patent dated September 9, 2003.
Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-77 of said patent.

   6,829,597 B1 - Thomas Schaeck, Boeblingen (DE); Roland Weber, Karlsruhe
(DE); Horst Henn, Boeblingen (DE). METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM
PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING CASHLESS PAYMENTS. Patent dated December 7, 2004.
Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1 and 2 of said patent.

   6,681,141 B2 - Anthony V. Ferreri, Hyde Park, NY (US); Barun Gupta,
Shelton, CT (US); George W. Reiche, Pleasant Valley, NY (US). MATERIALS
REQUIREMENTS PLANNING SIMULATION ANALYSIS. Patent dated January 20, 2004.
Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-26 of said patent.

   6,640,230 B1 - Geoffrey D. Alexander, Chapel Hill, NC (US); J. Smith
Doss, Raleigh, NC (US); Renee M. Kovales, Cary, NC (US); David M. Ogle,
Cary, NC (US); Diane P. Pozefsky, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Robert J.
Sundstrom, Cary, NC (US). CALENDAR-DRIVEN APPLICATION TECHNIQUE FOR
PREPARING RESPONSES TO INCOMING EVENTS. Patent dated October 28, 2003.
Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-49 of said patent.

   6,009,379 - Jerome M. Kurtzberg, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); Menachem
Levanoni, Yorktown Heights, NY (US). METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES VIA EFFICIENT EXPERIMENTAL. Patent dated December 28, 1999.
Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-11 of said patent.

   5,920,824 - Dana L. Beatty, Boca Raton, FL (US); Michael A. Pitts,
Delray Beach, FL (US); Robert V. Jenness, Boca Raton, FL (US). METHOD FOR
COMPUTING CURRENT TIME ON A CELLULAR MOBILE SYSTEM. Patent dated July 6,
1999. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International
Business Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-16 of said patent.

   6,275,810 B1 - David James Hetherington, Austin, TX (US); David Bruce
Kumhyr, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US). METHOD FOR SCHEDULING HOLIDAYS IN
DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER ENTERPRISE LOCALES. Patent dated August 14, 2001.
Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-25 of said patent.

   5,870,717 - Charles Francis Wiecha, New York, NY (US). SYSTEM FOR
ORDERING ITEMS OVER COMPUTER NETWORK USING AN ELECTRONIC CATALOG. Patent
dated February 9, 1999. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee,
International Business Machines Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-6 of said patent.

   5,922,578 - Kazuhiko Maruta, Okayama, Japan; Michio Kubota, Okayama,
Japan; Toshiyuki Sugimoto, Okayama, Japan. RECOMBINANT THERMOSTABLE ENZYME
WHICH FORMS NON-REDUCING SACCHARIDE FROM REDUCING AMYLACEOUS SACCHARIDE.
Patent dated July 13, 1999. Disclaimer filed August 16, 2006, by the
inventors.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-7 of said patent.

   5,644,034 - Deborah Ann Rathjen, New South Wales, Australia; Roger
Aston, Gloucester, Great Britain. TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR BINDING LIGANDS.
Patented July 1, 1997. Disclaimer filed June 17, 2004, by the assignee,
Peptech Limited.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of
Patent Nos. 5,959,087, 6,416,757 B1, 6,448,380 B2, 6,451,983 B2 and
6,498,237 B2.

   6,723,173 B1 - Ralph Golladay, Stuarts Draft, VA (US). TRUCK BODY FOR
COMBINED TRANSPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF PORTABLE TOILETS. Patent dated April
20, 2004. Disclaimer filed August 18, 2006, by the inventor.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to the remaining term of said
patent.

   6,141,000 - David A. Martin, Calgary, Canada. PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM
WITH TOUCH SENSING ON SCREEN, COMPUTER ASSISTED ALIGNMENT CORRECTION AND
NETWORK CONFERENCING. Patent dated October 31, 2000. Disclaimer filed
September 30, 2005, by the inventor.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-26 and 29-41 of said patent.

   6,205,707 B1 - Juha Salopelto, Tuusula, (FI). METHOD FOR THE
FERTILIZATION OF SOIL FOR CULTIVATED PLANTS. Patent dated March 27, 2001.
Disclaimer filed April 3, 2003 by the assignee, Suomen Rehu Oy.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to the remaining term of said patent.

   5,813,187 - Ming-Kun Lee, Taipei City, Taiwan. METAL BARRIER FOR A
WINDOW OR DOOR FOR PROHIBITING BURGLARS FROM BREAKING IN. Patent dated
September 29, 1998. Disclaimer filed March 6, 2002 by the inventor.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 1 of said patent.

   5,590,615 - John Wong, Cote St. Luc, Canada. PUCKER FREE GARMENT SEAM
AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE. Patent dated January 7, 1997. Disclaimer filed
August 7, 2006, by the assignee, TALTECH, Ltd.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of
Patent No. 5,568,779.