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 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1335 OG 1 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

October 7, 2008 Volume 1335 Number 1

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1335 OG 2
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1335 OG 5
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1335 OG 6
Erratum1335 OG 27
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 09/08/20081335 OG 28
Reissue Applications Filed1335 OG 30
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1335 OG 32
Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed1335 OG 34
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1335 OG 35
Service by Publication1335 OG 45
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication1335 OG 48
Registration to Practice1335 OG 50
Reinstatement to Register1335 OG 52
Notice of Petition for Reinstatement1335 OG 53
Notice of Suspension1335 OG 54
Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office1335 OG 55
Adverse Decisions in Interference1335 OG 79
Disclaimers1335 OG 80
Errata1335 OG 82
Erratum1335 OG 84
Certificates of Correction1335 OG 85
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1335 OG 87

Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent Depository Libraries
Patent Technology Centers
Subscription/Copy Information



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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
		  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information

   For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1331 O.G. 54, on June 10, 2008.

European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching
Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the	United
States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving
Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or
resident of the United States of America. However, the EPO is no longer
a competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Article 16(3), for
international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals on or
after 01 March 2002 in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office, and where
the application contains one or more claims directed to the field of
business methods. For the definition of what the EPO considers to be
precluded subject matter in the field of business methods, applicants
should see the "Notice from the President of the European Patent
Office", dated 26 November 2001, and which was published as Annex A in
the "Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as PCT Authority" in
the Official Gazette at 1255 O.G. 878, on February 19, 2002.

   The European Patent Office may act as the International
Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA) for an international application
filed in the United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau
as Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a
national or resident of the United States of America, provided that the
European Patent Office acted as the International Searching Authority.
However, the EPO is no longer a competent IPEA, within the meaning of
PCT Article 32(3), for international applications filed by U.S.
residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office where
the corresponding demand is filed with the EPO on or after 01 March
2002, and where the application contains one or more claims directed to
the fields of business methods.

   The EPO resumed its competence as an International Searching
Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority, effective
January 1, 2004, for international applications filed by nationals or
residents of the United States of America where the application
contains one or more claims relating to the field of biotechnology.
This change was announced in the Official Gazette at 1277 O.G. 230, on
December 30, 2003.

   The EPO resumed its competence as an International Preliminary
Examining Authority, effective July 1, 2004, for demands filed by U.S.
residents or nationals on or after July 1, 2004, for international
applications filed by nationals or residents of the United States of
America where the application contains one or more claims relating to
the field of telecommunications. This change was announced in the
Official Gazette at 1277 O.G. 230, on December 30, 2003.

   The search fee of the European Patent Office was increased,
effective August 1, 2008, and was announced in the Official Gazette
at 1331 O.G. 161, on June 24, 2008.

Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   For use of the Korean Intellectual Property Office as an International
Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for
international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office,
see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G. 1261 on
January 17, 2006.

   The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was increased,
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effective January 1, 2008, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1327 O.G. 64, on February 12, 2008.

Fees

   The search fee for the USPTO was increased, effective November 9, 2007,
and was announced in the Federal Register on September 10, 2007. The fee
for filing a request for the restoration of the right of priority was
established, effective November 9, 2007, and was announced in the Federal
Register on September 10, 2007.

   International filing fees were increased, effective July 1, 2008,
and were announced in the Official Gazette at 1331 O.G. 57, on June 10,
2008.

   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of August 1, 2008, is as
follows:

International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:

   Transmittal fee                                                  $300.00

   Search fee

      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
      International Searching Authority (ISA)
         - Search fee 						  $1,800.00
         - Supplemental search fee, per additional
            invention (payable only upon invitation)              $1,800.00

      European Patent Office as ISA                               $2,665.00

      Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA		    $244.00

   International fees

      International filing fee                                    $1,338.00
      International filing fee-filed in paper
         with PCT EASY zip file or
         electronically without PCT EASY
         zip file  						  $1,237.00
      International filing fee-filed
         electronically with PCT EASY zip
         file							  $1,137.00
      Supplemental fee for each page over 30                         $15.00
      Sequence listing and/or sequence-related table on
      electronic medium only					  $6,000.00

   Restoration of Priority

      Filing a request for the restoration of the
      right of priority under § 1.452				  $1,410.00

   International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
   with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:

      Handling fee                                                  $171.00
      Handlinfg fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria
      specified at:
        http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf	     $17.10
      Preliminary Examination Fee
         USPTO as International Preliminary
         Examining Authority (IPEA)
            - USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I                        $600.00
	    - USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I                    $750.00
	    - Additional preliminary examination fee,
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              per additional invention
              (payable only upon invitation) 			    $600.00

   U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering
the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's
web site (www.uspto.gov).

July 21, 2008  	      	        	                       JON W. DUDAS
		                            Under Secretary of Commerce for
			          Intellectual Property and Director of the
			          United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
  		      Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable

   Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides
that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month
period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents
based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional
six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e)
for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR
1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is
not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on
the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on September 27, 2005
for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

   	Utility Patents 6,948,187 through 6,951,031
	Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on September 25, 2001
for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

      	Utility Patents 6,292,945 through 6,295,647
     	Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on September 23, 1997
for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

	Utility Patents 5,669,070 through 5,671,476
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Click on the "Site Index" link at the
top of the homepage (www.uspto.gov), and then scroll down and click on the
"Maintenance Fees" link for more information.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically
over the Internet should be mailed to "United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000".

   Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of
maintenance fees in patents is not to be mailed to P.O. Box 979070,
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, but must be mailed to "Mail Stop M
Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450".

   Patent owners must establish small entity status according to 37 CFR
1.27 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small entity
amount.

   The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six
months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set
forth in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g).
To obtain the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO
Contact Center at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule
posted on the USPTO Internet web site. At the top of the USPTO homepage
at www.uspto.gov, click on the "Site Index" link and then scroll down
and click on the "Fees, USPTO" link to find the current USPTO fee
schedule.
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Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee
			Notice of Expiration of Patents
		     Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee

   35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required
maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent
requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th
or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first
maintenance fee which was not paid.
   According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have
expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any
applicable surcharge.

		   PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON August 20, 2008
		    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent  	                Application                         Issue
Number          	           Number                            Date

5,546,608                       07/865,056                       08/20/96
5,546,617                       08/302,195                       08/20/96
5,546,634                       08/246,102                       08/20/96
5,546,635                       08/288,053                       08/20/96
5,546,640                       08/302,811                       08/20/96
5,546,641                       08/408,626                       08/20/96
5,546,657                       08/383,443                       08/20/96
5,546,658                       08/514,971                       08/20/96
5,546,663                       08/369,072                       08/20/96
5,546,666                       08/281,564                       08/20/96
5,546,680                       08/122,617                       08/20/96
5,546,683                       08/129,459                       08/20/96
5,546,690                       08/368,371                       08/20/96
5,546,702                       08/425,483                       08/20/96
5,546,715                       08/257,249                       08/20/96
5,546,729                       08/339,775                       08/20/96
5,546,731                       08/087,602                       08/20/96
5,546,747                       08/168,154                       08/20/96
5,546,754                       08/350,133                       08/20/96
5,546,759                       08/365,957                       08/20/96
5,546,772                       08/279,730                       08/20/96
5,546,781                       08/183,873                       08/20/96
5,546,784                       08/349,434                       08/20/96
5,546,794                       08/339,198                       08/20/96
5,546,802                       08/414,952                       08/20/96
5,546,803                       08/489,674                       08/20/96
5,546,817                       08/071,560                       08/20/96
5,546,822                       08/259,007                       08/20/96
5,546,823                       08/345,092                       08/20/96
5,546,825                       08/355,358                       08/20/96
5,546,830                       08/233,359                       08/20/96
5,546,831                       08/126,981                       08/20/96
5,546,845                       08/432,973                       08/20/96
5,546,848                       08/411,349                       08/20/96
5,546,855                       08/497,704                       08/20/96
5,546,860                       08/495,458                       08/20/96
5,546,861                       08/425,826                       08/20/96
5,546,862                       08/375,336                       08/20/96
5,546,873                       08/331,010                       08/20/96
5,546,874                       08/362,290                       08/20/96
5,546,888                       08/303,978                       08/20/96
5,546,908                       08/178,662                       08/20/96
5,546,910                       08/498,827                       08/20/96
5,546,925                       08/513,132                       08/20/96
5,546,927                       08/360,704                       08/20/96
5,546,932                       08/313,033                       08/20/96
5,546,934                       08/312,313                       08/20/96
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5,546,938                       08/518,821                       08/20/96
5,546,946                       08/265,169                       08/20/96
5,546,949                       08/406,273                       08/20/96
5,546,956                       08/313,212                       08/20/96
5,546,960                       08/362,441                       08/20/96
5,546,963                       08/267,832                       08/20/96
5,546,993                       08/292,872                       08/20/96
5,547,000                       08/364,352                       08/20/96
5,547,004                       08/256,946                       08/20/96
5,547,009                       08/311,059                       08/20/96
5,547,034                       08/179,422                       08/20/96
5,547,038                       08/116,227                       08/20/96
5,547,041                       08/297,046                       08/20/96
5,547,044                       08/374,903                       08/20/96
5,547,048                       08/519,171                       08/20/96
5,547,059                       08/358,980                       08/20/96
5,547,062                       08/454,997                       08/20/96
5,547,073                       08/350,402                       08/20/96
5,547,074                       08/326,987                       08/20/96
5,547,080                       08/293,546                       08/20/96
5,547,083                       08/318,719                       08/20/96
5,547,084                       08/271,982                       08/20/96
5,547,092                       08/235,211                       08/20/96
5,547,093                       08/305,540                       08/20/96
5,547,098                       08/348,260                       08/20/96
5,547,107                       08/000,094                       08/20/96
5,547,110                       08/317,595                       08/20/96
5,547,112                       08/491,499                       08/20/96
5,547,129                       08/316,148                       08/20/96
5,547,131                       08/253,581                       08/20/96
5,547,135                       08/224,995                       08/20/96
5,547,140                       08/059,672                       08/20/96
5,547,149                       08/242,936                       08/20/96
5,547,166                       08/416,825                       08/20/96
5,547,171                       08/429,993                       08/20/96
5,547,195                       08/372,978                       08/20/96
5,547,201                       08/568,750                       08/20/96
5,547,204                       08/225,801                       08/20/96
5,547,210                       08/403,476                       08/20/96
5,547,212                       08/517,798                       08/20/96
5,547,217                       08/498,886                       08/20/96
5,547,226                       08/494,730                       08/20/96
5,547,235                       08/004,988                       08/20/96
5,547,236                       08/393,568                       08/20/96
5,547,244                       08/366,714                       08/20/96
5,547,248                       08/237,397                       08/20/96
5,547,251                       08/252,326                       08/20/96
5,547,265                       08/397,061                       08/20/96
5,547,280                       08/394,971                       08/20/96
5,547,282                       08/235,729                       08/20/96
5,547,283                       08/332,068                       08/20/96
5,547,291                       08/313,804                       08/20/96
5,547,295                       08/376,096                       08/20/96
5,547,296                       08/248,011                       08/20/96
5,547,307                       08/354,801                       08/20/96
5,547,312                       08/231,322                       08/20/96
5,547,329                       08/418,294                       08/20/96
5,547,333                       08/512,840                       08/20/96
5,547,339                       08/420,128                       08/20/96
5,547,344                       08/289,371                       08/20/96
5,547,355                       08/381,561                       08/20/96
5,547,356                       08/417,853                       08/20/96
5,547,364                       08/325,602                       08/20/96
5,547,371                       08/517,770                       08/20/96
5,547,379                       08/319,456                       08/20/96
5,547,380                       08/292,202                       08/20/96
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5,547,382                       08/420,432                       08/20/96
5,547,386                       08/306,574                       08/20/96
5,547,398                       08/443,416                       08/20/96
5,547,400                       08/427,476                       08/20/96
5,547,405                       08/311,247                       08/20/96
5,547,407                       08/376,187                       08/20/96
5,547,413                       08/450,819                       08/20/96
5,547,418                       08/397,967                       08/20/96
5,547,420                       08/356,686                       08/20/96
5,547,439                       08/216,007                       08/20/96
5,547,441                       08/345,850                       08/20/96
5,547,465                       07/833,666                       08/20/96
5,547,468                       08/299,582                       08/20/96
5,547,471                       08/156,347                       08/20/96
5,547,486                       08/356,572                       08/20/96
5,547,490                       08/307,758                       08/20/96
5,547,499                       08/443,448                       08/20/96
5,547,520                       08/381,489                       08/20/96
5,547,521                       08/423,593                       08/20/96
5,547,527                       08/106,789                       08/20/96
5,547,530                       08/189,482                       08/20/96
5,547,552                       08/480,239                       08/20/96
5,547,556                       08/432,830                       08/20/96
5,547,567                       08/506,651                       08/20/96
5,547,574                       08/256,717                       08/20/96
5,547,579                       08/376,193                       08/20/96
5,547,582                       08/395,461                       08/20/96
5,547,592                       08/172,246                       08/20/96
5,547,614                       08/324,862                       08/20/96
5,547,615                       08/438,583                       08/20/96
5,547,617                       08/414,792                       08/20/96
5,547,620                       08/420,373                       08/20/96
5,547,629                       08/313,348                       08/20/96
5,547,635                       08/150,280                       08/20/96
5,547,638                       08/280,485                       08/20/96
5,547,640                       08/369,655                       08/20/96
5,547,646                       08/377,580                       08/20/96
5,547,647                       08/268,022                       08/20/96
5,547,650                       08/217,783                       08/20/96
5,547,651                       08/423,023                       08/20/96
5,547,667                       08/328,697                       08/20/96
5,547,670                       08/124,369                       08/20/96
5,547,679                       08/272,739                       08/20/96
5,547,686                       08/290,461                       08/20/96
5,547,691                       08/318,710                       08/20/96
5,547,721                       08/175,649                       08/20/96
5,547,737                       08/303,671                       08/20/96
5,547,739                       08/316,607                       08/20/96
5,547,749                       08/394,274                       08/20/96
5,547,751                       08/209,258                       08/20/96
5,547,752                       07/713,936                       08/20/96
5,547,753                       08/449,401                       08/20/96
5,547,759                       08/164,280                       08/20/96
5,547,760                       08/233,640                       08/20/96
5,547,768                       08/418,390                       08/20/96
5,547,773                       07/914,589                       08/20/96
5,547,780                       08/180,424                       08/20/96
5,547,786                       08/294,199                       08/20/96
5,547,789                       08/340,865                       08/20/96
5,547,795                       08/492,866                       08/20/96
5,547,803                       08/350,603                       08/20/96
5,547,810                       08/520,600                       08/20/96
5,547,812                       08/464,229                       08/20/96
5,547,816                       08/389,731                       08/20/96
5,547,822                       08/286,378                       08/20/96
5,547,830                       08/381,421                       08/20/96
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5,547,832                       07/909,797                       08/20/96
5,547,838                       08/230,002                       08/20/96
5,547,841                       07/990,893                       08/20/96
5,547,846                       08/292,169                       08/20/96
5,547,866                       08/277,463                       08/20/96
5,547,868                       08/075,193                       08/20/96
5,547,872                       08/386,669                       08/20/96
5,547,884                       08/351,159                       08/20/96
5,547,887                       08/413,055                       08/20/96
5,547,888                       08/362,011                       08/20/96
5,547,895                       08/299,217                       08/20/96
5,547,905                       08/280,658                       08/20/96
5,547,907                       08/388,086                       08/20/96
5,547,916                       08/374,706                       08/20/96
5,547,918                       08/457,170                       08/20/96
5,547,920                       08/266,702                       08/20/96
5,547,922                       08/390,940                       08/20/96
5,547,928                       08/168,993                       08/20/96
5,547,938                       08/377,833                       08/20/96
5,547,939                       08/197,205                       08/20/96
5,547,951                       08/292,154                       08/20/96
5,547,952                       08/347,043                       08/20/96
5,547,956                       08/125,363                       08/20/96
5,547,969                       08/314,414                       08/20/96
5,547,975                       08/309,291                       08/20/96
5,547,977                       07/962,079                       08/20/96
5,547,983                       08/140,079                       08/20/96
5,547,986                       08/412,858                       08/20/96
5,547,993                       08/547,541                       08/20/96
5,547,997                       07/769,411                       08/20/96
5,548,001                       07/652,336                       08/20/96
5,548,002                       08/404,710                       08/20/96
5,548,011                       08/522,126                       08/20/96
5,548,013                       08/339,667                       08/20/96
5,548,017                       08/416,563                       08/20/96
5,548,026                       08/462,141                       08/20/96
5,548,027                       08/307,854                       08/20/96
5,548,037                       08/445,873                       08/20/96
5,548,044                       08/488,191                       08/20/96
5,548,048                       08/412,883                       08/20/96
5,548,057                       08/294,835                       08/20/96
5,548,071                       08/242,562                       08/20/96
5,548,084                       08/131,353                       08/20/96
5,548,085                       08/342,839                       08/20/96
5,548,090                       08/517,327                       08/20/96
5,548,101                       08/355,198                       08/20/96
5,548,102                       08/363,072                       08/20/96
5,548,103                       08/379,156                       08/20/96
5,548,104                       08/425,203                       08/20/96
5,548,109                       08/444,092                       08/20/96
5,548,112                       08/359,722                       08/20/96
5,548,113                       08/216,887                       08/20/96
5,548,115                       08/536,913                       08/20/96
5,548,120                       08/339,052                       08/20/96
5,548,124                       08/519,422                       08/20/96
5,548,131                       08/309,961                       08/20/96
5,548,137                       08/207,327                       08/20/96
5,548,148                       08/537,258                       08/20/96
5,548,152                       08/260,832                       08/20/96
5,548,156                       08/400,447                       08/20/96
5,548,162                       08/392,300                       08/20/96
5,548,171                       08/385,840                       08/20/96
5,548,176                       08/302,929                       08/20/96
5,548,178                       08/424,648                       08/20/96
5,548,181                       08/461,416                       08/20/96
5,548,184                       08/511,838                       08/20/96
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 10 

5,548,219                       08/043,716                       08/20/96
5,548,229                       08/364,105                       08/20/96
5,548,233                       08/395,338                       08/20/96
5,548,239                       08/245,441                       08/20/96
5,548,257                       08/529,797                       08/20/96
5,548,261                       08/397,807                       08/20/96
5,548,268                       08/460,062                       08/20/96
5,548,274                       08/504,446                       08/20/96
5,548,278                       08/328,929                       08/20/96
5,548,290                       08/401,437                       08/20/96
5,548,295                       08/396,201                       08/20/96
5,548,298                       08/159,035                       08/20/96
5,548,300                       08/359,363                       08/20/96
5,548,312                       08/303,000                       08/20/96
5,548,321                       08/157,396                       08/20/96
5,548,323                       08/220,437                       08/20/96
5,548,328                       07/559,249                       08/20/96
5,548,331                       08/110,428                       08/20/96
5,548,333                       08/352,797                       08/20/96
5,548,335                       08/478,768                       08/20/96
5,548,347                       08/278,366                       08/20/96
5,548,362                       08/239,897                       08/20/96
5,548,363                       08/394,216                       08/20/96
5,548,365                       08/150,864                       08/20/96
5,548,379                       08/251,622                       08/20/96
5,548,380                       08/365,206                       08/20/96
5,548,392                       08/381,184                       08/20/96
5,548,393                       08/269,587                       08/20/96
5,548,395                       07/937,340                       08/20/96
5,548,401                       08/293,130                       08/20/96
5,548,406                       08/459,520                       08/20/96
5,548,410                       08/401,491                       08/20/96
5,548,416                       08/475,183                       08/20/96
5,548,419                       08/262,232                       08/20/96
5,548,420                       08/212,764                       08/20/96
5,548,427                       08/375,595                       08/20/96
5,548,436                       08/551,542                       08/20/96
5,548,442                       08/073,824                       08/20/96
5,548,445                       08/398,687                       08/20/96
5,548,447                       08/411,877                       08/20/96
5,548,451                       08/209,798                       08/20/96
5,548,456                       08/355,316                       08/20/96
5,548,459                       08/390,947                       08/20/96
5,548,462                       08/329,703                       08/20/96
5,548,475                       08/334,039                       08/20/96
5,548,498                       08/359,999                       08/20/96
5,548,500                       08/502,716                       08/20/96
5,548,501                       08/504,262                       08/20/96
5,548,512                       08/317,443                       08/20/96
5,548,533                       08/319,678                       08/20/96
5,548,540                       08/265,475                       08/20/96
5,548,552                       08/457,884                       08/20/96
5,548,564                       08/227,046                       08/20/96
5,548,568                       08/393,021                       08/20/96
5,548,570                       08/547,313                       08/20/96
5,548,575                       08/302,393                       08/20/96
5,548,584                       08/064,281                       08/20/96
5,548,589                       08/379,292                       08/20/96
5,548,591                       08/362,990                       08/20/96
5,548,593                       08/265,388                       08/20/96
5,548,597                       08/322,557                       08/20/96
5,548,601                       08/160,126                       08/20/96
5,548,613                       08/365,962                       08/20/96
5,548,615                       08/057,060                       08/20/96
5,548,626                       08/290,928                       08/20/96
5,548,629                       08/531,871                       08/20/96
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 11 

5,548,633                       08/233,498                       08/20/96
5,548,635                       08/184,833                       08/20/96
5,548,637                       08/474,091                       08/20/96
5,548,643                       08/279,144                       08/20/96
5,548,653                       08/110,176                       08/20/96
5,548,655                       08/122,942                       08/20/96
5,548,663                       07/882,137                       08/20/96
5,548,672                       08/391,687                       08/20/96
5,548,677                       08/500,688                       08/20/96
5,548,684                       08/232,812                       08/20/96
5,548,691                       08/364,981                       08/20/96
5,548,693                       08/221,563                       08/20/96
5,548,701                       08/312,935                       08/20/96
5,548,702                       08/174,507                       08/20/96
5,548,713                       08/272,893                       08/20/96
5,548,729                       07/900,906                       08/20/96
5,548,731                       08/516,112                       08/20/96
5,548,732                       08/005,274                       08/20/96
5,548,746                       08/158,059                       08/20/96
5,548,748                       07/567,495                       08/20/96
5,548,752                       08/288,673                       08/20/96
5,548,755                       08/390,832                       08/20/96
5,548,789                       08/403,117                       08/20/96
5,548,801                       08/189,891                       08/20/96
5,548,806                       08/185,022                       08/20/96
5,548,810                       08/221,131                       08/20/96
5,548,830                       08/173,026                       08/20/96
5,548,831                       08/073,922                       08/20/96
5,548,836                       08/265,214                       08/20/96

		   PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON August 15, 2008
		    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent  	                Application                         Issue
Number          	           Number                            Date

6,101,629                       09/186,716                       08/15/00
6,101,632                       08/879,623                       08/15/00
6,101,634                       09/421,398                       08/15/00
6,101,637                       09/289,814                       08/15/00
6,101,643                       09/195,823                       08/15/00
6,101,645                       09/097,380                       08/15/00
6,101,647                       09/037,368                       08/15/00
6,101,651                       09/274,923                       08/15/00
6,101,653                       09/253,333                       08/15/00
6,101,654                       09/298,864                       08/15/00
6,101,664                       09/051,382                       08/15/00
6,101,665                       09/172,725                       08/15/00
6,101,678                       09/191,745                       08/15/00
6,101,681                       09/274,679                       08/15/00
6,101,683                       09/212,100                       08/15/00
6,101,692                       08/977,103                       08/15/00
6,101,698                       08/847,941                       08/15/00
6,101,699                       09/105,817                       08/15/00
6,101,700                       09/222,208                       08/15/00
6,101,701                       09/053,902                       08/15/00
6,101,703                       08/043,743                       08/15/00
6,101,710                       08/764,774                       08/15/00
6,101,712                       09/268,953                       08/15/00
6,101,714                       09/130,172                       08/15/00
6,101,720                       09/062,884                       08/15/00
6,101,725                       09/281,524                       08/15/00
6,101,731                       09/076,595                       08/15/00
6,101,741                       09/060,574                       08/15/00
6,101,750                       09/058,705                       08/15/00
6,101,759                       09/175,330                       08/15/00
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 12 

6,101,760                       09/394,484                       08/15/00
6,101,762                       09/127,035                       08/15/00
6,101,773                       09/229,526                       08/15/00
6,101,776                       09/237,216                       08/15/00
6,101,784                       09/191,589                       08/15/00
6,101,787                       09/347,187                       08/15/00
6,101,790                       09/113,887                       08/15/00
6,101,798                       09/124,116                       08/15/00
6,101,805                       09/162,971                       08/15/00
6,101,807                       09/482,029                       08/15/00
6,101,812                       08/897,412                       08/15/00
6,101,815                       09/225,765                       08/15/00
6,101,817                       09/286,958                       08/15/00
6,101,823                       09/168,940                       08/15/00
6,101,825                       09/084,888                       08/15/00
6,101,827                       09/436,028                       08/15/00
6,101,832                       09/236,118                       08/15/00
6,101,833                       09/334,871                       08/15/00
6,101,837                       09/264,871                       08/15/00
6,101,842                       09/050,099                       08/15/00
6,101,844                       09/022,056                       08/15/00
6,101,849                       09/197,032                       08/15/00
6,101,860                       09/360,082                       08/15/00
6,101,871                       08/395,698                       08/15/00
6,101,877                       09/006,917                       08/15/00
6,101,883                       08/927,201                       08/15/00
6,101,887                       09/145,660                       08/15/00
6,101,889                       09/218,531                       08/15/00
6,101,895                       08/900,935                       08/15/00
6,101,899                       09/093,352                       08/15/00
6,101,902                       09/235,388                       08/15/00
6,101,912                       08/905,924                       08/15/00
6,101,916                       09/009,308                       08/15/00
6,101,921                       09/182,743                       08/15/00
6,101,922                       09/063,662                       08/15/00
6,101,931                       09/374,289                       08/15/00
6,101,933                       09/375,930                       08/15/00
6,101,936                       09/022,853                       08/15/00
6,101,940                       09/374,025                       08/15/00
6,101,942                       09/284,232                       08/15/00
6,101,943                       09/023,814                       08/15/00
6,101,947                       09/010,823                       08/15/00
6,101,948                       08/993,065                       08/15/00
6,101,954                       09/213,802                       08/15/00
6,101,956                       09/215,568                       08/15/00
6,101,962                       09/071,479                       08/15/00
6,101,963                       09/307,421                       08/15/00
6,101,966                       09/314,388                       08/15/00
6,101,970                       09/162,452                       08/15/00
6,101,974                       09/492,680                       08/15/00
6,101,983                       09/371,169                       08/15/00
6,101,984                       09/429,102                       08/15/00
6,101,988                       08/747,634                       08/15/00
6,101,997                       09/244,347                       08/15/00
6,101,998                       09/051,169                       08/15/00
6,102,000                       08/781,166                       08/15/00
6,102,002                       09/118,235                       08/15/00
6,102,006                       09/242,773                       08/15/00
6,102,017                       08/945,451                       08/15/00
6,102,018                       09/055,500                       08/15/00
6,102,019                       09/226,491                       08/15/00
6,102,020                       09/226,502                       08/15/00
6,102,021                       08/799,763                       08/15/00
6,102,025                       09/155,109                       08/15/00
6,102,031                       09/289,251                       08/15/00
6,102,032                       09/165,466                       08/15/00
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 13 

6,102,037                       09/130,278                       08/15/00
6,102,050                       09/112,863                       08/15/00
6,102,051                       09/339,781                       08/15/00
6,102,055                       08/789,483                       08/15/00
6,102,058                       09/100,865                       08/15/00
6,102,059                       09/111,627                       08/15/00
6,102,065                       09/243,139                       08/15/00
6,102,068                       08/936,044                       08/15/00
6,102,069                       09/207,234                       08/15/00
6,102,073                       09/114,430                       08/15/00
6,102,093                       09/048,286                       08/15/00
6,102,105                       08/906,319                       08/15/00
6,102,109                       09/209,391                       08/15/00
6,102,111                       09/269,738                       08/15/00
6,102,114                       09/161,719                       08/15/00
6,102,118                       09/223,362                       08/15/00
6,102,135                       09/044,380                       08/15/00
6,102,139                       09/142,677                       08/15/00
6,102,140                       09/008,373                       08/15/00
6,102,142                       08/996,196                       08/15/00
6,102,149                       08/995,398                       08/15/00
6,102,164                       08/608,237                       08/15/00
6,102,166                       09/161,818                       08/15/00
6,102,193                       09/109,296                       08/15/00
6,102,209                       09/103,246                       08/15/00
6,102,213                       09/183,968                       08/15/00
6,102,215                       09/307,069                       08/15/00
6,102,217                       09/327,076                       08/15/00
6,102,222                       09/154,792                       08/15/00
6,102,228                       09/230,960                       08/15/00
6,102,229                       09/146,990                       08/15/00
6,102,253                       09/180,096                       08/15/00
6,102,255                       09/285,245                       08/15/00
6,102,274                       08/956,211                       08/15/00
6,102,296                       09/293,893                       08/15/00
6,102,301                       09/404,647                       08/15/00
6,102,311                       09/357,216                       08/15/00
6,102,312                       09/335,429                       08/15/00
6,102,316                       09/008,933                       08/15/00
6,102,321                       09/229,878                       08/15/00
6,102,322                       09/124,882                       08/15/00
6,102,329                       09/087,891                       08/15/00
6,102,335                       09/074,772                       08/15/00
6,102,339                       09/062,594                       08/15/00
6,102,344                       09/141,896                       08/15/00
6,102,346                       09/212,463                       08/15/00
6,102,349                       09/195,929                       08/15/00
6,102,355                       09/049,174                       08/15/00
6,102,359                       09/129,438                       08/15/00
6,102,362                       09/148,396                       08/15/00
6,102,367                       09/012,151                       08/15/00
6,102,376                       09/091,276                       08/15/00
6,102,392                       09/128,424                       08/15/00
6,102,395                       09/073,783                       08/15/00
6,102,397                       08/858,216                       08/15/00
6,102,400                       09/173,484                       08/15/00
6,102,402                       09/163,805                       08/15/00
6,102,404                       09/288,434                       08/15/00
6,102,407                       09/013,065                       08/15/00
6,102,412                       09/017,889                       08/15/00
6,102,417                       09/146,560                       08/15/00
6,102,420                       09/129,382                       08/15/00
6,102,422                       08/958,629                       08/15/00
6,102,424                       09/057,427                       08/15/00
6,102,425                       08/737,741                       08/15/00
6,102,430                       09/074,202                       08/15/00
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 14 

6,102,433                       09/418,739                       08/15/00
6,102,434                       09/287,799                       08/15/00
6,102,437                       09/058,423                       08/15/00
6,102,439                       09/164,840                       08/15/00
6,102,440                       09/126,731                       08/15/00
6,102,443                       09/167,214                       08/15/00
6,102,449                       09/182,044                       08/15/00
6,102,451                       09/282,936                       08/15/00
6,102,452                       09/343,364                       08/15/00
6,102,461                       09/182,071                       08/15/00
6,102,468                       08/962,925                       08/15/00
6,102,470                       09/276,753                       08/15/00
6,102,473                       09/070,688                       08/15/00
6,102,476                       09/038,241                       08/15/00
6,102,486                       09/256,436                       08/15/00
6,102,487                       09/202,044                       08/15/00
6,102,489                       08/871,725                       08/15/00
6,102,516                       08/818,689                       08/15/00
6,102,522                       08/972,600                       08/15/00
6,102,529                       08/980,208                       08/15/00
6,102,531                       09/218,943                       08/15/00
6,102,546                       09/282,942                       08/15/00
6,102,554                       09/000,410                       08/15/00
6,102,555                       09/019,354                       08/15/00
6,102,558                       09/081,981                       08/15/00
6,102,564                       09/101,463                       08/15/00
6,102,565                       08/890,427                       08/15/00
6,102,566                       09/189,036                       08/15/00
6,102,569                       09/408,128                       08/15/00
6,102,570                       09/276,461                       08/15/00
6,102,575                       09/233,186                       08/15/00
6,102,578                       09/245,324                       08/15/00
6,102,582                       09/157,967                       08/15/00
6,102,583                       09/207,904                       08/15/00
6,102,586                       09/246,856                       08/15/00
6,102,593                       09/293,004                       08/15/00
6,102,600                       09/207,426                       08/15/00
6,102,601                       09/281,446                       08/15/00
6,102,606                       09/116,633                       08/15/00
6,102,608                       09/066,796                       08/15/00
6,102,613                       08/797,058                       08/15/00
6,102,616                       09/289,359                       08/15/00
6,102,617                       09/006,602                       08/15/00
6,102,618                       09/272,094                       08/15/00
6,102,619                       09/101,900                       08/15/00
6,102,620                       09/227,149                       08/15/00
6,102,621                       09/071,659                       08/15/00
6,102,629                       09/098,499                       08/15/00
6,102,631                       09/283,005                       08/15/00
6,102,642                       09/118,058                       08/15/00
6,102,645                       09/032,458                       08/15/00
6,102,657                       09/188,456                       08/15/00
6,102,661                       08/849,705                       08/15/00
6,102,664                       08/572,395                       08/15/00
6,102,666                       09/221,769                       08/15/00
6,102,667                       09/131,714                       08/15/00
6,102,668                       09/041,686                       08/15/00
6,102,675                       09/225,519                       08/15/00
6,102,682                       09/179,438                       08/15/00
6,102,683                       08/860,321                       08/15/00
6,102,684                       09/152,779                       08/15/00
6,102,686                       09/225,441                       08/15/00
6,102,687                       09/161,814                       08/15/00
6,102,694                       09/164,982                       08/15/00
6,102,695                       09/270,012                       08/15/00
6,102,702                       09/221,737                       08/15/00
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 15 

6,102,715                       09/021,463                       08/15/00
6,102,721                       09/239,394                       08/15/00
6,102,725                       09/150,995                       08/15/00
6,102,741                       08/866,107                       08/15/00
6,102,745                       09/028,135                       08/15/00
6,102,766                       09/254,815                       08/15/00
6,102,780                       09/198,525                       08/15/00
6,102,781                       08/677,050                       08/15/00
6,102,783                       09/228,174                       08/15/00
6,102,791                       09/218,495                       08/15/00
6,102,792                       09/091,026                       08/15/00
6,102,797                       08/950,243                       08/15/00
6,102,806                       09/160,193                       08/15/00
6,102,810                       09/220,176                       08/15/00
6,102,811                       09/304,116                       08/15/00
6,102,812                       09/356,285                       08/15/00
6,102,817                       09/296,501                       08/15/00
6,102,824                       09/081,861                       08/15/00
6,102,826                       09/373,237                       08/15/00
6,102,836                       09/236,047                       08/15/00
6,102,840                       09/221,396                       08/15/00
6,102,842                       09/047,675                       08/15/00
6,102,869                       09/041,463                       08/15/00
6,102,875                       08/784,352                       08/15/00
6,102,878                       09/270,268                       08/15/00
6,102,882                       08/973,673                       08/15/00
6,102,888                       08/906,721                       08/15/00
6,102,895                       08/940,189                       08/15/00
6,102,900                       08/554,640                       08/15/00
6,102,901                       09/034,031                       08/15/00
6,102,906                       09/157,191                       08/15/00
6,102,913                       09/177,244                       08/15/00
6,102,921                       07/631,954                       08/15/00
6,102,927                       09/302,467                       08/15/00
6,102,934                       09/088,572                       08/15/00
6,102,935                       09/375,103                       08/15/00
6,102,941                       09/246,596                       08/15/00
6,102,955                       09/039,476                       08/15/00
6,102,959                       09/067,437                       08/15/00
6,102,966                       09/045,219                       08/15/00
6,102,968                       09/083,069                       08/15/00
6,102,980                       09/048,160                       08/15/00
6,102,989                       08/889,949                       08/15/00
6,103,000                       09/001,258                       08/15/00
6,103,009                       08/760,670                       08/15/00
6,103,011                       09/082,277                       08/15/00
6,103,015                       09/222,220                       08/15/00
6,103,016                       08/562,619                       08/15/00
6,103,021                       09/112,288                       08/15/00
6,103,026                       09/054,448                       08/15/00
6,103,032                       09/066,220                       08/15/00
6,103,039                       09/081,153                       08/15/00
6,103,045                       09/125,688                       08/15/00
6,103,048                       08/950,845                       08/15/00
6,103,049                       08/251,494                       08/15/00
6,103,052                       09/018,069                       08/15/00
6,103,055                       08/502,860                       08/15/00
6,103,061                       09/111,006                       08/15/00
6,103,069                       08/828,250                       08/15/00
6,103,081                       08/763,908                       08/15/00
6,103,082                       09/084,094                       08/15/00
6,103,083                       09/027,426                       08/15/00
6,103,090                       09/126,114                       08/15/00
6,103,091                       09/029,485                       08/15/00
6,103,109                       09/328,255                       08/15/00
6,103,123                       09/157,468                       08/15/00
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 16 

6,103,124                       08/936,016                       08/15/00
6,103,128                       09/297,174                       08/15/00
6,103,136                       09/046,007                       08/15/00
6,103,142                       09/035,363                       08/15/00
6,103,148                       09/026,222                       08/15/00
6,103,158                       09/252,949                       08/15/00
6,103,173                       09/098,135                       08/15/00
6,103,183                       09/350,895                       08/15/00
6,103,192                       09/060,282                       08/15/00
6,103,194                       09/043,042                       08/15/00
6,103,196                       09/053,195                       08/15/00
6,103,199                       09/153,566                       08/15/00
6,103,200                       09/099,030                       08/15/00
6,103,201                       08/506,545                       08/15/00
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6,103,521                       08/454,098                       08/15/00
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6,103,527                       09/019,689                       08/15/00
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6,103,890                       08/998,099                       08/15/00
6,103,892                       09/057,417                       08/15/00
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6,104,286                       09/098,156                       08/15/00
6,104,287                       08/884,229                       08/15/00
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6,104,288                       09/267,022                       08/15/00
6,104,296                       09/251,428                       08/15/00
6,104,298                       09/418,492                       08/15/00
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6,104,444                       09/084,932                       08/15/00
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6,104,694                       08/942,753                       08/15/00
6,104,701                       08/906,041                       08/15/00
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6,104,703                       08/770,115                       08/15/00
6,104,705                       09/001,319                       08/15/00
6,104,739                       08/998,071                       08/15/00
6,104,763                       09/229,608                       08/15/00
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6,104,768                       09/281,547                       08/15/00
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6,104,803                       09/016,042                       08/15/00
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6,104,825                       08/917,935                       08/15/00
6,104,827                       09/119,476                       08/15/00
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6,104,843                       08/663,773                       08/15/00
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6,104,876                       08/483,583                       08/15/00
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6,104,884                       09/318,757                       08/15/00
6,104,890                       09/076,892                       08/15/00
6,104,894                       09/286,425                       08/15/00
6,104,906                       09/267,705                       08/15/00
6,104,907                       09/066,751                       08/15/00
6,104,917                       09/259,847                       08/15/00
6,104,928                       08/946,496                       08/15/00
6,104,930                       08/850,574                       08/15/00
6,104,934                       08/797,949                       08/15/00
6,104,941                       09/048,689                       08/15/00
6,104,968                       08/773,020                       08/15/00
6,104,983                       08/986,644                       08/15/00
6,104,988                       09/141,076                       08/15/00
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6,105,138                       08/790,795                       08/15/00
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6,105,150                       09/048,023                       08/15/00
6,105,155                       09/010,726                       08/15/00
6,105,157                       09/016,717                       08/15/00
6,105,160                       08/995,862                       08/15/00

		   PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON August 17, 2008
		    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent  	                Application                         Issue
Number          	           Number                            Date

6,775,844                       10/748,077                       08/17/04
6,775,846                       10/757,935                       08/17/04
6,775,854                       10/602,297                       08/17/04
6,775,863                       10/279,380                       08/17/04
6,775,869                       09/865,349                       08/17/04
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6,775,871                       10/002,191                       08/17/04
6,775,875                       10/188,142                       08/17/04
6,775,885                       10/437,184                       08/17/04
6,775,887                       10/223,701                       08/17/04
6,775,888                       09/443,456                       08/17/04
6,775,896                       10/082,316                       08/17/04
6,775,907                       09/661,738                       08/17/04
6,775,917                       10/392,773                       08/17/04
6,775,919                       10/152,759                       08/17/04
6,775,926                       10/439,178                       08/17/04
6,775,927                       10/244,437                       08/17/04
6,775,931                       10/125,799                       08/17/04
6,775,935                       10/283,272                       08/17/04
6,775,938                       10/043,836                       08/17/04
6,775,941                       10/662,693                       08/17/04
6,775,943                       10/298,782                       08/17/04
6,775,979                       10/019,875                       08/17/04
6,776,003                       10/009,263                       08/17/04
6,776,017                       09/986,259                       08/17/04
6,776,019                       10/033,946                       08/17/04
6,776,027                       10/344,763                       08/17/04
6,776,034                       10/141,694                       08/17/04
6,776,039                       10/358,233                       08/17/04
6,776,060                       10/273,178                       08/17/04
6,776,067                       10/220,825                       08/17/04
6,776,068                       10/065,000                       08/17/04
6,776,069                       10/184,092                       08/17/04
6,776,077                       10/397,894                       08/17/04
6,776,079                       10/627,142                       08/17/04
6,776,084                       10/312,626                       08/17/04
6,776,085                       10/729,641                       08/17/04
6,776,103                       10/407,122                       08/17/04
6,776,107                       10/404,486                       08/17/04
6,776,115                       10/387,970                       08/17/04
6,776,117                       10/316,810                       08/17/04
6,776,123                       10/348,572                       08/17/04
6,776,135                       10/657,123                       08/17/04
6,776,136                       10/403,890                       08/17/04
6,776,137                       10/702,426                       08/17/04
6,776,141                       10/752,722                       08/17/04
6,776,151                       09/934,782                       08/17/04
6,776,152                       10/380,321                       08/17/04
6,776,157                       09/808,512                       08/17/04
6,776,169                       09/529,653                       08/17/04
6,776,171                       09/892,954                       08/17/04
6,776,178                       10/427,837                       08/17/04
6,776,181                       10/193,421                       08/17/04
6,776,183                       10/421,353                       08/17/04
6,776,186                       10/165,499                       08/17/04
6,776,189                       10/464,908                       08/17/04
6,776,203                       10/400,659                       08/17/04
6,776,206                       08/353,942                       08/17/04
6,776,215                       10/276,937                       08/17/04
6,776,238                       10/119,189                       08/17/04
6,776,249                       10/165,409                       08/17/04
6,776,251                       10/077,186                       08/17/04
6,776,255                       10/300,277                       08/17/04
6,776,259                       09/857,867                       08/17/04
6,776,266                       10/317,207                       08/17/04
6,776,267                       10/261,307                       08/17/04
6,776,270                       10/350,262                       08/17/04
6,776,278                       10/408,907                       08/17/04
6,776,280                       10/220,053                       08/17/04
6,776,281                       09/973,668                       08/17/04
6,776,284                       10/281,241                       08/17/04
6,776,287                       09/623,427                       08/17/04
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6,776,295                       10/309,105                       08/17/04
6,776,297                       10/225,980                       08/17/04
6,776,310                       10/206,083                       08/17/04
6,776,324                       10/307,021                       08/17/04
6,776,331                       10/202,281                       08/17/04
6,776,332                       10/328,037                       08/17/04
6,776,359                       09/992,874                       08/17/04
6,776,362                       10/069,138                       08/17/04
6,776,363                       10/425,238                       08/17/04
6,776,377                       10/299,122                       08/17/04
6,776,379                       10/152,648                       08/17/04
6,776,383                       10/225,961                       08/17/04
6,776,388                       10/259,990                       08/17/04
6,776,390                       10/049,945                       08/17/04
6,776,396                       10/316,669                       08/17/04
6,776,401                       09/979,731                       08/17/04
6,776,403                       10/401,741                       08/17/04
6,776,414                       10/213,420                       08/17/04
6,776,415                       10/177,113                       08/17/04
6,776,429                       10/234,100                       08/17/04
6,776,436                       10/270,655                       08/17/04
6,776,444                       09/971,366                       08/17/04
6,776,451                       09/971,779                       08/17/04
6,776,460                       10/642,340                       08/17/04
6,776,462                       10/102,006                       08/17/04
6,776,466                       10/279,640                       08/17/04
6,776,481                       10/236,984                       08/17/04
6,776,482                       10/419,574                       08/17/04
6,776,483                       10/743,680                       08/17/04
6,776,484                       10/469,266                       08/17/04
6,776,485                       09/874,571                       08/17/04
6,776,488                       10/254,029                       08/17/04
6,776,503                       10/386,280                       08/17/04
6,776,505                       10/265,305                       08/17/04
6,776,507                       10/186,621                       08/17/04
6,776,508                       10/150,765                       08/17/04
6,776,511                       09/654,977                       08/17/04
6,776,516                       09/852,210                       08/17/04
6,776,525                       10/265,484                       08/17/04
6,776,534                       10/059,397                       08/17/04
6,776,541                       10/644,165                       08/17/04
6,776,542                       10/402,564                       08/17/04
6,776,557                       10/235,871                       08/17/04
6,776,571                       09/974,166                       08/17/04
6,776,572                       10/196,801                       08/17/04
6,776,576                       10/103,468                       08/17/04
6,776,581                       10/252,090                       08/17/04
6,776,586                       10/278,950                       08/17/04
6,776,589                       10/350,410                       08/17/04
6,776,597                       09/995,408                       08/17/04
6,776,601                       09/840,156                       08/17/04
6,776,603                       09/980,835                       08/17/04
6,776,605                       10/236,518                       08/17/04
6,776,610                       10/472,879                       08/17/04
6,776,612                       10/346,573                       08/17/04
6,776,615                       09/953,017                       08/17/04
6,776,616                       10/347,893                       08/17/04
6,776,617                       10/151,765                       08/17/04
6,776,620                       10/051,579                       08/17/04
6,776,624                       10/173,117                       08/17/04
6,776,627                       10/012,173                       08/17/04
6,776,639                       10/295,435                       08/17/04
6,776,646                       10/301,221                       08/17/04
6,776,648                       10/664,632                       08/17/04
6,776,651                       10/465,580                       08/17/04
6,776,653                       10/663,738                       08/17/04
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6,776,655                       10/300,178                       08/17/04
6,776,656                       10/612,341                       08/17/04
6,776,667                       10/713,200                       08/17/04
6,776,669                       10/124,946                       08/17/04
6,776,677                       10/441,301                       08/17/04
6,776,680                       10/314,478                       08/17/04
6,776,683                       10/717,471                       08/17/04
6,776,685                       10/145,185                       08/17/04
6,776,687                       10/269,564                       08/17/04
6,776,695                       09/747,828                       08/17/04
6,776,700                       10/392,051                       08/17/04
6,776,708                       10/351,865                       08/17/04
6,776,724                       10/372,376                       08/17/04
6,776,737                       10/407,181                       08/17/04
6,776,741                       10/039,217                       08/17/04
6,776,746                       10/228,651                       08/17/04
6,776,749                       10/462,906                       08/17/04
6,776,773                       10/224,912                       08/17/04
6,776,775                       10/133,491                       08/17/04
6,776,789                       09/835,153                       08/17/04
6,776,804                       10/152,244                       08/17/04
6,776,812                       10/188,318                       08/17/04
6,776,822                       10/339,899                       08/17/04
6,776,823                       10/359,299                       08/17/04
6,776,827                       10/253,942                       08/17/04
6,776,829                       10/297,063                       08/17/04
6,776,836                       10/372,928                       08/17/04
6,776,842                       09/902,497                       08/17/04
6,776,843                       10/182,983                       08/17/04
6,776,852                       10/046,621                       08/17/04
6,776,860                       09/450,511                       08/17/04
6,776,868                       10/405,402                       08/17/04
6,776,869                       09/868,566                       08/17/04
6,776,887                       10/112,986                       08/17/04
6,776,894                       10/030,173                       08/17/04
6,776,912                       10/168,502                       08/17/04
6,776,914                       10/409,764                       08/17/04
6,776,917                       09/754,235                       08/17/04
6,776,928                       10/059,704                       08/17/04
6,776,931                       09/840,270                       08/17/04
6,776,939                       10/213,867                       08/17/04
6,776,943                       09/981,432                       08/17/04
6,776,953                       09/763,974                       08/17/04
6,776,962                       10/097,765                       08/17/04
6,776,971                       10/060,420                       08/17/04
6,776,979                       10/334,373                       08/17/04
6,776,986                       09/194,300                       08/17/04
6,777,001                       09/308,607                       08/17/04
6,777,003                       08/482,579                       08/17/04
6,777,006                       10/105,796                       08/17/04
6,777,007                       10/190,399                       08/17/04
6,777,008                       10/327,935                       08/17/04
6,777,013                       10/226,278                       08/17/04
6,777,016                       10/169,108                       08/17/04
6,777,027                       10/267,558                       08/17/04
6,777,042                       10/154,790                       08/17/04
6,777,044                       10/189,943                       08/17/04
6,777,072                       10/200,406                       08/17/04
6,777,087                       10/091,522                       08/17/04
6,777,092                       09/423,606                       08/17/04
6,777,100                       10/439,320                       08/17/04
6,777,104                       10/298,788                       08/17/04
6,777,108                       09/856,350                       08/17/04
6,777,120                       09/863,715                       08/17/04
6,777,131                       10/090,952                       08/17/04
6,777,135                       09/959,352                       08/17/04
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6,777,146                       10/248,815                       08/17/04
6,777,170                       09/922,974                       08/17/04
6,777,176                       09/845,225                       08/17/04
6,777,178                       09/763,625                       08/17/04
6,777,180                       09/724,028                       08/17/04
6,777,181                       09/771,439                       08/17/04
6,777,188                       10/107,751                       08/17/04
6,777,206                       09/950,071                       08/17/04
6,777,224                       10/278,268                       08/17/04
6,777,232                       09/969,532                       08/17/04
6,777,248                       09/554,116                       08/17/04
6,777,256                       10/391,606                       08/17/04
6,777,286                       10/616,243                       08/17/04
6,777,301                       10/259,271                       08/17/04
6,777,304                       09/964,127                       08/17/04
6,777,309                       10/353,180                       08/17/04
6,777,358                       10/205,657                       08/17/04
6,777,360                       10/073,753                       08/17/04
6,777,363                       10/322,634                       08/17/04
6,777,368                       10/033,920                       08/17/04
6,777,381                       10/048,079                       08/17/04
6,777,404                       10/413,879                       08/17/04
6,777,410                       10/408,220                       08/17/04
6,777,414                       09/958,296                       08/17/04
6,777,416                       10/149,659                       08/17/04
6,777,417                       10/238,051                       08/17/04
6,777,433                       10/185,170                       08/17/04
6,777,435                       10/111,479                       08/17/04
6,777,438                       10/168,379                       08/17/04
6,777,442                       10/082,022                       08/17/04
6,777,459                       10/263,998                       08/17/04
6,777,461                       09/601,912                       08/17/04
6,777,471                       09/856,808                       08/17/04
6,777,477                       09/889,395                       08/17/04
6,777,486                       09/891,899                       08/17/04
6,777,494                       09/280,601                       08/17/04
6,777,507                       10/357,764                       08/17/04
6,777,521                       10/395,605                       08/17/04
6,777,527                       09/926,568                       08/17/04
6,777,541                       09/766,098                       08/17/04
6,777,545                       10/116,326                       08/17/04
6,777,554                       10/067,160                       08/17/04
6,777,556                       10/373,537                       08/17/04
6,777,561                       09/555,575                       08/17/04
6,777,570                       10/670,515                       08/17/04
6,777,571                       10/636,114                       08/17/04
6,777,572                       09/996,345                       08/17/04
6,777,573                       10/254,502                       08/17/04
6,777,575                       09/462,181                       08/17/04
6,777,587                       09/633,328                       08/17/04
6,777,603                       10/222,789                       08/17/04
6,777,609                       10/100,481                       08/17/04
6,777,618                       10/198,648                       08/17/04
6,777,630                       10/426,449                       08/17/04
6,777,632                       10/130,267                       08/17/04
6,777,643                       10/361,474                       08/17/04
6,777,665                       10/198,327                       08/17/04
6,777,670                       10/249,320                       08/17/04
6,777,671                       09/828,828                       08/17/04
6,777,684                       09/644,817                       08/17/04
6,777,708                       10/342,541                       08/17/04
6,777,714                       09/779,436                       08/17/04
6,777,717                       09/947,127                       08/17/04
6,777,718                       10/357,375                       08/17/04
6,777,726                       10/213,414                       08/17/04
6,777,771                       09/958,377                       08/17/04
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6,777,772                       09/189,870                       08/17/04
6,777,823                       09/861,739                       08/17/04
6,777,828                       10/056,443                       08/17/04
6,777,831                       09/982,534                       08/17/04
6,777,833                       10/023,144                       08/17/04
6,777,838                       10/255,483                       08/17/04
6,777,848                       09/220,055                       08/17/04
6,777,860                       10/169,878                       08/17/04
6,777,863                       09/646,349                       08/17/04
6,777,865                       10/213,672                       08/17/04
6,777,866                       10/315,988                       08/17/04
6,777,873                       10/378,812                       08/17/04
6,777,874                       10/285,428                       08/17/04
6,777,883                       10/119,547                       08/17/04
6,777,890                       10/465,592                       08/17/04
6,777,912                       10/048,589                       08/17/04
6,777,920                       10/247,337                       08/17/04
6,777,922                       10/145,451                       08/17/04
6,777,929                       10/229,459                       08/17/04
6,777,952                       10/059,846                       08/17/04
6,777,974                       10/148,747                       08/17/04
6,777,976                       10/245,671                       08/17/04
6,777,981                       10/267,855                       08/17/04
6,777,988                       10/136,165                       08/17/04
6,778,032                       10/121,861                       08/17/04
6,778,035                       10/289,627                       08/17/04
6,778,043                       10/025,665                       08/17/04
6,778,045                       10/096,725                       08/17/04
6,778,077                       10/334,184                       08/17/04
6,778,086                       10/136,623                       08/17/04
6,778,091                       09/757,081                       08/17/04
6,778,098                       09/906,355                       08/17/04
6,778,109                       10/718,079                       08/17/04
6,778,118                       10/428,620                       08/17/04
6,778,131                       10/203,128                       08/17/04
6,778,133                       10/602,312                       08/17/04
6,778,138                       10/295,552                       08/17/04
6,778,146                       10/247,870                       08/17/04
6,778,147                       10/351,279                       08/17/04
6,778,148                       10/314,488                       08/17/04
6,778,149                       10/323,443                       08/17/04
6,778,154                       09/790,347                       08/17/04
6,778,171                       09/704,387                       08/17/04
6,778,186                       09/902,625                       08/17/04
6,778,192                       09/826,703                       08/17/04
6,778,221                       09/328,371                       08/17/04
6,778,224                       09/888,804                       08/17/04
6,778,227                       09/777,961                       08/17/04
6,778,236                       09/584,875                       08/17/04
6,778,254                       10/366,156                       08/17/04
6,778,283                       10/040,796                       08/17/04
6,778,285                       09/489,461                       08/17/04
6,778,295                       09/491,369                       08/17/04
6,778,315                       10/254,318                       08/17/04
6,778,330                       10/255,590                       08/17/04
6,778,342                       10/436,280                       08/17/04
6,778,346                       09/821,099                       08/17/04
6,778,352                       09/751,707                       08/17/04
6,778,376                       10/063,168                       08/17/04
6,778,380                       10/138,828                       08/17/04
6,778,393                       10/308,225                       08/17/04
6,778,397                       10/373,788                       08/17/04
6,778,400                       10/030,994                       08/17/04
6,778,436                       09/975,563                       08/17/04
6,778,449                       10/064,302                       08/17/04
6,778,470                       10/663,057                       08/17/04
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6,778,476                       10/145,114                       08/17/04
6,778,484                       10/418,583                       08/17/04
6,778,487                       10/131,150                       08/17/04
6,778,531                       09/677,009                       08/17/04
6,778,556                       08/784,860                       08/17/04
6,778,564                       10/066,062                       08/17/04
6,778,586                       09/622,432                       08/17/04
6,778,609                       09/779,730                       08/17/04
6,778,610                       09/681,424                       08/17/04
6,778,615                       09/580,751                       08/17/04
6,778,616                       09/674,556                       08/17/04
6,778,623                       09/677,313                       08/17/04
6,778,662                       09/557,113                       08/17/04
6,778,692                       09/636,687                       08/17/04
6,778,705                       09/794,443                       08/17/04
6,778,714                       09/523,353                       08/17/04
6,778,719                       10/100,176                       08/17/04
6,778,723                       09/973,431                       08/17/04
6,778,732                       10/163,999                       08/17/04
6,778,742                       10/239,118                       08/17/04
6,778,754                       09/593,803                       08/17/04
6,778,764                       10/340,870                       08/17/04
6,778,773                       10/255,589                       08/17/04
6,778,775                       09/535,988                       08/17/04
6,778,789                       10/122,157                       08/17/04
6,778,793                       10/071,254                       08/17/04
6,778,799                       10/246,519                       08/17/04
6,778,807                       09/952,452                       08/17/04
6,778,813                       09/778,575                       08/17/04
6,778,816                       09/577,495                       08/17/04
6,778,820                       09/765,744                       08/17/04
6,778,826                       09/833,444                       08/17/04
6,778,847                       10/143,316                       08/17/04
6,778,848                       09/179,357                       08/17/04
6,778,866                       09/526,887                       08/17/04
6,778,870                       09/482,455                       08/17/04
6,778,878                       09/723,202                       08/17/04
6,778,899                       10/010,210                       08/17/04
6,778,914                       09/528,379                       08/17/04
6,778,924                       10/011,459                       08/17/04
6,778,936                       09/814,232                       08/17/04
6,778,939                       10/200,887                       08/17/04
6,778,958                       09/651,679                       08/17/04
6,778,976                       09/757,434                       08/17/04
6,778,989                       09/898,560                       08/17/04
6,778,994                       09/681,587                       08/17/04
6,778,999                       09/976,698                       08/17/04
6,779,008                       09/559,939                       08/17/04
6,779,036                       09/350,030                       08/17/04
6,779,041                       09/575,494                       08/17/04
6,779,048                       09/886,134                       08/17/04
6,779,051                       09/364,339                       08/17/04
6,779,057                       09/838,631                       08/17/04
6,779,086                       09/978,363                       08/17/04
6,779,090                       10/063,876                       08/17/04
6,779,102                       09/886,267                       08/17/04
6,779,110                       09/710,923                       08/17/04
6,779,119                       09/343,610                       08/17/04
6,779,148                       09/805,169                       08/17/04
6,779,152                       09/455,713                       08/17/04
6,779,180                       09/154,491                       08/17/04
6,779,183                       09/471,873                       08/17/04
6,779,192                       10/028,689                       08/17/04
6,779,193                       10/281,703                       08/17/04
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Erratum
				    Erratum

   In the notice of "PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON September 3, 2000 DUE TO
FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES" appearing in the Official Gazette of
November 7, 2000, all reference to Patent No. 5,551,640 which issued from
Application No. 08/439,871 should be deleted since the relevant maintenance
fee was timely paid in that patent.


				    Erratum

   In the notice of "PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON February 25, 2001 DUE TO
FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES" appearing in the Official Gazette of
May 1, 2001, all reference to Patent No. 5,605,833 which issued from
Application No. 08/474,812 should be deleted since the relevant maintenance
fee was timely paid in that patent.
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 09/08/2008
		 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
		     Late Maintenance Fee from 09/08/2008

Patent          Application     Filing          Issue	        Granted
Number          Number		Date            Date 	  	Date

5,402,469 	07/973,264     	11/09/92 	03/28/95 	09/09/08
5,441,485 	08/201,274     	02/24/94 	08/15/95 	09/08/08
5,452,416 	07/998,550     	12/30/92 	09/19/95 	09/10/08
5,472,438 	08/096,031     	07/22/93 	12/05/95 	09/09/08
5,478,928 	08/142,907     	10/29/93 	12/26/95 	09/12/08
5,503,408 	08/121,534     	09/16/93 	04/02/96 	09/09/08
5,511,439 	08/378,526     	01/26/95 	04/30/96 	09/09/08
5,514,665 	08/317,228     	10/03/94 	05/07/96 	09/08/08
5,525,417 	08/323,151     	10/14/94 	06/11/96 	09/09/08
5,526,979 	08/419,022     	04/10/95 	06/18/96 	09/10/08
5,542,819 	08/388,610     	02/14/95 	08/06/96 	09/12/08
5,552,932 	08/316,924     	10/03/94 	09/03/96 	09/10/08
5,641,914 	08/682,365     	07/17/96 	06/24/97 	09/09/08
5,785,923 	08/612,692     	03/08/96 	07/28/98 	09/10/08
5,816,325 	08/757,891     	11/27/96 	10/06/98 	09/10/08
5,832,556 	08/733,440     	10/18/96 	11/10/98 	09/09/08
5,832,654 	08/893,444     	07/11/97 	11/10/98 	09/08/08
5,858,064 	09/058,852     	04/13/98 	01/12/99 	09/09/08
5,862,208 	08/462,294     	06/05/95 	01/19/99 	09/08/08
5,881,291 	08/915,388     	08/20/97 	03/09/99 	09/08/08
5,927,797 	09/130,016     	08/06/98 	07/27/99 	09/09/08
5,939,310 	08/985,934     	12/05/97 	08/17/99 	09/09/08
5,942,492 	08/747,915     	11/12/96 	08/24/99 	09/10/08
5,947,132 	09/175,524     	10/20/98 	09/07/99 	09/09/08
5,956,759 	09/150,497     	09/09/98 	09/28/99 	09/10/08
5,957,461 	08/937,269     	09/15/97 	09/28/99 	09/10/08
5,961,454 	08/755,731     	11/25/96 	10/05/99 	09/09/08
5,963,035 	08/915,656     	08/21/97 	10/05/99 	09/09/08
5,972,721 	08/816,429     	03/14/97 	10/26/99 	09/09/08
5,975,788 	09/119,011     	07/20/98 	11/02/99 	09/12/08
5,984,713 	08/821,252     	03/20/97 	11/16/99 	09/09/08
5,992,814 	08/954,593     	10/20/97 	11/30/99 	09/12/08
5,999,203 	08/516,628     	08/18/95 	12/07/99 	09/10/08
6,010,703 	08/911,321     	08/14/97 	01/04/00 	09/09/08
6,032,294 	09/268,323     	03/16/99 	03/07/00 	09/09/08
6,032,739 	09/134,880     	08/15/98 	03/07/00 	09/08/08
6,042,779 	09/126,517     	07/30/98 	03/28/00 	09/09/08
6,043,734 	09/172,446     	10/14/98 	03/28/00 	09/12/08
6,051,043 	08/149,766     	11/10/93 	04/18/00 	09/12/08
6,052,954 	09/071,923     	05/01/98 	04/25/00 	09/09/08
6,057,915 	09/136,029     	08/18/98 	05/02/00 	09/09/08
6,058,687 	09/211,375     	12/14/98 	05/09/00 	09/09/08
6,063,028 	09/045,734     	03/20/98 	05/16/00 	09/11/08
6,071,652 	09/044,864     	03/20/98 	06/06/00 	09/09/08
6,073,108 	08/668,579     	06/21/96 	06/06/00 	09/10/08
6,074,140 	09/350,578     	07/09/99 	06/13/00 	09/12/08
6,082,630 	08/980,530     	12/01/97 	07/04/00 	09/08/08
6,085,242 	09/225,651     	01/05/99 	07/04/00 	09/10/08
6,087,430 	08/729,032     	10/09/96 	07/11/00 	09/09/08
6,347,564 	09/162,799     	09/28/98 	02/19/02 	09/12/08
6,356,950 	09/360,224     	07/23/99 	03/12/02 	09/09/08
6,358,330 	09/520,115     	03/07/00 	03/19/02 	09/08/08
6,372,069 	09/383,616     	08/26/99 	04/16/02 	09/08/08
6,374,197 	09/313,575     	05/10/99 	04/16/02 	09/08/08
6,403,261 	09/284,617     	04/28/99 	06/11/02 	09/08/08
6,416,664 	09/250,004     	02/12/99 	07/09/02 	09/08/08
6,435,571 	09/503,909     	02/15/00 	08/20/02 	09/10/08
6,448,171 	09/565,962     	05/05/00 	09/10/02 	09/11/08
6,470,074 	09/772,961     	01/31/01 	10/22/02 	09/10/08
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 29 

6,472,002 	09/730,415     	12/04/00 	10/29/02 	09/08/08
6,530,876 	09/557,562     	04/25/00 	03/11/03 	09/10/08
6,539,547 	09/826,324     	04/03/01 	03/25/03 	09/11/08
6,542,184 	09/521,653     	03/08/00 	04/01/03 	09/10/08
6,544,878 	09/970,231     	10/03/01 	04/08/03 	09/09/08
6,552,885 	09/656,328     	09/06/00 	04/22/03 	09/12/08
6,555,002 	09/972,222     	10/05/01 	04/29/03 	09/08/08
6,564,169 	09/606,116     	06/12/00 	05/13/03 	09/08/08
6,584,619 	10/034,675     	12/28/01 	07/01/03 	09/08/08
6,593,969 	09/521,652     	03/08/00 	07/15/03 	09/09/08
6,605,220 	10/290,884     	11/08/02 	08/12/03 	09/08/08
6,623,154 	09/547,447     	04/12/00 	09/23/03 	09/08/08
6,640,852 	10/228,021     	08/26/02 	11/04/03 	09/10/08
6,643,694 	09/500,693     	02/09/00 	11/04/03 	09/12/08
6,649,817 	10/078,899     	02/19/02 	11/18/03 	09/08/08
6,651,903 	09/626,892     	07/27/00 	11/25/03 	09/08/08
6,654,216 	10/262,126     	10/01/02 	11/25/03 	09/09/08
6,662,752 	10/259,692     	09/30/02 	12/16/03 	09/08/08
6,665,457 	09/949,597     	09/10/01 	12/16/03 	09/11/08
6,682,569 	10/138,812     	05/06/02 	01/27/04 	09/08/08
6,689,571 	10/293,731     	11/13/02 	02/10/04 	09/09/08
6,695,525 	09/767,127     	01/22/01 	02/24/04 	09/09/08
6,697,161 	10/040,425     	01/10/02 	02/24/04 	09/08/08
6,700,381 	10/117,093     	04/08/02 	03/02/04 	09/10/08
6,703,742 	09/212,127     	12/15/98 	03/09/04 	09/12/08
6,710,738 	10/287,618     	11/04/02 	03/23/04 	09/08/08
6,715,363 	09/252,972     	02/19/99 	04/06/04 	09/09/08
6,719,193 	10/092,398     	03/06/02 	04/13/04 	09/08/08
6,722,301 	10/231,057     	08/30/02 	04/20/04 	09/08/08
6,722,533 	10/085,626     	02/26/02 	04/20/04 	09/09/08
6,725,243 	10/384,875     	03/07/03 	04/20/04 	09/10/08
6,725,929 	10/431,217     	05/07/03 	04/27/04 	09/09/08
6,726,696 	10/183,396     	06/28/02 	04/27/04 	09/08/08
6,728,352 	09/019,827     	02/06/98 	04/27/04 	09/10/08
6,733,420 	09/880,463     	06/12/01 	05/11/04 	09/12/08
6,736,485 	10/390,850     	03/18/03 	05/18/04 	09/08/08
6,745,858 	10/209,832     	08/01/02 	06/08/04 	09/08/08
6,747,989 	09/551,430     	04/18/00 	06/08/04 	09/09/08
6,748,520 	09/563,606     	05/02/00 	06/08/04 	09/08/08
6,754,375 	09/356,168     	07/16/99 	06/22/04 	09/11/08
6,755,052 	10/345,628     	01/16/03 	06/29/04 	09/09/08
6,760,707 	09/872,446     	06/01/01 	07/06/04 	09/10/08
6,780,175 	09/156,276     	09/17/98 	08/24/04 	09/09/08
RE.36,916 	09/064,348     	04/22/98 	10/17/00 	09/11/08
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Reissue Applications Filed
			  Reissue Applications Filed

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below
are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image
File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair)
on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be
obtained by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19).

   5,760,068, Re. S.N. 12/205,319, Sep. 05, 2008, Cl./Sub 514/403,
4-[5-(4-METHYLPHENYL)-3(TRIFLUOROMETHYL)-1H-PYRAZOL-1YL]BENZENESULFONAMIDE
FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATION OR AN INFLAMMATION-ASSOCIATED DISORDER,
John J. Talley, et al., Owner of Record: G.D.Searle LLC, New York, NY,
Attorney or Agent: Scott A. Williams, Ex. Gp: 1614

   5,796,828, Re. S.N. 12/123,786, May 20, 2008, Cl. 345/428, CONTROLLED-
ACCESS BROADCAST SIGNAL RECEIVING SYSTEM, Junichi Tsukamoto et. al.,
Owner of Record: SONY CORPORATION, Attorney or Agent: Thomas F. Presson,
Ex. Gp.: 2628

   6,670,710, Re. S.N. 12/198,680, Aug. 26, 2008, Cl. 438/151,
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING MULTI-LAYERED WIRING, Noriaki Matsunaga,
Owner of Record: KABUSHIKI TAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo, JP, Attorney or Agent:
Carl E. Schlier, Ex. Gp.: 2812

   6,847,912, Re. S.N. 11/698,793, Jan. 25, 2007, Cl. 702/130, RFID
TEMPERATURE DEVICE AND METHOD, Ian J. Forster, Owner of Record: MINERAL
LASSEN LLC., Attorney or Agent:	Melanie J. Seelig, Ex. Gp.: 2863

   6,919,617, Re. S.N. 12/202,037, Aug. 29, 2008, Cl./Sub 257/635,
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, Masaki Yamada,
et al., Owner of Record: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, Japan,
Attorney or Agent: Eckhard H. Kuesters, Ex. Gp: 2818

   6,920,285, Re. S.N. 11/879,726, Jul. 18, 2007, Cl. 396/177, FLASH
DEVICE, Gyia-Yen Chen, Owner of Record:	Transpacific Optics LLC,
Wilmington, DE, Attorney or Agent: Celia C. Dunham, Ex. Gp.: 2851

   6,939,737, Re. S.N. 11/900,009, Sep. 06, 2007, Cl./Sub. 438/106,
LOW-COST CIRCUIT BOARD MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR AREA ARRAY ELECTRICAL
INTERCONNECTIONS OVER A LARGE AREA BETWEEN A DEVICE AND THE CIRCUIT BOARD,
Ponnusamy Palanisamy, Owner of Record: Transpacific IP Ltd., Taipei,
Taiwan, Attorney or Agent: Michelle Manning, Ex. Gp: 2891

   7,019,952, Re. S.N. 12/076,263, Mar. 14, 2008, Cl. 340/825, RECEPTACLE
DEVICE HAVING CIRCUIT INTERRUPTING AND REVERSE WIRING PROTECTION,
Huadao Huang, et al., Owner of Record: Shanghai Melhao Electric Inc.,
Shanghai, China, Attorney or Agent: Fei-Fei Chao, Ex. Gp.: 2612

   7,039,920, Re. S.N. 12/113,904, May 01, 2008, Cl. 372/025, METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SEARCH ENGINE FOR OPTIMIZING A DECENTRALIZED OR
EMERGENT MODEL ON A COMPUTER NETWORK, Matthew Wall, et al., Owner of
Record: OCLS Applications LLC, Wilmington, DE, Attorney or Agent:
Graciela G. Cowger, Ex. Gp.: 2828

   7,048,152, Re. S.N. 12/153,810, May 23, 2008, Cl. 222/182, SOAP
DISPENSING DEVICE, Etienne Bunoz, Owner of Record: BRIGHTWELL DISPENSERS
LIMITED, Attorney or Agent: Paul Grandinetti, Ex. Gp.: 3754

   7,060,312, Re. S.N. 12/127,777, May 27, 2008, Cl. 429/000, METHOD AND
APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VEGETABLES, J. Kevin Alsobrook et. al., Owner of
Record:	FRESH INNOVATIONS, LLC., Attorney or Agent: Berand L. Kleinke,
Ex. Gp.: 1794

   7,095,603, Re. S.N. 12/230,118, Aug. 22, 2008, Cl. 361/502, ELECTRODE
FOR AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, Peter John Mahon el. at., Owner of Record:
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 31 

CAP-XX LIMITED, Attorney or Agent: Daniel G. Shanlely, Ex. Gp.: 2831

   7,098,414, Re. S.N. 12/199,539, Sep. 08, 2008, Cl. 200/310, INTEGRATED
TOUCH SENSOR AND LIGHT APPARATUS, David W. Caldwell, Owner of Record:
TouchSensor Technologies LLC, Attorney or Agent: Mark P. Vrla,
Ex. Gp.: 2832

   7,113,767, Re. S.N. 12/109,770, Apr. 25, 2008, Cl. 709/206, INSTANT
VIDEO- AND VOICEMAIL MESSAGING METHOD AND MEANS, Mikko Kalervo Vaananen,
Owner of Record: DOT ASSETS NO. 14 LLC., Attorney or Agent: Christopher L.
Kalafut, Ex. Gp.: 2142

   7,378,176, Re. S.N. 12/207,483, Sep. 09, 2008, Cl. 604/020, MEMBRANES
AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS INCORPORATING SUCH MEMBRANES, Gerard Francis
McLean, et al., Owner of Record: Angstrom Power Inc., North Vancouver,
Canada, Attorney or Agent: Gavin N. Manning, Ex. Gp.: 3767
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
		   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   D. 549,059, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,244,Aug. 08, 2008, Cl. D08/028, Title:
JAW OF OPEN-END WRENCH, Inventor: Arthur Wu, Owners of Record: Proxene
Tools Co., LTD., Taichung County, Taiwan, Attorney or Agent: Arthur Wu,
Taipei, Taiwan, Ex. Gp.: 2916, Requester: Chien-Hui Su, Taichung City,
Taiwan

   D. 552,438, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,246, Requested Date:	Aug. 15, 2008,
Cl. D08/027, Title: SPANNER, Inventor: Arthur Wu, Owners of Record:
Proxene Tools, Co., LTD, Taichung, Taiwan, Attorney or Agent: Arthur Wu,
Taipei, Taiwan, Ex. Gp.: 2916, Requester: Chien-Hui Su, Taichung City,
Taiwan

   D. 552,440, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,245, Requested Date:	Aug. 15, 2008,
Cl. D08/027, Title: SPANNER, Inventor: Arthur Wu, Owners of Record:
Proxene Tools, Co., LTD., Taichung, Taiwan, Attorney or Agent: Arthur Wu,
Taipei, Taiwan, Ex. Gp.: 2912, Requester: Chien-Hui Su, Taichung City,
Taiwan

   5,069,950, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,258, Requested Date: Aug. 20, 2008,
Cl. 428/156, Title: INSULATED ROOF BOARD, Inventor: Anthony J. Crookston
Sr, Owners of Record: Old Reliable Wholesale, Inc., Barberton, OH, Attorney
or Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP, Akron, OH, Ex. Gp.:	3991, Requester:
Cornell Corporation, Gary L. Huusko, Severson Sheldon Dougherty & Molenda,
PA, Apple Valley, MN

   5,378,043, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,250, Requested Date: Aug. 14, 2008,
Cl. 297/408, Title: VEHICLE PIVOTAL HEADREST, Inventor:	David C. Viano
et al., Owners of Record: Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI, Attorney or
Agent: General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester:
Patrick J. Fay, Esq., Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP, New York, NY

   5,642,595, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,251, Requested Date: Aug. 15, 08,
Cl. 052/301, Title: FINIAL ATTACHMENT ARRANGEMENT FOR A WINDOW COVERING
SUPPORT ROD, Inventor: James L. Daniels et al., Owners of Record: Newell
Operating Company, Freeport, IL, Attorney or Agent: Foley & Lardner,
Milwaukee, WI, Ex. Gp.:	3993, Requester: Intercrown Enterprise, LTD.,
Madison, WI, Lynn J. Alstadt, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, Pittsburgh,
PA

   6,164,115, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,256, Requested Date: Aug. 14, 2008,
Cl. 072/452, Title: CAM SLIDER AND A CAM UNIT USING THE SAME, Inventor:
Masahiro Higuchi et al., Owners of Record: Sankyo Oilless Industry, Inc.,
Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn,
Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Y.S. Lee, Ludo Industries, Inc.,
Incheon, Korea, Thomas J. Krul, Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC, Bloomfield
Hills, MI

   6,248,390, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,253, Requested Date: Aug. 15, 2008,
Cl. 426/590, Title: FIBER-WATER--CONTAINING SOLUBLE FIBER, Inventor:
Suzanne Jaffe Stillman, Owners of Record: Suzanne Jaffe Stillman, Beverly
Hills, CA, Attorney or Agent: Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine and Regenstreif,
Los Angeles, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Frank A. Smith, Novartis
Consumer Health, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, William W. Kim, Ph.D.,
WilmerHale/New York, New York, NY

   6,384,260, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,257, Requested Date: Aug. 14, 2008,
Cl. 558/160, Title: MOLECULAR PROBES AND MODULATORS FOR PI-PLC AND PI
3-KINASE, Inventor: Rajindra Aneja, Owners of Record: Nutrimed Biotech,
Ithaca, NY, Attorney or Agent: Nutrimed Biotech, Ithaca, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3991,
Requester: Echelon Biosciences, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT, Jennifer M.
McCallum, Ph.D., Esq., The McCallum Law Firm, PC, Erie, CO

   6,610,206, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,252, Requested Date: Aug. 15, 2008,
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 33 

Cl. 210/646, Title: BUFFERED COMPOSITIONS FOR DIALYSIS, Inventor: Robin
Callan et al., Owners of Record: Advanced Renal Technologies, Bellevue, WA,
Attorney or Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC, Seattle, WA,
Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Gunther J. Evanina, Price Heneveld Cooper
DeWitt & Litton, LLP, Grand Rapids, MI

   6,775,577, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,248, Requested Date: Aug. 11, 2008,
Cl. 700/011, Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A MEDICAL DEVICE,
Inventor: Martin J. Crnkovich et al., Owners of Record:	Fresenius USA,
Inc., Lexington, MA, Attorney or Agent:	Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP,
Denver, CO, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Christopher E. Blank, Hiscock &
Barclay, LLP, Rochester, NY

   6,851,336, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,247, Requested Date: Aug. 15, 2008,
Cl. 081/124.3, Title: ENCLOSED WRENCH, Inventor: Hsiang-Chen Yu, Owners
of Record: Hsiang-Chen Yu, Taichung Hsien, Taiwan, Attorney or Agent:
Charles E. Baxley, Esquire, New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester:
Chien-Hui Su, Taichung City, Taiwan

   7,115,297, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,255, Requested Date: Aug. 15, 2008,
Cl. 426/066, Title: NUTRITIONALLY FORTIFIED LIQUID COMPOSITION WITH ADDED
VALUE DELIVERY SYSTEMS/ELEMENTS/ADDITIVES, Inventor: Suzanne Jaffe Stillman
et al., Owners of Record: Suzanne Jaffe Stillman, Los Angeles, CA, Attorney
or Agent: Patton Boggs, LLP, Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester:
Frank A. Smith, Novartis Consumer Health, Inc., Parsippany, NJ,
William W. Kim, Ph.D., WilmerHale/New York, New York, NY

   7,210,573, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,997, Requested Date: Sep. 2, 2008,
Cl. 198/847, Title: CONVEYOR BELT, Inventor: Edward T. Mol, Owners of
Record: ThermoDrive, LLC, Grand Rapids, MI, Attorney or Agent: McGarry
Bair, PC, Grand Rapids, MI, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Patent Owner

   7,238,380, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,254, Requested Date: Aug. 19, 2008,
Cl. 426/590, Title: WATER CONTAINING SOLUBLE FIBER, Inventor:
Suzanne Jaffe Stillman et al., Owners of Record: Suzanne Jaffe Stillman,
Los Angeles, CA, Attorney or Agent: Trojan Law Offices, Beverly Hills, CA,
Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: Frank A. Smith, Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.,
Parsippany, NJ, William W. Kim, Ph.D., WilmerHale/New York, New York, NY

   7,311,276, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,230, Requested Date: Aug. 28, 2008,
Cl. 241/236, Title: SHREDDER WITH PROXIMITY SENSING SYSTEM, Inventor:
Talhoon K. Matlin et al., Owners of Record: Fellowes, Inc., Itasca, IL,
Attorney or Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP, McLean, VA,
Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Franklin E. Gibbs, Wang Hartman Gibbs & Cauley,
PLLC, Newport Beach, CA
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Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed
		 Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed

   6,958,423, Reexam. C.N. 95/000,391, Requested Date: Aug. 14, 2008,
Cl. 570/184, Title: BROMINATION PROCESS, Inventor: John C. Parks et al.,
Owners of Record: Albemarle Corporation, Richmond, VA, Attorney or Agent:
McGlinchey Stafford, PLLC., Baton Rouge, LA, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester:
Third Party Requester: Chemtura Corporation, Middlebury, CT; (Att'y Is:
Peter W. Roberts, Esq., Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, PC, McLean, VA),
Real Party in Interest: Same At Third Party Requester


   7,376,831, Reexam. C.N. 95/001,077, Requested Date: Sep. 02, 2008,
Cl. 713/154, Title: SELECTIVELY ENCRYPTING DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF DATA SENT
OVER A NETWORK, Inventor: Brad Kollmyer et al., Owners of Record: Widevine
Technologies, Inc., Bellevue, WA, Attorney or Agent: Darby & Darby PC, New
York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party Requester: Verimatrix, Inc.,
San Diego, CA; (Att'y Is: Kevin J. Zimmer, Cooley Godward Kronish, LLP,
Washington, DC), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester.
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Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew
	       Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations
			   Due to Failure to Renew

   15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be
renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period
upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable
application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year
before the expiration of the period for which the registration was
issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such
expiration on payment of an additional fee.
   According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations
listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 1059.

		    TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED
			      September 13, 2008
			    DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW

Reg. Number 		      Serial Number 			Reg. Date

   66,551   		       71/027,445   		       12/10/1907
  119,848   		       71/105,790   		       12/11/1917
  119,692   		       71/106,133   		       12/11/1917
  236,307   		       71/246,595   		       12/06/1927
  236,079   		       71/252,183   		       12/06/1927
  352,616   		       71/393,500   		       12/07/1937
  352,617   		       71/393,501   		       12/07/1937
  352,723   		       71/396,434   		       12/07/1937
  434,799   		       71/493,992   		       12/09/1947
  434,801   		       71/495,714   		       12/09/1947
  434,811   		       71/497,898   		       12/09/1947
  434,822   		       71/500,734   		       12/09/1947
  434,922   		       71/512,518   		       12/09/1947
  434,955   		       71/514,367   		       12/09/1947
  434,988   		       71/516,022   		       12/09/1947
  435,034   		       71/518,328   		       12/09/1947
  435,044   		       71/518,890   		       12/09/1947
  435,061   		       71/519,602   		       12/09/1947
  435,072   		       71/520,424   		       12/09/1947
  655,566   		       71/693,183   		       12/10/1957
  655,563   		       72/001,711   		       12/10/1957
  655,621   		       72/011,536   		       12/10/1957
  655,414   		       72/012,185   		       12/10/1957
  655,435   		       72/018,315   		       12/10/1957
  655,593   		       72/019,069   		       12/10/1957
  655,597   		       72/023,032   		       12/10/1957
  655,406   		       72/026,122   		       12/10/1957
  655,402   		       72/026,705   		       12/10/1957
  655,492   		       72/029,001   		       12/10/1957
  839,923   		       72/225,998   		       12/05/1967
  840,207   		       72/234,952   		       12/05/1967
  840,131   		       72/235,385   		       12/05/1967
  840,172   		       72/236,322   		       12/05/1967
  839,934   		       72/240,653   		       12/05/1967
  839,907   		       72/240,682   		       12/05/1967
  840,178   		       72/242,055   		       12/05/1967
  839,945   		       72/242,531   		       12/05/1967
  839,778   		       72/244,512   		       12/05/1967
  839,877   		       72/244,537   		       12/05/1967
  840,168   		       72/246,804   		       12/05/1967
  839,963   		       72/246,832   		       12/05/1967
  840,094   		       72/246,946   		       12/05/1967
  840,195   		       72/247,010   		       12/05/1967
  840,098   		       72/248,091   		       12/05/1967
  840,047   		       72/248,868   		       12/05/1967
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 36 

  840,099   		       72/249,060   		       12/05/1967
  840,103   		       72/249,553   		       12/05/1967
  840,106   		       72/249,561   		       12/05/1967
  840,109   		       72/249,564   		       12/05/1967
  839,791   		       72/250,023   		       12/05/1967
  840,085   		       72/250,606   		       12/05/1967
  839,946   		       72/250,834   		       12/05/1967
  840,024   		       72/251,126   		       12/05/1967
  840,112   		       72/251,199   		       12/05/1967
  839,857   		       72/251,211   		       12/05/1967
  840,002   		       72/251,976   		       12/05/1967
  840,145   		       72/252,582   		       12/05/1967
  840,212   		       72/253,048   		       12/05/1967
  839,880   		       72/253,286   		       12/05/1967
  839,867   		       72/254,132   		       12/05/1967
  839,837   		       72/254,886   		       12/05/1967
  839,887   		       72/255,522   		       12/05/1967
  840,182   		       72/255,779   		       12/05/1967
  840,190   		       72/256,666   		       12/05/1967
  840,121   		       72/256,733   		       12/05/1967
  839,889   		       72/256,780   		       12/05/1967
  840,005   		       72/256,978   		       12/05/1967
  840,006   		       72/256,979   		       12/05/1967
  839,983   		       72/257,065   		       12/05/1967
  839,842   		       72/257,793   		       12/05/1967
  839,843   		       72/257,855   		       12/05/1967
  839,844   		       72/257,857   		       12/05/1967
  839,845   		       72/257,922   		       12/05/1967
  840,151   		       72/258,413   		       12/05/1967
  840,152   		       72/258,414   		       12/05/1967
  840,030   		       72/258,439   		       12/05/1967
  839,900   		       72/258,493   		       12/05/1967
  839,901   		       72/258,494   		       12/05/1967
  840,032   		       72/258,995   		       12/05/1967
  839,969   		       72/259,202   		       12/05/1967
  839,956   		       72/260,660   		       12/05/1967
  839,801   		       72/260,732   		       12/05/1967
  840,011   		       72/261,049   		       12/05/1967
  840,012   		       72/261,051   		       12/05/1967
  839,976   		       72/261,106   		       12/05/1967
  840,014   		       72/261,749   		       12/05/1967
  839,958   		       72/263,335   		       12/05/1967
  839,808   		       72/263,926   		       12/05/1967
  840,015   		       72/264,879   		       12/05/1967
  839,874   		       72/265,954   		       12/05/1967
  840,081   		       72/267,094   		       12/05/1967
  840,183   		       72/270,325   		       12/05/1967
  840,161   		       72/271,690   		       12/05/1967
  840,166   		       72/274,842   		       12/05/1967
  839,979   		       72/275,018   		       12/05/1967
  840,218   		       72/278,934   		       12/05/1967
1,078,884   		       73/036,095   		       12/06/1977
1,079,088   		       73/063,004   		       12/06/1977
1,078,698   		       73/083,543   		       12/06/1977
1,078,681   		       73/091,665   		       12/06/1977
1,078,858   		       73/092,514   		       12/06/1977
1,078,891   		       73/095,712   		       12/06/1977
1,078,988   		       73/096,107   		       12/06/1977
1,078,982   		       73/100,481   		       12/06/1977
1,078,685   		       73/101,229   		       12/06/1977
1,078,748   		       73/101,267   		       12/06/1977
1,078,972   		       73/101,947   		       12/06/1977
1,078,935   		       73/102,711   		       12/06/1977
1,079,030   		       73/105,652   		       12/06/1977
1,078,936   		       73/106,026   		       12/06/1977
1,078,799   		       73/108,525   		       12/06/1977
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 37 

1,079,024   		       73/111,033   		       12/06/1977
1,078,690   		       73/111,209   		       12/06/1977
1,079,033   		       73/111,761   		       12/06/1977
1,078,944   		       73/112,599   		       12/06/1977
1,078,710   		       73/114,864   		       12/06/1977
1,078,711   		       73/114,865   		       12/06/1977
1,079,084   		       73/116,617   		       12/06/1977
1,078,805   		       73/118,470   		       12/06/1977
1,078,866   		       73/119,317   		       12/06/1977
1,078,868   		       73/119,373   		       12/06/1977
1,078,739   		       73/119,674   		       12/06/1977
1,078,869   		       73/119,916   		       12/06/1977
1,078,928   		       73/120,316   		       12/06/1977
1,078,752   		       73/120,415   		       12/06/1977
1,079,059   		       73/121,771   		       12/06/1977
1,079,041   		       73/125,586   		       12/06/1977
1,468,033   		       73/350,450   		       12/08/1987
1,468,651   		       73/415,243   		       12/08/1987
1,468,038   		       73/453,069   		       12/08/1987
1,468,021   		       73/475,978   		       12/08/1987
1,468,022   		       73/476,002   		       12/08/1987
1,468,023   		       73/476,013   		       12/08/1987
1,468,590   		       73/478,550   		       12/08/1987
1,467,968   		       73/481,583   		       12/08/1987
1,468,624   		       73/498,886   		       12/08/1987
1,468,613   		       73/512,673   		       12/08/1987
1,468,042   		       73/523,252   		       12/08/1987
1,468,581   		       73/534,640   		       12/08/1987
1,468,689   		       73/544,491   		       12/08/1987
1,468,625   		       73/547,168   		       12/08/1987
1,467,981   		       73/547,293   		       12/08/1987
1,468,491   		       73/550,828   		       12/08/1987
1,468,236   		       73/563,339   		       12/08/1987
1,468,166   		       73/565,805   		       12/08/1987
1,468,643   		       73/568,644   		       12/08/1987
1,467,815   		       73/572,706   		       12/08/1987
1,468,349   		       73/579,043   		       12/08/1987
1,468,184   		       73/580,830   		       12/08/1987
1,468,046   		       73/582,232   		       12/08/1987
1,468,048   		       73/582,699   		       12/08/1987
1,468,237   		       73/584,196   		       12/08/1987
1,468,049   		       73/584,759   		       12/08/1987
1,467,970   		       73/586,901   		       12/08/1987
1,468,691   		       73/589,035   		       12/08/1987
1,468,053   		       73/600,213   		       12/08/1987
1,467,918   		       73/601,446   		       12/08/1987
1,467,880   		       73/602,322   		       12/08/1987
1,468,056   		       73/602,613   		       12/08/1987
1,468,057   		       73/602,614   		       12/08/1987
1,467,984   		       73/602,648   		       12/08/1987
1,468,592   		       73/603,429   		       12/08/1987
1,467,909   		       73/604,135   		       12/08/1987
1,467,919   		       73/604,674   		       12/08/1987
1,467,882   		       73/609,000   		       12/08/1987
1,468,240   		       73/610,236   		       12/08/1987
1,468,061   		       73/610,296   		       12/08/1987
1,467,883   		       73/611,009   		       12/08/1987
1,468,692   		       73/611,656   		       12/08/1987
1,467,822   		       73/611,816   		       12/08/1987
1,468,693   		       73/612,834   		       12/08/1987
1,468,241   		       73/612,896   		       12/08/1987
1,468,062   		       73/613,519   		       12/08/1987
1,468,063   		       73/613,564   		       12/08/1987
1,468,682   		       73/614,424   		       12/08/1987
1,467,985   		       73/614,546   		       12/08/1987
1,467,972   		       73/616,832   		       12/08/1987
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1,468,619   		       73/618,287   		       12/08/1987
1,467,973   		       73/618,754   		       12/08/1987
1,468,668   		       73/619,398   		       12/08/1987
1,468,397   		       73/619,446   		       12/08/1987
1,468,631   		       73/619,882   		       12/08/1987
1,468,529   		       73/620,465   		       12/08/1987
1,467,921   		       73/620,920   		       12/08/1987
1,468,071   		       73/620,930   		       12/08/1987
1,468,620   		       73/620,948   		       12/08/1987
1,467,923   		       73/621,463   		       12/08/1987
1,468,074   		       73/621,538   		       12/08/1987
1,468,076   		       73/621,741   		       12/08/1987
1,467,925   		       73/622,012   		       12/08/1987
1,468,531   		       73/622,115   		       12/08/1987
1,468,245   		       73/622,343   		       12/08/1987
1,468,077   		       73/622,380   		       12/08/1987
1,468,078   		       73/622,604   		       12/08/1987
1,468,678   		       73/622,695   		       12/08/1987
1,468,247   		       73/623,066   		       12/08/1987
1,468,645   		       73/623,461   		       12/08/1987
1,467,988   		       73/623,734   		       12/08/1987
1,467,926   		       73/623,845   		       12/08/1987
1,467,886   		       73/623,933   		       12/08/1987
1,467,829   		       73/624,866   		       12/08/1987
1,467,990   		       73/626,224   		       12/08/1987
1,467,991   		       73/626,225   		       12/08/1987
1,467,994   		       73/626,231   		       12/08/1987
1,467,996   		       73/626,706   		       12/08/1987
1,467,997   		       73/626,781   		       12/08/1987
1,467,831   		       73/627,025   		       12/08/1987
1,467,998   		       73/627,364   		       12/08/1987
1,468,082   		       73/627,466   		       12/08/1987
1,467,888   		       73/627,767   		       12/08/1987
1,468,686   		       73/627,777   		       12/08/1987
1,468,334   		       73/628,049   		       12/08/1987
1,468,534   		       73/628,157   		       12/08/1987
1,468,249   		       73/628,324   		       12/08/1987
1,468,170   		       73/628,833   		       12/08/1987
1,467,832   		       73/629,039   		       12/08/1987
1,468,088   		       73/629,087   		       12/08/1987
1,467,834   		       73/629,821   		       12/08/1987
1,468,672   		       73/630,325   		       12/08/1987
1,467,836   		       73/631,133   		       12/08/1987
1,468,251   		       73/631,550   		       12/08/1987
1,468,439   		       73/631,905   		       12/08/1987
1,468,504   		       73/632,457   		       12/08/1987
1,467,868   		       73/632,470   		       12/08/1987
1,467,838   		       73/632,791   		       12/08/1987
1,468,461   		       73/633,045   		       12/08/1987
1,468,200   		       73/633,540   		       12/08/1987
1,467,890   		       73/634,019   		       12/08/1987
1,468,660   		       73/634,374   		       12/08/1987
1,468,171   		       73/634,418   		       12/08/1987
1,468,217   		       73/634,706   		       12/08/1987
1,468,092   		       73/635,010   		       12/08/1987
1,468,535   		       73/636,940   		       12/08/1987
1,467,841   		       73/637,396   		       12/08/1987
1,468,094   		       73/637,872   		       12/08/1987
1,468,026   		       73/638,515   		       12/08/1987
1,468,095   		       73/639,063   		       12/08/1987
1,468,173   		       73/640,322   		       12/08/1987
1,468,463   		       73/640,337   		       12/08/1987
1,468,100   		       73/641,597   		       12/08/1987
1,468,101   		       73/641,663   		       12/08/1987
1,468,102   		       73/641,664   		       12/08/1987
1,468,002   		       73/641,674   		       12/08/1987
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1,467,844   		       73/641,724   		       12/08/1987
1,468,104   		       73/642,218   		       12/08/1987
1,467,869   		       73/642,868   		       12/08/1987
1,467,870   		       73/642,884   		       12/08/1987
1,468,408   		       73/642,913   		       12/08/1987
1,468,224   		       73/643,073   		       12/08/1987
1,468,538   		       73/643,187   		       12/08/1987
1,468,576   		       73/643,618   		       12/08/1987
1,468,027   		       73/644,303   		       12/08/1987
1,468,369   		       73/644,305   		       12/08/1987
1,468,028   		       73/644,489   		       12/08/1987
1,467,912   		       73/644,665   		       12/08/1987
1,468,111   		       73/644,950   		       12/08/1987
1,468,255   		       73/645,572   		       12/08/1987
1,468,114   		       73/646,857   		       12/08/1987
1,468,115   		       73/646,958   		       12/08/1987
1,468,542   		       73/647,728   		       12/08/1987
1,467,937   		       73/649,063   		       12/08/1987
1,468,119   		       73/649,331   		       12/08/1987
1,467,850   		       73/649,455   		       12/08/1987
1,468,411   		       73/649,894   		       12/08/1987
1,468,004   		       73/649,990   		       12/08/1987
1,468,412   		       73/651,840   		       12/08/1987
1,468,122   		       73/652,214   		       12/08/1987
1,468,263   		       73/652,265   		       12/08/1987
1,468,545   		       73/652,957   		       12/08/1987
1,468,546   		       73/652,958   		       12/08/1987
1,468,339   		       73/652,989   		       12/08/1987
1,468,326   		       73/653,044   		       12/08/1987
1,468,175   		       73/653,573   		       12/08/1987
1,468,666   		       73/653,884   		       12/08/1987
1,468,266   		       73/654,306   		       12/08/1987
1,468,416   		       73/654,632   		       12/08/1987
1,467,855   		       73/654,642   		       12/08/1987
1,468,125   		       73/654,670   		       12/08/1987
1,468,267   		       73/654,671   		       12/08/1987
1,468,007   		       73/654,706   		       12/08/1987
1,468,370   		       73/654,761   		       12/08/1987
1,468,268   		       73/654,795   		       12/08/1987
1,468,419   		       73/654,841   		       12/08/1987
1,468,009   		       73/654,881   		       12/08/1987
1,467,940   		       73/654,910   		       12/08/1987
1,468,550   		       73/655,081   		       12/08/1987
1,468,587   		       73/655,275   		       12/08/1987
1,467,856   		       73/655,278   		       12/08/1987
1,467,858   		       73/655,644   		       12/08/1987
1,467,859   		       73/656,283   		       12/08/1987
1,467,899   		       73/656,504   		       12/08/1987
1,468,323   		       73/656,510   		       12/08/1987
1,468,600   		       73/656,746   		       12/08/1987
1,468,134   		       73/656,936   		       12/08/1987
1,467,943   		       73/657,003   		       12/08/1987
1,468,138   		       73/657,241   		       12/08/1987
1,468,341   		       73/657,518   		       12/08/1987
1,468,342   		       73/657,531   		       12/08/1987
1,468,272   		       73/657,707   		       12/08/1987
1,468,428   		       73/657,800   		       12/08/1987
1,468,513   		       73/657,950   		       12/08/1987
1,468,385   		       73/657,958   		       12/08/1987
1,468,145   		       73/657,959   		       12/08/1987
1,468,433   		       73/658,003   		       12/08/1987
1,468,150   		       73/658,088   		       12/08/1987
1,468,152   		       73/658,099   		       12/08/1987
1,468,514   		       73/658,137   		       12/08/1987
1,468,275   		       73/658,271   		       12/08/1987
1,468,155   		       73/658,339   		       12/08/1987
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1,468,030   		       73/658,363   		       12/08/1987
1,468,158   		       73/658,369   		       12/08/1987
1,468,345   		       73/658,467   		       12/08/1987
1,467,872   		       73/658,482   		       12/08/1987
1,468,474   		       73/658,494   		       12/08/1987
1,467,979   		       73/658,514   		       12/08/1987
1,468,276   		       73/658,521   		       12/08/1987
1,468,346   		       73/658,561   		       12/08/1987
1,468,436   		       73/658,760   		       12/08/1987
1,468,363   		       73/658,829   		       12/08/1987
1,467,950   		       73/658,913   		       12/08/1987
1,468,437   		       73/659,085   		       12/08/1987
1,468,280   		       73/659,249   		       12/08/1987
1,468,477   		       73/659,259   		       12/08/1987
1,467,874   		       73/659,310   		       12/08/1987
1,467,952   		       73/659,425   		       12/08/1987
1,467,876   		       73/659,614   		       12/08/1987
1,468,565   		       73/659,701   		       12/08/1987
1,468,516   		       73/659,758   		       12/08/1987
1,467,955   		       73/659,762   		       12/08/1987
1,467,956   		       73/659,763   		       12/08/1987
1,467,957   		       73/659,772   		       12/08/1987
1,467,958   		       73/659,773   		       12/08/1987
1,467,959   		       73/659,774   		       12/08/1987
1,467,961   		       73/659,777   		       12/08/1987
1,467,962   		       73/659,778   		       12/08/1987
1,467,963   		       73/659,780   		       12/08/1987
1,468,285   		       73/659,890   		       12/08/1987
1,468,286   		       73/659,977   		       12/08/1987
1,468,288   		       73/660,150   		       12/08/1987
1,468,197   		       73/660,187   		       12/08/1987
1,468,482   		       73/660,420   		       12/08/1987
1,468,015   		       73/660,470   		       12/08/1987
1,468,293   		       73/660,503   		       12/08/1987
1,468,295   		       73/660,536   		       12/08/1987
1,467,980   		       73/660,587   		       12/08/1987
1,468,297   		       73/660,694   		       12/08/1987
1,468,489   		       73/660,756   		       12/08/1987
1,468,179   		       73/660,768   		       12/08/1987
1,468,300   		       73/660,813   		       12/08/1987
1,468,220   		       73/660,880   		       12/08/1987
1,468,301   		       73/661,020   		       12/08/1987
1,468,302   		       73/661,164   		       12/08/1987
1,467,914   		       73/661,166   		       12/08/1987
1,468,375   		       73/661,167   		       12/08/1987
1,468,303   		       73/661,238   		       12/08/1987
1,468,699   		       73/661,286   		       12/08/1987
1,468,376   		       73/661,341   		       12/08/1987
1,468,304   		       73/661,387   		       12/08/1987
1,468,517   		       73/661,627   		       12/08/1987
1,468,364   		       73/661,913   		       12/08/1987
1,468,313   		       73/662,147   		       12/08/1987
1,468,444   		       73/662,160   		       12/08/1987
2,120,116   		       74/252,235   		       12/09/1997
2,120,120   		       74/334,228   		       12/09/1997
2,120,127   		       74/390,044   		       12/09/1997
2,120,135   		       74/428,044   		       12/09/1997
2,118,612   		       74/428,750   		       12/09/1997
2,120,136   		       74/439,781   		       12/09/1997
2,120,138   		       74/451,809   		       12/09/1997
2,118,619   		       74/464,907   		       12/09/1997
2,118,620   		       74/471,173   		       12/09/1997
2,120,143   		       74/485,419   		       12/09/1997
2,118,627   		       74/502,057   		       12/09/1997
2,120,158   		       74/530,934   		       12/09/1997
2,118,635   		       74/534,138   		       12/09/1997
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2,120,162   		       74/538,703   		       12/09/1997
2,118,638   		       74/541,468   		       12/09/1997
2,120,166   		       74/552,550   		       12/09/1997
2,118,652   		       74/583,300   		       12/09/1997
2,120,179   		       74/604,011   		       12/09/1997
2,118,663   		       74/618,014   		       12/09/1997
2,118,665   		       74/620,752   		       12/09/1997
2,120,191   		       74/624,443   		       12/09/1997
2,118,673   		       74/637,771   		       12/09/1997
2,118,678   		       74/642,104   		       12/09/1997
2,118,682   		       74/646,885   		       12/09/1997
2,118,683   		       74/647,400   		       12/09/1997
2,120,204   		       74/653,699   		       12/09/1997
2,120,206   		       74/656,436   		       12/09/1997
2,118,689   		       74/659,434   		       12/09/1997
2,118,690   		       74/661,661   		       12/09/1997
2,120,215   		       74/662,869   		       12/09/1997
2,118,693   		       74/664,227   		       12/09/1997
2,120,232   		       74/676,886   		       12/09/1997
2,120,235   		       74/679,702   		       12/09/1997
2,120,236   		       74/679,703   		       12/09/1997
2,118,713   		       74/692,566   		       12/09/1997
2,118,721   		       74/699,764   		       12/09/1997
2,120,254   		       74/704,962   		       12/09/1997
2,120,257   		       74/706,209   		       12/09/1997
2,120,260   		       74/708,320   		       12/09/1997
2,118,736   		       74/715,803   		       12/09/1997
2,118,740   		       74/718,856   		       12/09/1997
2,120,265   		       74/718,965   		       12/09/1997
2,120,270   		       74/722,240   		       12/09/1997
2,118,745   		       74/724,960   		       12/09/1997
2,120,273   		       74/725,360   		       12/09/1997
2,120,277   		       74/726,466   		       12/09/1997
2,118,754   		       74/730,289   		       12/09/1997
2,118,756   		       74/731,285   		       12/09/1997
2,120,290   		       74/735,671   		       12/09/1997
2,120,292   		       74/736,091   		       12/09/1997
2,120,294   		       75/000,567   		       12/09/1997
2,118,765   		       75/000,803   		       12/09/1997
2,120,297   		       75/001,640   		       12/09/1997
2,118,770   		       75/004,221   		       12/09/1997
2,120,307   		       75/004,654   		       12/09/1997
2,120,310   		       75/005,454   		       12/09/1997
2,120,311   		       75/005,651   		       12/09/1997
2,120,312   		       75/005,652   		       12/09/1997
2,120,321   		       75/008,009   		       12/09/1997
2,118,776   		       75/008,028   		       12/09/1997
2,120,323   		       75/009,138   		       12/09/1997
2,120,324   		       75/009,425   		       12/09/1997
2,118,798   		       75/023,975   		       12/09/1997
2,120,356   		       75/024,251   		       12/09/1997
2,118,801   		       75/024,367   		       12/09/1997
2,120,358   		       75/024,706   		       12/09/1997
2,118,804   		       75/025,502   		       12/09/1997
2,120,360   		       75/026,855   		       12/09/1997
2,118,821   		       75/030,400   		       12/09/1997
2,118,822   		       75/030,538   		       12/09/1997
2,118,825   		       75/031,626   		       12/09/1997
2,118,831   		       75/039,058   		       12/09/1997
2,120,386   		       75/042,629   		       12/09/1997
2,120,392   		       75/044,433   		       12/09/1997
2,118,838   		       75/045,585   		       12/09/1997
2,118,842   		       75/049,161   		       12/09/1997
2,118,847   		       75/051,780   		       12/09/1997
2,120,403   		       75/052,136   		       12/09/1997
2,120,404   		       75/052,234   		       12/09/1997
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2,118,854   		       75/054,095   		       12/09/1997
2,118,862   		       75/057,611   		       12/09/1997
2,120,417   		       75/062,019   		       12/09/1997
2,118,881   		       75/065,558   		       12/09/1997
2,118,891   		       75/069,265   		       12/09/1997
2,118,892   		       75/069,266   		       12/09/1997
2,118,893   		       75/069,902   		       12/09/1997
2,118,911   		       75/075,276   		       12/09/1997
2,118,921   		       75/079,471   		       12/09/1997
2,118,923   		       75/079,594   		       12/09/1997
2,120,446   		       75/079,672   		       12/09/1997
2,118,930   		       75/081,864   		       12/09/1997
2,118,933   		       75/082,844   		       12/09/1997
2,118,936   		       75/084,872   		       12/09/1997
2,118,940   		       75/085,781   		       12/09/1997
2,118,946   		       75/087,342   		       12/09/1997
2,120,458   		       75/088,410   		       12/09/1997
2,120,461   		       75/089,941   		       12/09/1997
2,118,957   		       75/090,017   		       12/09/1997
2,120,466   		       75/091,446   		       12/09/1997
2,118,969   		       75/092,384   		       12/09/1997
2,118,977   		       75/095,636   		       12/09/1997
2,120,476   		       75/096,966   		       12/09/1997
2,120,477   		       75/096,967   		       12/09/1997
2,118,984   		       75/098,185   		       12/09/1997
2,120,482   		       75/098,547   		       12/09/1997
2,118,994   		       75/100,668   		       12/09/1997
2,118,997   		       75/102,034   		       12/09/1997
2,119,006   		       75/105,300   		       12/09/1997
2,120,499   		       75/105,386   		       12/09/1997
2,120,502   		       75/105,997   		       12/09/1997
2,119,009   		       75/106,108   		       12/09/1997
2,119,015   		       75/106,894   		       12/09/1997
2,119,017   		       75/106,940   		       12/09/1997
2,120,512   		       75/107,294   		       12/09/1997
2,120,515   		       75/107,983   		       12/09/1997
2,119,028   		       75/108,728   		       12/09/1997
2,119,030   		       75/108,925   		       12/09/1997
2,120,520   		       75/109,349   		       12/09/1997
2,119,042   		       75/111,178   		       12/09/1997
2,119,049   		       75/112,805   		       12/09/1997
2,120,532   		       75/112,818   		       12/09/1997
2,120,533   		       75/113,684   		       12/09/1997
2,120,538   		       75/115,485   		       12/09/1997
2,119,067   		       75/116,096   		       12/09/1997
2,119,072   		       75/116,988   		       12/09/1997
2,119,073   		       75/117,104   		       12/09/1997
2,120,548   		       75/118,858   		       12/09/1997
2,120,549   		       75/118,920   		       12/09/1997
2,119,080   		       75/119,004   		       12/09/1997
2,119,087   		       75/119,837   		       12/09/1997
2,120,551   		       75/120,219   		       12/09/1997
2,120,553   		       75/121,626   		       12/09/1997
2,119,099   		       75/121,700   		       12/09/1997
2,119,105   		       75/122,496   		       12/09/1997
2,119,107   		       75/122,928   		       12/09/1997
2,120,560   		       75/123,793   		       12/09/1997
2,120,561   		       75/124,873   		       12/09/1997
2,119,122   		       75/124,897   		       12/09/1997
2,119,125   		       75/126,445   		       12/09/1997
2,119,133   		       75/127,248   		       12/09/1997
2,119,136   		       75/128,002   		       12/09/1997
2,119,166   		       75/131,693   		       12/09/1997
2,119,171   		       75/132,875   		       12/09/1997
2,119,176   		       75/133,532   		       12/09/1997
2,120,578   		       75/133,835   		       12/09/1997
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2,119,181   		       75/134,598   		       12/09/1997
2,119,190   		       75/137,480   		       12/09/1997
2,120,583   		       75/138,794   		       12/09/1997
2,119,196   		       75/139,517   		       12/09/1997
2,120,585   		       75/139,757   		       12/09/1997
2,119,200   		       75/139,897   		       12/09/1997
2,119,205   		       75/140,612   		       12/09/1997
2,119,209   		       75/141,122   		       12/09/1997
2,119,212   		       75/141,554   		       12/09/1997
2,119,217   		       75/142,338   		       12/09/1997
2,119,218   		       75/142,339   		       12/09/1997
2,119,223   		       75/143,014   		       12/09/1997
2,119,225   		       75/143,550   		       12/09/1997
2,119,226   		       75/143,726   		       12/09/1997
2,120,598   		       75/146,725   		       12/09/1997
2,119,258   		       75/148,415   		       12/09/1997
2,119,260   		       75/148,476   		       12/09/1997
2,119,273   		       75/151,481   		       12/09/1997
2,120,607   		       75/154,684   		       12/09/1997
2,119,292   		       75/155,804   		       12/09/1997
2,119,304   		       75/156,759   		       12/09/1997
2,119,312   		       75/158,236   		       12/09/1997
2,119,328   		       75/160,981   		       12/09/1997
2,119,333   		       75/161,820   		       12/09/1997
2,119,355   		       75/165,354   		       12/09/1997
2,119,358   		       75/165,761   		       12/09/1997
2,119,359   		       75/165,777   		       12/09/1997
2,119,364   		       75/166,537   		       12/09/1997
2,119,367   		       75/167,415   		       12/09/1997
2,119,389   		       75/169,974   		       12/09/1997
2,119,390   		       75/169,996   		       12/09/1997
2,119,415   		       75/172,552   		       12/09/1997
2,119,426   		       75/173,521   		       12/09/1997
2,119,428   		       75/173,575   		       12/09/1997
2,119,430   		       75/173,973   		       12/09/1997
2,119,431   		       75/174,014   		       12/09/1997
2,119,433   		       75/174,140   		       12/09/1997
2,119,434   		       75/174,194   		       12/09/1997
2,119,436   		       75/174,238   		       12/09/1997
2,119,438   		       75/174,682   		       12/09/1997
2,119,464   		       75/180,369   		       12/09/1997
2,119,476   		       75/182,504   		       12/09/1997
2,119,483   		       75/183,391   		       12/09/1997
2,119,496   		       75/185,276   		       12/09/1997
2,119,520   		       75/189,147   		       12/09/1997
2,119,535   		       75/192,125   		       12/09/1997
2,119,538   		       75/192,334   		       12/09/1997
2,119,544   		       75/193,628   		       12/09/1997
2,119,549   		       75/194,114   		       12/09/1997
2,119,554   		       75/194,780   		       12/09/1997
2,119,573   		       75/196,653   		       12/09/1997
2,119,575   		       75/196,812   		       12/09/1997
2,119,577   		       75/196,857   		       12/09/1997
2,119,586   		       75/197,532   		       12/09/1997
2,119,596   		       75/198,139   		       12/09/1997
2,119,598   		       75/198,257   		       12/09/1997
2,119,601   		       75/198,414   		       12/09/1997
2,119,618   		       75/199,652   		       12/09/1997
2,119,624   		       75/200,007   		       12/09/1997
2,119,629   		       75/200,178   		       12/09/1997
2,119,632   		       75/200,473   		       12/09/1997
2,119,645   		       75/201,091   		       12/09/1997
2,119,650   		       75/201,281   		       12/09/1997
2,119,667   		       75/202,577   		       12/09/1997
2,119,669   		       75/202,595   		       12/09/1997
2,119,671   		       75/202,948   		       12/09/1997
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2,119,701   		       75/204,619   		       12/09/1997
2,119,705   		       75/204,700   		       12/09/1997
2,119,723   		       75/206,293   		       12/09/1997
2,119,735   		       75/206,882   		       12/09/1997
2,119,746   		       75/208,061   		       12/09/1997
2,119,747   		       75/208,091   		       12/09/1997
2,119,756   		       75/208,675   		       12/09/1997
2,119,758   		       75/208,809   		       12/09/1997
2,119,766   		       75/209,449   		       12/09/1997
2,119,768   		       75/209,513   		       12/09/1997
2,119,774   		       75/209,773   		       12/09/1997
2,119,806   		       75/211,916   		       12/09/1997
2,119,814   		       75/212,943   		       12/09/1997
2,119,825   		       75/213,924   		       12/09/1997
2,119,831   		       75/214,109   		       12/09/1997
2,119,858   		       75/216,324   		       12/09/1997
2,119,859   		       75/216,401   		       12/09/1997
2,119,868   		       75/216,838   		       12/09/1997
2,119,878   		       75/217,735   		       12/09/1997
2,119,896   		       75/219,215   		       12/09/1997
2,119,906   		       75/220,657   		       12/09/1997
2,119,912   		       75/221,016   		       12/09/1997
2,119,928   		       75/222,933   		       12/09/1997
2,119,931   		       75/223,230   		       12/09/1997
2,119,932   		       75/223,232   		       12/09/1997
2,119,971   		       75/229,743   		       12/09/1997
2,119,988   		       75/234,616   		       12/09/1997
2,119,990   		       75/234,673   		       12/09/1997
2,120,008   		       75/236,865   		       12/09/1997
2,120,023   		       75/239,415   		       12/09/1997
2,120,037   		       75/241,541   		       12/09/1997
2,120,049   		       75/243,927   		       12/09/1997
2,120,053   		       75/244,409   		       12/09/1997
2,120,055   		       75/244,679   		       12/09/1997
2,120,057   		       75/245,259   		       12/09/1997
2,120,059   		       75/245,615   		       12/09/1997
2,120,069   		       75/247,862   		       12/09/1997
2,120,073   		       75/249,144   		       12/09/1997
2,120,079   		       75/250,850   		       12/09/1997
2,120,095   		       75/257,420   		       12/09/1997
2,120,096   		       75/257,421   		       12/09/1997
2,120,103   		       75/260,906   		       12/09/1997
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Service by Publication
			    Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel to the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns
or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of
this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default.

JetEquity, LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut, Registration No. 2871516 for the
mark "JETEQUITY", Cancellation No. 92049778.

Uniroyal Englebert Reifen GMBH, Aachen, Germany, Registration
No. 843711 for the mark "MAX", Cancellation No. 92049482.

						 	      VIONETTE BAEZ
							          Paralegal
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
							 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
						Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A notice of opposition to the registration of the mark in the
application identified below having been filed, and the notice of such
proceeding sent to applicant at the last known address having been returned
by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless
the applicant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall
enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the opposition
will proceed as in the case of default.

Suli Ladislau-Cristian, Montreal, Canada, Application Serial No. 77021160
for the mark "MIXXXR", Opposition No. 91184227.

							    ANGELA CAMPBELL
						       Paralegal Specialist
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
				 			 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
				 		Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel to the registration identified below having been
filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last
known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable,
notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns
or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of
this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default.

Dalton Industries, Inc., Willoughby, Ohio, Registration No. 861998 for the
mark "DALTON", Cancellation No. 92049627.

						            ANGELA CAMPBELL
						       Paralegal Specialist
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
				 			 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
				 		Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A notice of opposition to the registration of the mark in the
application identified below having been filed, and the notice of such
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 46 

proceeding sent to applicant at the last known address having been returned
by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless
the applicant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall
enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the opposition
will proceed as in the case of default.

Horacio Carballo, Landover, MD, Application Serial No. 78778582 for the
mark "CERE NERVON", Opposition No. 91184796.

							   MILLICENT CANADY
						       Paralegal Specialist
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
				 			 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
				 		Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the registration of the mark identified below
having been filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at
the last known address having been returned by the Postal Service as
undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed
herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance
within thirty days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in
the case of default.

DC Flavors, Inc., Pomona, CA, Registration  No. 3173475 for the mark
"FLAVORS 4 U PREMIUM FROZEN YOGURT & SOFT SERVE", Cancellation No. 92049288.

							     ROCHELLE RICKS
						       Paralegal Specialist
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
				 			 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
				 		Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A petition for cancellation to the registration of the mark in the
application identified below having been filed, and the notice of such
proceeding sent to applicant at the last known address having been returned
by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless
the registrant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall
enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the
cancellation will proceed as in the case of default.

Joint Techno Concepts International, Inc., Westborough, MA, Registration
No. 2559051 for the mark "PET PATROL", Cancellation No. 92049386.

							     ROCHELLE RICKS
						       Paralegal Specialist
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
				 			 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
				 		Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A notice of opposition to the registration of the mark in the
application identified below having been filed, and the notice of such
proceeding sent to applicant at the last known address having been returned
by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless
the applicant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall
enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the opposition
will proceed as in the case of default.

 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 47 

TimeWorks, Inc., Phoenix, AZ, Application Serial No. 78498259, 78498251 for
the mark "TIMEWORKS", Opposition No. 92049417.

							    JANICE D. HYMAN
						       Paralegal Specialist
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
				 			 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
				 		Commissioner for Trademarks


			    Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel the mark in the registration identified below
having been filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at
the last known address having been returned by the Postal Service as
undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless the registration listed
herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance
within thirty days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in
the case of default.

Niedermeyer-Martin Company, Portland, OR, Registration No. 862257 for the
mark "FYR-GARD", Cancellation No. 92049433.

							      TYRONE CRAVEN
						       Paralegal Specialist
				      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
				 			 LYNNE G. BERESFORD
				 		Commissioner for Trademarks
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37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice of Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of the inventor. The petition has been granted. A notice has been
sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Sylwester GOGOLEWSKI) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/CH2004/000290
and was filed 13 May 2004 in the name of Sylwester GOGOLEWSKI for the
invention entitled RESORBABLE POLYMERIC MEDICAL GOODS WITH IMPROVED
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME. The national stage
number is 11/568,954 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 27 June 2008.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The
inventor who signature is missing (Brian K. Bell) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/US2005/037190
and was filed on 14 October 2005 in the names of Vernon D. PRICE and
Brian K. BELL for the invention entitled SIDE MOUNTED VEHICLE MIRROR WITH
INTEGRAL OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM. The national stage application number is
11/665,431 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) date of
26 June 2008.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The
inventor who signature is missing (Ir. W. Kuipers) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/GB02/02736
and was filed on 14 June 2002 in the names of Wichert KUIPERS, Tsjerk Hans
HOEKSTRA, and Alan Charles Guthrie NUTT for the invention entitled
INTEGRATED OPTICAL SIGNAL HANDLING DEVICE. The national stage application
number is 10/481,051 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) date
of 15 July 2008.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor who signature is missing (Mark V. PAGE) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/US05/35312
and was filed on 30 September 2005 in the names of Mark V. PAGE	for the
invention entitled GAMING MACHINE WITH AUTO-DETECT FEATURE ACTIVATION.
The national stage application number is 11/576,072 and has a 35 U.S.C.
371 date of 16 January 2008.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application
 October 7, 2008 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1335 OG 49 

with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor.
The inventor who signature is missing (Sandra Endisch) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/EP05/52081
and was filed on 09 May 2005 in the names of Hartmut Bauer; Frank Kozianka;
and Sandra Endisch for the invention entitled WASTEWATER PURIFICATION PLANT
BY MEANS OF PLANTS. The national stage application number is 11/579,582 and
has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 20 December 2007.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of one of the joint inventors. The petition has been granted.
A notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing
inventor. The inventor whose signature is missing (Paul Underbrink) may
join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or
declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application
number is PCT/US2004/028542 and was filed on 02 September 2004 in the name
of Mangesh Chansarkar et al for the invention entitled "Control and Features
for Satellite Positioning System Receivers". The national stage application
number is 10/570,578 and has a date of 25 August 2008 under 35 U.S.C.
371(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4).
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Registration to Practice
			   Registration to Practice

   The following list contains the names of persons seeking for
registration to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office. Final approval for registration is subject to establishing to the
satisfaction of the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline
that the person seeking registration is of good moral character and repute.
37 CFR § 11.7  Accordingly, any information tending to affect the
eligibility of any of the following persons on moral, ethical, or other
grounds should be furnished to the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on
or before October 24, 2008, at the following address: Mail Stop OED, United
States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA
22313-1450.

Abokhair, Andrew John, 21 Westbrook Terrace, Pittsfield, MA 01201

Adelsheim, Charles Avery, 1810 Magnolia Place, Davis, CA 95618

Anderson, Bjorn Gunnar, 2611 South Fletcher Avenue, Apartment A,
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

Axon, Jonathan Richard, Foley & Lardner; LLP, 975 Page Mill Road,
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Banholzer, Vivien M., Roche Molecular System, 4300 Hacienda Drive, Patent
Department - Building 727, Room 1134, Pleasanton, CA 94588

Cehic, Kenan, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 501 Dulany Street,
Knox Building, Room 03C19, Alexandria, VA 22314

Cheema, Sangeeta Kaur, Winstead P.C., 1100 JP Morgan Chase Tower, 600
Travis Street, Houston, TX 77002

Cheng, Shing-Yi, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP, 11955
Freedom Drive, Reston, VA 20190

Dvorkis, Taly, 14 Tinker Bluff Court, East Setauket, NY 11733

Eliezer, Yuri L, Merchant & Gould, 191 Peachtree Street, N E, Suite 4300,
Atlanta, GA 30303-1740

Estrada de Martin, Paula Joanne, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, 399
Park Avenue, Room 2874, New York, NY 10022

Feng, Paul, 3M Innovative Properties Company, PO BOX 33427, St. Paul,
MN 55133

Forsyth, Paul Alan, Pitts and Brittian P.C., 1319 Old Weisgarber Road,
Knoxville, TN 37909

Fritz, Bradford Franklin, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 600
Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA 22314

Gallagher, Patrick Conlin, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, LLP, 111 South
Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606

Gan, Jai-wei, Kramer & Amado, 1725 Duke Street, Suite 240, Alexandria,
VA 22314

Goedertier, Katie Blakley, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, 7606 Summit Ridge,
Brighton, MI 48116

Gray, Jennifer Anne, Hooper Lundy & Bookman Inc, 1875 Century Park East,
Suite 1600, Los Angeles, CA 90067

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Gruber, Stephen Spencer, Greenberg Traurig, The Tabor Center, 1200 17th
Street, Suite 2400, Denver, CO 80202

Hayes, Ivy Elizabeth Ellen, Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, One Broadway, 6th Floor,
New York, NY 10004

Ho, Jerrick Jay-Wah, Sughrue Mion PLLC, 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N W,
Suite 800, Washington, DC 20037

Kamshad, Case Yousef, 13210 Jacaranda Blossom Drive, Valley Center,
CA 92082

Kim, Kate Eun Zu, Grippo & Elden LLC, 111 South Wacker Drive, Floor 51,
Chicago, IL 60606

King, Ray Alan, TAOS, Incorporated, 1001 Klein Road, Suite 300,
Plano, TX 75074

Koetter, John David, 7620 Arcadia Trail, Fort Worth, TX 76137

Lane, Andrew Thomas, Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholtz & Mentlik LLP,
600 South Avenue West, Westfield, NJ 07090

Lesciotto, Kate Michelle, 6605 Clayton Avenue #413, Saint Louis, MO 63139

Marcus, Bruce Tien, 9807 Club Place Lane, Carmel, CA 93923

Marquis, Lissi Mojica, 235 Persimmon Hills Court, Sunderland, MD 20689

Mereness, Jeremy Guthridge, 1615 South 26th Street, Apartment #6,
Arlington, VA 22206

Murphy, Jason Alexander, 9 Besch Avenue Floor 2, Albany, NY 12209

Newton, Jason Todd, 5433 Jamerlea Lane, Fowlerville, MI 48836

O'Dea, Brendan Thomas, 87 Hicks Street, Apartment 1A, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Ostomel, Todd Aaron, 1111 J Street, Apartment 158, Davis, CA 95616

Reardon, Liam Francis, Cook County States Attorney's Office, 69 West
Washington, Suite 3200, Chicago, IL 60602

Reiter, Kaye Denning, 7915 E Cooper Lane, Colbert, WA 99005

Rozier, Carey Matthew, Sterne, Kessler, Goldstien & Fox PLLC, 1100 New
York Avenue, N W, Washington, DC 20005

Schilling, Richard Louis, 7003 Bruin Court, Manassas, VA 20111

Skoge, Julie Katherine, Merchant & Gould P.C., 3200 IDS Center, 80 South
8th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402

Smith, Douglas Ross, 70 Hazel Bark Run, Rochester, NY 14606

Smoot, Adam Francis, 14321 Harcourt House Lane, Pflugerville, TX 78660

Szymanski, Thomas Michael, 705 West Market Street, Apartment 2, Akron,
OH 44303

Ullagaddi, Monica Saroj, Greenblum & Bernstein, PLC, 1950 Roland Clarke
Place, Reston, VA 20191

Wang, Bo, 6039 Charles Edward Terrace, Columbia, MD 21045

White, Brett Ondress, 205 Monitor Street, Apartment 2, Brooklyn, NY 11222

Williams Jr., Larry Douglas, 805 8th Street, Radford, VA 24141

Yu, David, 1505 Orchard Street #24, Eugene, OR 97403

Ziegler, Kristian Edward, 1345 Somerset Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666

September 9, 2008					     HARRY I. MOATZ
					Director of Enrollment & Discipline
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Reinstatement to Register
			   Reinstatement to Register

   The following list of persons, whose names have been previously removed
from the Register of Attorneys and Agents pursuant to the provisions of 37
CFR 10.11, have been reinstated in view of the required fee and information
they furnished to the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.

Barber, Darin Scott, 12 East Warren Street, Lebannon, OH 45036

Brande, Lewis M., Brande & McCleary, 5976 Falling Tree Lane, Alta Loma,
CA 91737

Lee, Dennis Y., P.O. Box 2208, Sunnyvale, CA 94087

September 9, 2008 					     HARRY I. MOATZ
				        Director of Enrollment & Discipline
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Notice of Petition for Reinstatement
		     Notice of Petition for Reinstatement

   Ronald S. Tamura of Sylmar, California, whose registration number is
43,179 and who has been suspended pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 32, has filed
a petition for reinstatement. Granting of reinstatement is subject to,
inter alia, establishing to the satisfaction of the Director of Enrollment
and Discipline that granting the petition is not contrary to the public
interest, and that the suspended practitioner has complied with the
provisions of 37 CFR § 10.158 during his period of suspension. 37 CFR
§ 10.160. Accordingly, information bearing upon Ronald S. Tamura's good
moral character and reputation is material to his eligibility for
reinstatement. Any information tending to affect the eligibility of
Ronald S. Tamura, on moral, ethical or other grounds should be furnished,
within 45 days of the date of this notice, to the Director of Enrollment
and Discipline in a written communication addressed to the Office of
Enrollment and Discipline, Box OED, United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 2327, Arlington, VA 22202-2327.

September 15, 2008					     HARRY I. MOATZ
 								   Director
					Office of Enrollment and Discipline
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Notice of Suspension
			     Notice of Suspension

   Ronald S. Tamura of Sylmar, California, is a registered patent attorney,
registration number 43,179. In settlement of a disciplinary proceeding, the
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office has ordered
Mr. Tamura be suspended for two years from practice before the United States
Patent and Trademark Office in patent, trademark, and other non-patent law
cases, with all but 30 days stayed, with the conditions and bases for the
stay to be confidential pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 10.159(c). The suspension
imposed by the Director began on August 9, 2008. This action is taken
pursuant to the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 32, and 37 CFR §§ 10.133(g) and
10.159.

August 15, 2008	     					    JAMES A. TOUPIN
							    General Counsel
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
							       on behalf of
							       JON W. DUDAS
		  			    Under Secretary of Commerce For
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Changes to Practice for Documents Submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
			    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
			  Patent and Trademark Office
			   37 CFR Parts 1, 2, and 3
			 [Docket No. PTO-P-2008-0022]
				 RIN 0651-AC27

		      Changes to Practice for Documents
			Submitted to the United States
			  Patent and Trademark Office

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is
proposing to revise the rules of practice to limit the types of
correspondence that may be submitted to the Office by facsimile. The
Office is also proposing an increased minimum font size for use on
papers submitted to the Office for a patent application, patent or
reexamination proceeding. The proposed changes will improve the
legibility of documents in the Office's files of patent applications
and reexamination proceedings.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 6, 2008.
No public hearing will be held.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent by electronic mail over the Internet
addressed to AC27.comments@uspto.gov. Comments may also be submitted by
mail addressed to: Mail Stop Comments-Patents, Commissioner for
Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to the
attention of Raul Tamayo, Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal
Administration (OPLA). Although comments may be submitted by mail, the
Office prefers to receive comments via the Internet.

   Comments may also be sent by electronic mail message over the
Internet via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. See the Federal eRulemaking
Portal Web site (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=
leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.regulations.gov) for additional
instructions on providing comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal.

   The comments will be available for public inspection at the Office
of Patent Legal Administration, Office of the Deputy Commissioner for
Patent Examination Policy, currently located at Room 7D74 of Madison
West, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia and will also be available
through anonymous file transfer protocol (ftp) via the Internet (address:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&
log=linklog&to=http://www.uspto.gov).

   Because comments will be made available for public inspection,
information that is not desired to be made public, such as an address or a
telephone number, should not be included in the comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hiram H. Bernstein ((571) 272-7707),
Senior Legal Advisor, or Raul Tamayo, Legal Advisor, ((571) 272-7728),
Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of Deputy Commissioner
for Patent Examination Policy, directly by telephone, or by mail
addressed to: Mail Stop Comments-Patents, Commissioner for Patents,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450, marked to the attention of
the Office of Patent Legal Administration.

   For information regarding reexamination issues, contact Stephen
Marcus ((571) 272-7743) or Kenneth Schor ((571) 272-7710), Senior Legal
Advisors, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Office of Deputy
Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office is proposing to revise the rules
of practice in title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) for
facsimile transmissions of correspondence, and the minimum font size
required to be used. The Office is specifically proposing revising
§§ 1.6, 1.52, 1.366, 2.195, 3.24, and 3.25.

I. Background

   The number of patent applications and patent-related correspondence
received by the Office has increased substantially over the last few
years, and submissions are expected to continue to increase in the next
few years. Processing paper is extremely labor-intensive and subject to
error and misfiling, particularly as the Office must sort through
several thousand pieces of patent correspondence that are received on a
daily basis. Although the Office has made substantial changes in an
attempt to accurately and efficiently process the increased number of
correspondence received, the Office believes that it should make
further changes in its business practices to improve its handling of
patent correspondence.

II. Facsimile Transmission

   In 1988, the Office, due to widespread use of facsimile transmission
and the resulting time saved in correspondence between applicants and the
Office, established a trial program to accept facsimile transmission
of certain correspondence. In light of the success of the trial program,
a policy on acceptance of facsimile transmissions was incorporated into the
rules of practice. See Changes in Signature and Filing Requirements for
Correspondence Files in the Patent and Trademark Office, 58 FR 54494
(October 22, 1993). Facsimile transmission of correspondence has grown to
over 240,000 pieces of patent correspondence per year sent to the Office's
central facsimile number. While the number of facsimile transmissions in
any one application may be small, the overall number of facsimile
transmissions represents a significant processing burden on the Office.

   The advantage of facsimile transmitting patent and assignment
correspondence has been the quick submission of such correspondence to
the particular area of the Office concerned with promptly acting on
them. The advantage, however, is not exclusive to facsimile
transmissions. EFS-Web offers this advantage as well as others not
available with facsimile transmission. For example, EFS-Web submissions
are "soft scanned" (i.e., electronically uploaded) directly into the
official application file, so multiple Office employees can
simultaneously view the document(s). Furthermore, when documents are
submitted via EFS-Web, the Office's electronic system sends an auto-
generated message notifying the appropriate area which treats the type
of documents submitted. Additionally, EFS-Web offers applicants the
opportunity to review the content of their submissions after the "soft
scanning" process is complete.

   It should be recognized that correspondence received by the Office
via facsimile are often of low image quality when printed and viewed.
The low image quality is not so much dependent upon the type of printer
used by the Office when receiving and printing the transmitted
correspondence, but rather is dependent upon the quality of the machine
used by an applicant in generating the facsimile transmission. When the
Office scans these low image quality correspondence into the Office's
official application file called the Image File Wrapper (IFW), the
image quality can be further compromised.

   In addition to low image quality, a number of other adverse
consequences, from the Office's perspective, exist when applicant
submits patent and assignment documents via facsimile. For example, a
number of applicants are not meticulous in determining the specific
facsimile transmission number to which a correspondence should be sent.
Under the current rules, receipt by the Office via any facsimile
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transmission number may suffice to represent a completed, effective
transmission. However, the area of the Office needing to act on the
errant transmission would not be aware of its receipt, and the area
receiving it may not immediately recognize what type of correspondence
has been received, or where the correspondence should be forwarded for
prompt action. Such circumstances cause unnecessary delays and add
unnecessary costs to the processing of errant correspondence. In some
instances, routing errant correspondence to the correct area of the
Office is not possible or is not done in a timely manner (e.g., the
paper copy becomes misplaced before the proper forwarding area can be
determined, or the proper forwarding area is not readily identifiable
by the receiving area), thereby forcing the applicant to rely on a
transmission receipt via a petition alleging that the correspondence
was timely submitted. Additionally, even where the facsimile
transmission is sent to the designated transmission number, the Office
must print the transmitted correspondence, process the paper, scan the
possibly low-quality image, and update the IFW. All of these steps are
additionally time-consuming and costly.

   Accordingly, the Office believes that given: (1) The costs and
quality concerns regarding facsimile transmitted correspondence; and
(2) the newly upgraded EFS-Web electronic filing system, which offers
the same benefit of quick submission to the particular area of the
Office that needs to act on the correspondence, it is now appropriate
to terminate the use of facsimile transmissions as a method for filing
most correspondence intended to become part of the file record of a
patent application, patent or reexamination proceeding. Specifically,
correspondence that can be submitted via EFS-Web would no longer be
accepted via facsimile transmission. For example, a petition to
withdraw a patent application from issue per 37 CFR 1.313 would no
longer be accepted via facsimile transmission and would need to be
submitted via EFS-Web.

   Similarly, it is also appropriate to eliminate facsimile
transmission of other types of correspondence that can be submitted via
certain other electronic systems of the Office. Specifically, any type
of patent or trademark correspondence that can be submitted via the
Office's Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) (discussed in
Manual of Patent Examining Procedure (MPEP) § 302.10), and
Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS) (discussed in Trademark
Manual of Examination Procedure (TMEP) § 503.03(a)), such as
assignment documents submitted for recording in Assignment Services
Division, would no longer be permitted to be submitted via facsimile
transmission. While such documents are intended to become part of the
official assignment records, they are not intended to become part of
the official patent or trademark file to which they relate.

   Additional aspects of the proposed rule making would require
applicants, third party requesters, and patent owners: (1) To utilize a
facsimile transmission number identified by the Office for a particular
type of correspondence, i.e., the submission must be transmitted
directly to the area of the Office appropriate to receive the
transmission at its identified transmission number (as opposed to
transmission to any other facsimile transmission number, such as a
facsimile transmission number identified for a different type of
correspondence), or otherwise the transmission would not be effective
(see § 1.6(d)(3)); and (2) to limit each submission made via
facsimile transmission to one application or other matter before the
Office, except for a single submission of multiple patent maintenance
fee payments or requests for refunds thereof. The submission for a
single application or other matter may address more than one issue with
more than one piece or type of correspondence in regard to the single
application or matter if each correspondence can be properly submitted
via facsimile.

   While this Notice proposes to restrict facsimile transmissions of
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correspondence directed to the Office, nothing in the proposed rule
making is intended to curtail the ability of the Office to utilize
facsimile transmissions for its outgoing correspondence as it deems
appropriate, such as replies to certain inquiries from applicants.

III. EFS-Web

   The Office's Web-based electronic filing system (EFS-Web) went into
full operation on March 17, 2006, and is supported by the LEGAL FRAMEWORK
FOR EFS-WEB (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=
leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/legal.
htm), which identifies what documents may be submitted via EFS-Web. The
rules of practice were amended so that EFS-Web submissions would be treated
analogously to submissions filed via First-Class Mail or facsimile
transmissions with a certificate of mailing or transmission. See
Changes to Facilitate Electronic Filing of Patent Correspondence, 72 FR
2770 (January 23, 2007); 1315 Off. Gaz. Pat. Office 57 (February 13,
2007) (final rule). EFS-Web is easy to use as correspondence can be
submitted to the Office at the click of a button, and EFS-Web is available
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. An increasing amount of
patent-related correspondence has been filed via EFS-Web. In particular,
the percentage of utility, plant, reissue, national stage applications,
and requests for continued examination (RCE) filed via EFS-Web has
dramatically increased from approximately 28% in the first week in October
2006 to approximately 70% in the second week in January 2008.

   As discussed above in item II, "Facsimile transmission,"
increased use of EFS-Web would increase efficiency and improve the
quality of the images in the IFW used for prosecution and publication
purposes. Additionally, system delays caused by paper processing and
scanning would be much reduced.

   With EFS-Web being available for the submission of patent
correspondence twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, patent
applicants, owners, and third party requesters in reexamination
proceedings (both ex parte and inter partes) are provided easy and
convenient access to a system for submitting their patent
correspondence. Shortly after patent correspondence is officially
submitted to the Office via EFS-Web, the Office receives the correspondence
and issues an acknowledgment receipt. The acknowledgment receipt contains
the "receipt date," the time the correspondence was received at the
Office (not the local time at the submitter's location), and a full
listing of the correspondence received. Accordingly, an acknowledgment
receipt is the legal equivalent of a post card receipt described in
MPEP § 503, with the added convenience of being automatically generated.
In contrast, a return receipt for correspondence transmitted to the Office's
central facsimile number is only automatically generated when (1) the
sender's facsimile number is properly programmed in the sending facsimile
machine and (2) the sender's facsimile machine is capable of receiving a
return facsimile transmission immediately following receipt of the original
transmission.

   For the filing of patent applications, the official filing date will
continue to be stated on the filing receipt under § 1.54(b), which is sent
to applicants after the submitted application parts are reviewed for
compliance with the filing date requirements. Under § 1.6(a)(4), patent
correspondence filed via EFS-Web is considered to have been filed on the
date the Office receives the submission (regardless of whether that date is
a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday within the District of Columbia).
Thus, by using EFS-Web, applicants and other EFS-Web users (e.g.,
practitioners) can, in a short period of time, ensure that they have
received a "date certain" for any submission made via EFS-Web.

   Correspondence submitted by facsimile transmission is received in
paper form and is considered paper correspondence (although it has an
electronic transmission component), while EFS-Web transmissions are
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electronic transmissions that remain in electronic form after receipt.
Critical data concerning patent correspondence submitted via EFS-Web is
entered into the automated systems much sooner than if the
correspondence was received in paper in that the electronic document of
an EFS-Web submission is directly available in the IFW system (by
"soft scanning"), while the printed paper for a facsimile submission
requires manual handling and scanning of the paper in order to make
such documents available in the IFW system.

   Continued increases in the amount of patent correspondence
encourage the Office to change its business approach for serving its
users. With EFS-Web, users are provided with better quality, as well as
improved accuracy of the information submitted to and processed by the
Office, while using fewer resources, thus reducing the time required
for processing and handling. Users have greater assurance that the
content of the IFW is accurate. Submitting correspondence via EFS-Web
provides a level of consistency, accuracy, quality and predictability
that a paper-based facsimile transmission cannot provide. EFS-Web users
have repeatedly stated that they are satisfied with the ease of access
and use of EFS-Web, and appreciate the automatic generation of the
acknowledgment receipt after they officially submit their
correspondence to the Office. Accordingly, the need for the submission
of patent correspondence to a central facsimile number or a facsimile
number for a particular type of correspondence is greatly reduced.

   The Legal Framework for EFS-WEB permits submission of all types of
correspondence that are not specifically excepted. See Item XXXIII.
Documents Policy, in the legal framework document at http://frwebgate.
access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=
http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/legal.htm. The following is a non-
exclusive list of correspondence types that are identified in the legal
framework document as currently not permitted:

   1. Correspondence concerning Registration to Practice submitted
under § 1.4(e).

   2. Certified copies submitted under § 1.4(f).

   3. Correspondence to be filed in a patent application subject to a
secrecy order under §§ 5.1 through 5.5 of this chapter.

   4. Submissions in contested cases before the Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences, except as the Board may expressly authorize.

   5. Papers filed in contested cases before the Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences, which are governed by § 41.106(f).

   6. Correspondence filed in connection with a disciplinary
proceeding pursuant to 37 CFR part 10.

   7. Submissions that are not associated with an application or a
reexamination proceeding.

   8. Third party papers under § 1.99.

   9. Protests under § 1.291.

   10. Public use hearing papers under § 1.292.

   11. Maintenance fees submitted under § 1.366.

   Although a main purpose of the proposed changes to the facsimile
transmission rules is to prohibit submission by facsimile transmission
of those types of correspondence that can be submitted via EFS-Web, the
Office is proposing to also terminate the ability of third parties to
submit correspondence via facsimile transmission that cannot be
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submitted via EFS-Web, as third party submissions under § 1.99, protests
under § 1.291, and public use hearing papers under § 1.292 are all ill-
suited for facsimile transmission.

   Assignment documents submitted for recording under 35 U.S.C. 261
are also barred from submission via EFS-Web by item 7 (even though
related to an application or a patent), but they may be electronically
filed using the Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS) or the
Electronic Trademark Assignment System (ETAS). Hence, there is no
continued need to submit assignments for recording via facsimile
transmission. Information regarding EPAS is available by sending an
e-mail to epas@uspto.gov. Information regarding ETAS is available by
sending an e-mail to etas@uspto.gov.

   EFS-Web permits registered users to file both new submissions and
follow-on documents. Some examples of papers that may be submitted via
EFS-Web and therefore would no longer be able to be submitted by
facsimile transmission are: (1) Amendments; (2) information disclosure
statements; (3) petitions, including petitions to withdraw an
application from issue, petitions for express abandonment to avoid
publication, and maintenance fee related petitions; (4) requests for
continued examination; (5) papers in ex parte or inter partes
reexamination proceedings; (6) Design continued prosecution application
(CPA) filings; (7) refund requests related to an application or a
reexamination proceeding; (8) papers submitted to the U.S. Receiving
Office; (9) papers submitted in regard to a pre-appeal or an appeal
conference or an appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and
Interferences; and (10) status inquiries related to the issuance of the
next Office action on the merits or the issuance of a decision on
petition.

   Correspondence submitted via EFS-Web should be intended to become
part of the official file record. Generally, EFS-Web submissions are
automatically made part of the official file record, except for pre-
grant publication submissions (i.e., amended republications, amended
first publications, voluntary publications), which must be submitted
via EFS-Web but are not made part of the official file record if
submitted properly. Maintenance fee payments, refunds of such payments,
and related papers would continue to be able to be submitted via
facsimile transmission. See the preamble discussion in regard to
§ 1.6(d)(2)(i). Related papers would include a petition to transfer a
maintenance fee payment from the "wrong" patent where the fee had not
previously been paid (and therefore payment could be applied thereto) to
the right patent (where the maintenance fee had not already been paid).
Where a maintenance fee has already been paid, payment of an additional
maintenance fee will result in an automatic refund. Maintenance fee
payers should consult http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?
from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=https://ramps.uspto.gov/eram/
patentMaintFees.do.

   Types of reexamination proceeding correspondence that may be submitted
via EFS-Web when the correspondence is intended to become part of the
official file in reexamination proceeding are: (1) An original request for
ex parte or inter partes reexamination; (2) any corrected request for
ex parte or inter partes reexamination submitted in response to either a
Notice of Failure to Comply with Reexamination Request Filing Requirements
or a Decision vacating the filing date that was accorded to a previously-
submitted request for reexamination; (3) all follow-on prosecution papers
(including appeal papers) filed by either the patent owner or a third
party requester in any reexamination proceeding (including papers that are
submitted together with a petition to expunge the papers from the record);
(4) notices of prior or concurrent proceedings and decisions pursuant to
MPEP sections 2282 and 2686; and (5) petition papers filed by the patent
owner or third party requester that are directed to any reexamination
proceeding.

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   Types of application correspondence not intended to become part of
the official file record and currently not permitted to be submitted
via EFS-Web would be able to continue to be submitted via facsimile
transmission, unless specifically excepted, until such time that the
Legal Framework for EFS-WEB is amended to permit such type of
correspondence to be submitted via EFS-Web. Some examples of
correspondence that are not intended to be part of the official
application or patent file record and therefore are not permitted to be
submitted via EFS-Web and would be able to continue to be submitted via
facsimile transmission are:

   (1) Proposed amendments for examiner review, such as in regard to
an upcoming interview;

   (2) an inquiry as to whether a 35 U.S.C. 371 national stage
application, or a 35 U.S.C. 111(a) continuing application of a PCT
application has been filed for a particular PCT application (which
inquiry is obviously not intended to become part of an application file
but only seeks to ascertain whether an application has been filed); and

   (3) orders for copies of application, patent, and reexamination
files.

   Any proposed amendment submitted by facsimile transmission would
not be part of the official file record, but must be made part of the
official file record, when such amendment is referred to in another
correspondence (e.g., interview summary) that is part of the official
file record (whether referred to by applicant or the examiner).

   Correspondence directed to a reexamination proceeding that is not
intended for entry into the record of the reexamination proceeding is
considered to be an "unofficial paper," and must not be submitted via
EFS-Web. A patent owner or third party requester who desires to submit
correspondence to be treated as an "unofficial paper" in an ex parte
reexamination proceeding may expedite consideration of the
correspondence by contacting the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
((571) 272-7705) for instructions on how to submit the "unofficial
paper" via transmission to a facsimile machine designated for such
purpose in the CRU.

   Examples of an "unofficial paper" that a party to an ex parte
reexamination proceeding may submit via facsimile transmission are: (1)
A courtesy paper identifying issues to be discussed that is submitted
prior to a permitted interview with the examiner; (2) a paper submitted
for review by Office personnel (in rare instances where such is
permitted, and the Office has been contacted for permission to submit
the paper for review) to determine the formal sufficiency of the paper;
and (3) a paper submitted to obtain examiner review of a proposed
amendment intended to overcome an examiner rejection. Any such proposed
amendment that is submitted unofficially, and as such is not part of
the official file record, must be made part of the official file
record, when such proposed amendment is referred to in a paper that is
part of the official file record (whether referred to by a party to the
reexamination proceeding or by the examiner or other Office official).
Where there are two parties to the ex parte reexamination proceeding,
an "unofficial paper" submitted to the Office by one party need not
be served on the other party to the reexamination proceeding, since
such a paper is not considered to have been "filed" in the
reexamination proceeding within the meaning of the rules (e.g.,
§§ 1.510(a), 1.550(f), 1.903 or 1.913) because an "unofficial
paper" is a paper not intended to become part of the official record.

   It is to be noted that an "unofficial paper" (i.e., an ex parte
communication) directed to an inter partes reexamination is strictly
prohibited. Interviews are not permitted in inter partes reexamination,
and the submission of a proposed amendment would constitute an
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impermissible interview. It is also noted that no correspondence is to
be submitted directly to any examiner in inter partes reexamination
irrespective of the delivery method.

   The Office will presume that application correspondence submitted
via EFS-Web is intended to be an "official paper" whereas
correspondence that could be submitted via EFS-Web but is instead
submitted via facsimile transmission will be presumed an "unofficial
paper" (i.e., a paper not to be made part of the official file
record). For example, an amendment to the application proposed by
applicant and facsimile transmitted to an examiner for discussion
during a scheduled interview would be considered an "unofficial
paper." Conversely, for an amendment submitted by EFS-Web, the Office
will presume that the amendment should be part of the application file
record, and the amendment will automatically become part of the
application file record.

   A status inquiry regarding the issuance of an Office action on the
merits, unlike an inquiry regarding the presence of a PCT filing
(above), will be made part of the file record. See MPEP § 203.08.
Accordingly, use of facsimile transmission would not be permitted for
status inquiries regarding the issuance of Office actions. Rather, a
status inquiry submitted via EFS-Web, which is directed to the
Technology Center where the application is docketed and not to the
examiner, would be appropriate.

   In view of the linkage of what would be permitted as a facsimile
transmission to what would not be permitted to be submitted via EFS-
Web, applicants and other parties, prior to determining whether to
submit documents via facsimile transmission, would need to review the
current version of the Legal Framework for EFS-WEB, http://frwebgate.
access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=
http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/portal/efs/legal.htm, to determine what is
permitted to be submitted via EFS-Web or some other Office electronic
system and thus not permitted to be facsimile transmitted.

   As it is noted in the Legal Framework for EFS-WEB, except for the
initial filing of an application, use of a public key infrastructure
(PKI) certificate for follow-on submissions is required. See
Item X of the legal framework. The process for obtaining a PKI
certificate requires the completion of some paperwork, though the
Office believes that the process is not unduly burdensome. However,
should an applicant not wish to obtain a PKI certificate, the types of
correspondence that would no longer be allowed to be submitted to the
Office by facsimile transmission would still be able to be submitted by
hand-carry, U.S. Postal Service first class mail using a § 1.8
certificate of mailing, or the U.S. Postal Service "Express Mail Post
Office to Addressee" service as set forth in § 1.10 along with the
benefits and protections currently contained therein.

   The Legal Framework for EFS-WEB does not permit a simple text file
larger than 25 megabytes. See Item XV of the legal framework. However,
a text file of more than 25 megabytes may be broken up into multiple
text files that can be submitted together. There is a limitation of 60
files that can be submitted in one submission. Where there are more
than 60 files to be submitted, additional submissions may be made on
the same day. See Item XVI of the legal framework. These types of very
large submissions would probably not be appropriate for a facsimile
transmission due to the quantity of sheets that must be handled at both
the transmitting and receiving machines.

   Similarly, where filing sequence listings, tables related to
sequence listings, or both are submitted for international applications
in the U.S. Receiving Office, the applicant may partition an oversized
file into multiple files, each of which is smaller or equal to 25
megabytes. See Item XIX. C. of the legal framework.
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   Electronic forms of transmission, such as EFS-Web, EPAS, ETAS, and
facsimile transmission have historically been subject to disturbances
in service ("down time") from time to time. However, providing notice
as to down time is far faster in the EFS-Web environment than with an
isolated and infrequently attended facsimile machine. The Office is
continuing to address the need for fast notification of any disruption
in the EFS-Web system. (See Item XXVIII. of the Legal Framework for
EFS-WEB.)

   Applicants and other users are reminded to always check the
availability of EFS-Web at the time a transmission is to be attempted.
If EFS-Web is unavailable, recourse is to use first class mail with a
certificate of mailing pursuant to § 1.8, or Express Mail pursuant
to § 1.10, depending on the type of correspondence being submitted
and based on the actual receipt date desired. The unavailability of
EFS-Web (e.g., due to an EFS-Web system failure, or an interruption in
a user's internet service provider) will not permit use of facsimile
transmission based on an argument that the correspondence was not
permitted to be submitted via EFS-Web.

IV. Font Size

   The Office needs to receive application specifications and other
papers that are legible and can be easily read by examiners and other
Office personnel. In addition, the public will benefit when
applications that have been published or otherwise opened to public
inspection are legible. A key attribute of legible text is an
appropriate font size of the text. Previously, the Office was neither
able to define the preferred font size as the mandatory minimum font
size of text in view of limitations imposed by Patent Cooperation
Treaty (PCT) obligations and implementing regulations, nor had the
Office believed that mandatory rules would be needed in order that all
correspondence received by the Office be readily legible. Some
practitioners and applicants, however, have adopted a continuing
practice of submitting documents that are not readily legible, e.g.,
entire specifications with a font size as small as 6 point.

   Font size as small as 6 point does not have sufficient clarity to
permit electronic capture by use of digital imaging and optical
character recognition (OCR) in accordance with § 1.52(a)(1)(v).
Accordingly, the results of the Office's electronic capture of the
unusually small font by OCR are often unsatisfactory. The accuracy of
OCR conversion is inversely proportional to the size of the text being
electronically captured and it has been found that electronic capture
by use of OCR of applications with smaller font sizes contain more
errors, which must then be corrected, thus wasting time and resources
on the part of both the Office and the applicant. The Office
experiences significant difficulties when trying to publish
applications and patents with specifications having unusually small
text. Some applications are not even capable of being electronically
captured by OCR as the text is too small. Errors in electronic capture
may not be caught immediately and may delay issuance of a patent or, if
not identified by the Office, represent problems with enforcement of
any patent that should issue.

   The practice of using an unusually small font size has expanded to
other papers, such as remarks, amendments, and maintenance fee
payments. When requested to resubmit the paper with a larger font, some
strong resistance has been encountered based on the lack of a
regulatory requirement defining the minimum font needed by the Office
to process and read the paper. The Office anticipates moving forward
with a plan to OCR all amendments and remarks submitted by applicants.
This plan would be adversely impacted by the continued submission of
such papers with unusually small font size.

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   Some practitioners argue that the Office should be capable of
adjusting the font size to produce any text size that it desires. The
Office, however, cannot automatically resize the document. Attempts to
change the parameters of the document received may introduce
substantive errors in the document, particularly where tables, charts,
formulas, and drawings are concerned.

   In view of the significant problems facing the Office by
applicants' use of unusually small font size, and the recent amendment
of PCT regulations (effective April 1, 2007, PCT Rule 11.9(d) was
revised from "all text matter shall be in characters the capital
letters of which are not less than 0.21 cm high" to "all text matter
shall be in characters the capital letters of which are not less than
0.28 cm high"), the Office needs to and can now eliminate such practice.

   Accordingly, it is proposed to: (1) Increase the mandatory minimum
font size where the font must have capital letters no smaller than 0.28
cm (0.11 inch) high (e.g., a font size of 12 point in Times New Roman);
(2) establish that the newly proposed font size requirement applies to
prosecution papers (specification, including the claims and abstract,
drawings, and oath or declaration, reexamination request, any
amendments or correction(s)) and any remarks, petitions, requests,
affidavits or other papers submitted during prosecution of an
application or a reexamination proceeding; (3) clarify that the
proposed font size requirement does not apply to pre-printed
information on paper forms provided by the Office or the copy of the
patent submitted on paper in double column format as the specification
in a reissue application or request for reexamination; and (4) clarify
that papers submitted electronically that are to become part of the
patent application or reexamination file must be readily legible.

Discussion of Specific Rules

   Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1, 2, and 3, are
proposed to be amended as follows:

   Section 1.6(a)(1) is proposed to be amended to add a descriptive
title, and to update the reference to facsimile transmissions to
paragraph (d)(1) of § 1.6 from the current reference to § 1.6(a)(3).

   Section 1.6(a)(2) is proposed to be amended to add a descriptive title.

   Section 1.6(a)(3) is proposed to be amended to add a descriptive
title, and to add a reference to paragraph (d)(1) of § 1.6 and the
correspondence permitted by that section to be submitted via facsimile
transmission.

   Section 1.6(a)(4) is proposed to be amended to add a descriptive title.

   Section 1.6(a)(5) is proposed to be newly added to set forth
current practice that non-facsimile electronic transmission of patent-
related correspondence other than correspondence filed via the Office's
patent-related electronic systems (e.g., EFS-Web, and EPAS) may not be
used for submission of correspondence to the Office intended to become
part of the official file record (e.g., Image File Wrapper) for an
application, patent, or reexamination proceeding, or other matter
before the Office, except as expressly authorized by the Board of
Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) in cases before the BPAI, or
applicant when consistent with the Office's express policy on internet
usage. See Internet Usage Policy, 64 FR 33056 (June 21, 1999).

   The prohibition includes e-mail, and additional forms of Internet-
based transmission other than the Office patent electronic systems,
i.e., EFS-Web, and EPAS. E-mail may continue to be used for inquiries,
such as questions regarding patent practice and procedure directed to
PatentPractice@uspto.gov. Communications by the Office via the Internet
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are governed by the published Internet Usage Policy. See MPEP § 502.03.
As it is recognized that Internet e-mail communications are not
secure, the Office will not respond via Internet e-mail to any Internet
correspondence which contains information subject to the
confidentiality requirement as set forth in 35 U.S.C. 122 without a
written authorization by the applicant. Current internet (e-mail)
policy covers both incoming correspondence to the Office from applicant
and outgoing correspondence to applicant from the Office. A copy of the
e-mail correspondence is required to be made of record in the file,
even though such correspondence can only be directed towards
communications other than those under 35 U.S.C. 132 or which otherwise
require a signature.

   Section 1.6(d) is proposed to be amended by deleting material
duplicative of material in current § 1.6(a)(3), relating to the
receipt date accorded facsimile transmissions. Additional material
present in § 1.6(d) would be placed in amended paragraphs (d)(1)-(3),
leaving § 1.6(d) with only the introductory title.

   Additionally, § 1.6(d) and paragraphs (d)(1)-(9) are proposed
to be amended to change facsimile transmission practice from the
existing practice that facsimile transmission is generally accepted but
for some limited exceptions set forth in current paragraphs (d)(1)-(9),
to the proposed practice that facsimile transmission would generally
not be accepted for most types of correspondence in view of the
availability of EFS-Web for submission of most types of correspondence.
Accordingly, new paragraphs (d)(1)(i)-(vi) would continue to prohibit
the specific types of correspondence that are currently prohibited in
current paragraphs (d)(1)-(6) (paragraphs (d)(7) and (8) are currently
reserved and do not recite prohibitions). The prohibition set forth in
proposed (d)(1)(iii) would not contain the exception in current § 1.6(d)(3)
and thus would result in the prohibition of the facsimile transmission
of continued prosecution applications. While the prohibition proposed in
(d)(1)(vi) only prohibits facsimile transmissions of correspondence in
secrecy order applications that are directly related to the secrecy order,
§ 1.6(d)(viii) would also prohibit facsimile transmission of correspondence
that is not directly related to the secrecy order but can be submitted
pursuant to § 1.6(a)(4) (EFS-Web).

   Newly proposed § 1.6(d)(1)(vii) would prohibit facsimile
transmission of correspondence for cases before the Board of Patent
Appeals and Interferences (BPAI), except as the BPAI may expressly
authorize. This would expand the current facsimile transmission
prohibition now limited to contested cases before the BPAI of current
§ 1.6(d)(9).

   Newly proposed § 1.6(d)(1)(viii) would prohibit facsimile
transmission of the type of correspondence that could be submitted via
EFS-Web, as would be set forth in the Legal Framework for EFS-WEB. This
would include most types of patent correspondence for applications
(including reissue and provisional applications), patents (including
Certificates of Correction pursuant to §§ 1.322 and 1.323, and
inventorship correction pursuant to § 1.324), and reexamination
proceedings (both ex parte and inter partes).

   Newly proposed paragraph (d)(1)(ix) would prohibit facsimile
transmission of the type of correspondence permitted to be submitted
via the Office's patent-related electronic system for assignments to be
recorded, EPAS.

   Newly proposed paragraphs (d)(1)(x)-(xii) would prohibit the
facsimile transmission of third party papers under § 1.99, protests
under § 1.291, and public use hearing papers under § 1.292 even
though such papers may not currently be submitted via EPS-Web. The
exclusions of third party papers and protests from EPS-Web submission,
even though these papers are intended to become part of the Official
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file, was based on the need to use a PKI certificate for follow-on
submissions, which a third party filing a paper under §§ 1.99
or 1.291 would not generally either have access to or would be given
access to by the applicant. The Office is committed to working on a
solution that would permit the filing of such papers via EPS-Web. As
such papers can be massive or frequently have detailed drawings, it
would not be in the interest of the parties submitting such papers to
continue to use facsimile transmission.

   Section 1.6(d)(2) would be directed at setting forth the
requirements for facsimile transmission for the types of correspondence
not prohibited in § 1.6(d)(1).

   Section 1.6(d)(2)(i) would make mandatory that a facsimile
transmission be limited to a single application or other matters before
the Office (e.g., patents and reexamination proceedings), except for
the payment of maintenance fees pursuant to § 1.366 and requests
for refunds thereof. For example, while an applicant may need to submit
the same type of document for more than one application file, such as
proposed amendments to claims in related applications that are to be
discussed in the same upcoming interview, the proposed amendments for
each application must be separately transmitted. The payment of
maintenance fees in multiple patents would be exempt from this proposed
requirement. Maintenance fee payments would continue to qualify for
facsimile transmission as they may not be submitted via EPS-Web.

   Where a small entity assertion pursuant to § 1.27 is required
to support payment of a small entity maintenance fee or a request for a
maintenance fee refund, the payment or request for refund with the
accompanying small entity assertion may be facsimile transmitted.
Similarly, where, for example, the assignee is separately submitting a
small entity assertion to support payment of a maintenance fee,
and an annuity company is the party making the small entity payment,
the assignee may facsimile transmit the § 1.27 small entity
assertion. It should be noted, however, that small entity assertions
can be submitted via EPS-Web and the Office recommends that EPS-Web be
used to ensure that the assertion becomes part of the patent file. For
small entity fees other than maintenance fees, such as an issue fee in
an application, which can be submitted via EPS-Web (as well as the
small entity assertion), the fee and the supporting small entity
assertion cannot be facsimile transmitted. It is only in situations
where the fee payment, i.e., a maintenance fee payment, cannot be
submitted via EPS-Web, that the small entity assertion for the payment
(which would not otherwise be permitted to be facsimile transmitted)
can also be facsimile transmitted. The facsimile transmission must be
made to a facsimile number identified by the Office as appropriate for
maintenance fee payments and refunds thereof.

   Section 1.6(d)(2)(ii) would set forth requirements set forth in
current § 1.6(d) for identifying the application or matter before
the Office for which the transmitted correspondence is intended.
Section 1.6(d)(2)(ii) continues to advise the use of sufficient
information to identify the application or matter before the Office
for which the correspondence is intended as part of the sender's
identification on the required cover sheet. The inability to be able
to readily ascertain the appropriate application or other matter for
the transmission may result in: A delay in acting on the paper, or
discarding of the paper without notice to the sender if the Office
cannot reasonably determine to which application or other matter the
paper is directed.

   Section 1.6(d)(2)(iii) would require that permitted facsimile
transmissions must be sent to the specific facsimile transmission
number identified by the Office for that type of correspondence. In
the case of reexamination proceedings, contacting the CRU for the
transmission number would be required. For applications, the Office
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would provide a Web page that would contain the usable transmission
numbers and identification of types of correspondence that can be
facsimile transmitted, as well as a link to EPS-Web for the submission
of types of correspondence that cannot be facsimile transmitted but can
be transmitted via EPS-Web. Therefore, the central facsimile number
would no longer be usable since the rules as proposed to be amended
would require that the transmission for any remaining use must be sent
directly to the area of the Office needing to receive the transmission
at its identified transmission number. Office forms for which facsimile
transmission would no longer be appropriate, such as the express
abandonment forms PTO/SB/24, PTO/SB/24a, and the PTO/SB/24b, and the
issue fee payment form PTOL-85, Part B, would have the facsimile
transmission information removed.

   Section 1.6(d)(2)(iv) would require that each unofficial
correspondence transmitted by facsimile include a conspicuous marking
that identifies it as an "unofficial paper" (correspondence that
could be submitted via EPS-Web but is instead submitted via facsimile
transmission). Unofficial papers, regardless of whether they are
properly marked as such, will not be entered into the record of the
application or reexamination proceeding unless expressly permitted by
rule or Office policy. Further, any of these unofficial papers
submitted via facsimile without the required conspicuous marking may be
discarded without consideration of the paper and without notification
to the sender that the paper has been discarded without consideration.
This requirement for conspicuous marking of facsimile transmitted
papers and the discarding of unmarked or mis-marked papers would act to
discourage applicants, patent owners, and third party requesters from
attempting to file official papers via facsimile, instead of via EPS-
Web.

   Section 1.6(d)(3) would set forth the consequences resulting from:
(1) Transmitting correspondence to a number other than the specific
facsimile transmission number identified by the Office for that type of
correspondence; (2) facsimile transmission of correspondence not
permitted to be submitted by facsimile transmission; or (3) facsimile
transmission of an "unofficial paper" without the conspicuous marking
required in (d)(2)(iv). The consequences would be equally applicable to
any copy of such correspondence created by the Office (e.g., paper
copies made directly from the facsimile transmission or copies made
from scanning the paper copy of the transmission). The consequences
would be that such correspondence: (1) Would not be given a receipt
date; (2) would not operate to be an effective paper (e.g., will not be
considered a reply to the Office action, or a request for action by the
Office); and (3) could be discarded by the Office without notification
to the sender. When the Office discards submitted material it is
without notification to the submitter, unless such notification is
specifically provided for by rule or Office policy. The specific
provision in the rule of lack of notification to the sender would be
added merely to reinforce the concept of lack of notification.

   For example, an otherwise timely reply submitted by facsimile
transmission to an outstanding first Office action would not be
effective to toll the time period for reply as this type of
correspondence would no longer (after implementation of the rule
revision) be permitted to be submitted by facsimile transmission.
Additionally, applicant could not simply later affirm the prior
submission of the reply within the period for reply and rely on the
previously submitted facsimile transmission of the reply. A new reply
would need to be timely submitted to avoid abandonment.

   Current § 1.6(f), relating to a petition remedy where the
facsimile transmission of a continued prosecution application (CPA) was
not received by the Office, would be canceled and reserved.

   Section 1.52(a) is proposed to be amended to remove the italics.
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Sections 1.52(a), (a)(1) and (a)(2) are proposed to be amended to
remove "United States Patent and Trademark" for conformity with the
use of "Office" in the remaining sections of § 1.52.

   Section 1.52(a)(5) is proposed to be amended to contain only a
descriptive title.

   Section 1.52(a)(5)(i) would contain the language of current
1.52(a)(5).

   Sections 1.52(a)(5)(ii) would be an added paragraph intended to
clarify that submissions must be presented in a form that is readily
legible to the Office after receipt thereof by the Office.

   Section 1.52(b) would be amended to address a problem involving the
font size used for specifications and prosecution papers.

   Section 1.52(b) is proposed to be amended by removing the italics
and simplifying the recitation of the papers that are subject to the
rule. Sections 1.52(b)(1) and (b)(2) would be expanded to cover
application and reexamination papers other than just the specification
and amendments or corrections. These sections would be applicable to
cover sheets, remarks, petitions, requests, affidavits, or other papers
submitted in support of prosecution of the application or the
reexamination proceeding. These sections would also be applicable to
IDS listings and any other IDS requirements such as a concise
explanation or a translation of a non-English language document (but
not the actual non-English language document). "Amendment" covers all
types of amendments, including amendments to the claims, specification
and the drawings. "Amendment" covers amendments made at any time during
prosecution of the patent application or reexamination proceeding (e.g.,
amendments under §§ 1.111, 1.115, 1.116, 1.312, 1.530, 1.941, etc.).

   Section 1.52(b)(2)(ii) is proposed to be amended to correspond to
the amendment of PCT Rule 11.9(d) by requiring a text lettering style
having capital letters, which capital letters must be no smaller than
0.28 cm. (0.11 inch) high (e.g., a font size of 12 point in Times New
Roman). The requirement for a nonscript font lettering style means
utilization of a commercially available nonscript font in its
commercially available form. Altering the font from its commercially
available form (e.g., by changing the look of the characters or the
automatic spacing between the characters) may not be in compliance with
the rule. Compliance with the proposed font size and style requirements
should not impose much difficulty as the Office has suggested their use
for a number of years. The recitation of font size in terms relative to
a type font having capital letters of a minimum size permits the normal
and expected deviation for non-capital letters and numbers that a
commercially available font complying with the required font size would
utilize. It should be noted that utilizing capital letters that meet
the 0.28 cm. requirement and then reducing the font size of the non-
capital letters and numbers would not present a text lettering style
within the rule. Further, by altering the line height to fit more
characters per page, one runs the risk of presenting correspondence
that is unreadable by Office personnel or presents a problem for
optical character recognition in the electronic capture operation,
which would require re-submission of the correspondence in compliant
form. Specialized usage of the type font in a word processing program,
such as "2nd", super and subscripts, etc., must comply also with the
minimum font size requirements. In other words, the normal font size
produced by the program for these specialized characters when the
program is set to comply with the capital letter requirement must be
maintained. Additionally, applicants also need to be aware that as a
word processing program may normally set a footnote numeral and the
text of a footnote to be smaller than the required 0.28 cm. capital
letter height to be used in the main text, applicants must adjust the
font size of the footnote accordingly to meet the requirements of the
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rule.

   Forms: Sections 1.52(a) and (b) do not apply to applicant's use of
the Office's pre-printed forms (that may contain smaller font size).
Section 1.52(a)(3), which is reproduced in the rules section to provide
context, is not proposed to be changed. Office forms have been exempt
and continue to be exempt from font size requirements as: (1) The
information in lower font size is standardized information, such as
required of the Office by statute under the Paperwork Reduction Act,
form number, etc., but is not required information that applicant must
supply; (2) it is common practice for agencies to place this
standardized information in a smaller font size, and doing so keeps the
forms from being too long and makes them more usable by the public; and
(3) the Office does not need to process such information when an Office
form is submitted. Commercial forms that are subject to § 1.52(b),
e.g., an application data sheet pursuant to § 1.76, must comply
with the font size requirement. An Office form that has been altered in
any way is considered a commercial form and must comply with the
requirements of § 1.52. Such form must also have its OMB approval
removed. Therefore, an applicant desiring to use a compact form (e.g.,
cover or transmittal sheet) that meets the requirements of § 1.52
should consider using an Office form in its original, unaltered state.
Office-generated fillable forms containing the font size built into the
form by the Office would comply with font size requirements.

   The strictness of the proposed rule and its application by the
Office results from the Office's need to efficiently process, read, and
publish the text. It is emphasized that should the Office encounter
difficulty in reading or electronically capturing the font for any
portion of text, a substitute paper will be required.

   As the Office intends to strictly enforce the font size
requirement, in a rare instance where applicant believes some variation
should be permitted, a petition under § 1.183 would be required.

   Section 1.366 is proposed to be amended to add paragraph (h) that
would require maintenance fee payments, when submitted in paper, by
mail or facsimile transmission (which would continue as such type of
correspondence may not be submitted via EFS-Web), to comply with
§§ 1.52(a) and (b). Failure to comply with the format
requirements of § 1.52 would not jeopardize the date of payment but
would require a new submission in a compliant format.

   Section 2.195(d) is proposed to be amended to prohibit facsimile
transmission of the type of correspondence that can be submitted via
the Office's electronic trademark system for assignments to be
recorded, ETAS.

   Section 3.24(a) is proposed to be amended by inserting a reference
in the title to EPAS as the electronic form of submission of patent
assignment documents to be recorded.

   Section 3.24(b) is proposed to be amended as a conforming amendment
to § 1.6(d)(1)(ix), which would only permit patent-related
assignments to be submitted via EPAS and no longer via facsimile
transmission. Accordingly, the reference to facsimile transmissions in
the title would be deleted. Material relating to return of recorded
documents would be transferred to newly added paragraph (c).

   Section 3.24(c) is proposed to be added to highlight current
material related to the non-return of patent documents submitted for
recording, so that original documents would not be submitted. The rule
is also proposed to be amended to delete "recorded" to clarify that
any document submitted for recording will not be returned whether or
not it is recorded.

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   Section 3.25 is proposed to be amended by inserting a reference in
the title to ETAS as the electronic form of submission of trademark
assignment documents to be recorded.

   Section 3.25(c) is proposed to be amended as a conforming amendment
to § 2.195(d), which would only permit trademark-related
assignments to be submitted via ETAS and on paper and no longer via
facsimile transmission. Accordingly, the reference to facsimile
transmissions in the title would be deleted. The phrasing of the rule
is also proposed to be amended so that it is consistent with the
analogous rule for patent assignment documents.

   Material relating to return of recorded documents would be
transferred to newly added paragraph (c)(3). Section 3.24(c)(3) is
proposed to be added to highlight current material related to the non-
return of trademark documents submitted for recording, so that original
documents would not be submitted. The rule is also proposed to be
amended to delete "recorded" to clarify that any document submitted
for recording will not be returned whether or not it is recorded.

Rule Making Considerations

A. Administrative Procedure Act

   This notice proposes changes to the rules of practice to limit the
submission of correspondence by facsimile transmission in patent
prosecution matters, and assignments to be recorded. The notice also
proposes changes to the rules of practice to increase the size of the
minimum font used on papers submitted to the Office for patent
applications, patents or reexamination proceedings. The changes being
proposed in this notice do not change the substantive criteria of
patentability and do not effectively foreclose the applicant's
opportunity to make a case on the merits. Applicants, when no longer
able to submit most types of patent prosecution or assignments
to be recorded by facsimile transmission, may still rely on mail delivery
in all instances and may almost always utilize an electronic system
provided by the Office for filing submissions. Therefore, these rule
changes involve interpretive rules, or rules of agency practice and
procedure. See Bachow Communs., Inc. v. FCC, 237 F.3d 683, 690 (DC
Cir. 2001) (rules governing an application process are "rules of agency
organization, procedure, or practice" and exempt from the Administrative
Procedure Act's notice and comment requirement); see also Fressola v.
Manbeck, 36 USPQ2d 1211, 1215 (D.D.C. 1995) ("It is extremely doubtful
whether any of the rules formulated to govern patent or trademark practice
are other than `interpretive rules, general statements of policy, * * *
procedure, or practice.'") (quoting C.W. Ooms, The United States Patent
Office and the Administrative Procedure Act, 38 Trademark Rep. 149, 153
(1948)). Accordingly, prior notice and opportunity for comment is not
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A) (or any other law), and thirty-day
advance publication is not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d) (or any
other law). Nevertheless, the Office is seeking public comment on
changes contemplated to these rules of practice to obtain the benefit
of such input prior to adopting changes to the rules of practice.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

   As prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not
required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 (or any other law), neither a
regulatory flexibility analysis nor a certification under the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are required. See 5
U.S.C. 603. Nevertheless, for the reasons set forth herein, the Deputy
General Counsel for General Law of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office has certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the
Small Business Administration that the changes proposed in this notice
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of
small entities. See 5 U.S.C. 605(b).
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   The primary impact of the changes proposed in this notice are that:
(1) Certain documents may no longer be submitted to the Office via
facsimile transmission; and (2) certain documents submitted to the
Office must have a minimum font size, namely a font that has capital
letters no smaller than 0.28 cm (0.11 inch) high (e.g., a font size of
12 point in Times New Roman). The elimination of the availability of
facsimile transmission will not have a significant economic impact
because these documents may be submitted to the Office via EFS-Web or
via the USPS by first class mail. The requirement that documents
submitted to the Office must have a minimum font size will not have a
significant economic impact because the current rules of practice
require that such documents be "[p]resented in a form having
sufficient clarity and contrast between the paper and the writing
thereon to permit the direct reproduction of readily legible copies in
any number by use of photographic, electrostatic, photo-offset, and
microfilming processes and electronic capture by use of digital imaging
and optical character recognition" (37 CFR 1.52(a)(1)(v)), and set
forth that font size below the proposed minimum font size generally
does not comply with this pre-existing requirement of the rules of
practice. In addition, the overwhelming majority of the documents to
which this provision applies are created using word processors, and it
will not have a significant economic impact to change the font size on
a word processor. Therefore, the changes proposed in this notice will
not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities.

C. Executive Order 13132 (Federalism)

   This rule making does not contain policies with federalism
implications sufficient to warrant preparation of a Federalism
Assessment under Executive Order 13132 (Aug. 4, 1999).

D. Executive Order 12866 (Regulatory Planning and Review)

   This rule making has been determined to be not significant for
purposes of Executive Order 12866 (Sept. 30, 1993), as amended by
Executive Order 13258 (Feb. 26, 2002) and Executive Order 13422
(Jan. 18, 2007).

E. Executive Order 13175 (Tribal Consultation)

   This rule making will not: (1) Have substantial direct effects on
one or more Indian tribes; (2) impose substantial direct compliance
costs on Indian tribal governments; or (3) preempt tribal law.
Therefore, a tribal summary impact statement is not required under
Executive Order 13175 (Nov. 6, 2000).

F. Executive Order 13211 (Energy Effects)

   This rule making is not a significant energy action under Executive
Order 13211 because this rule making is not likely to have a
significant adverse effect on the supply, distribution, or use of
energy. Therefore, a Statement of Energy Effects is not required under
Executive Order 13211 (May 18, 2001).

G. Executive Order 12988 (Civil Justice Reform)

   This rule making meets applicable standards to minimize litigation,
eliminate ambiguity, and reduce burden as set forth in sections 3(a)
and 3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988 (Feb. 5, 1996).

H. Executive Order 13045 (Protection of Children)

   This rule making is not an economically significant rule and does
not concern an environmental risk to health or safety that may
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disproportionately affect children under Executive Order 13045
(Apr. 21, 1997).

I. Executive Order 12630 (Taking of Private Property)

   This rule making will not effect a taking of private property or
otherwise have taking implications under Executive Order 12630
(Mar. 15, 1988).

J. Congressional Review Act

   Under the Congressional Review Act provisions of the Small Business
Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.),
prior to issuing any final rule the United States Patent and Trademark
Office will submit a report containing the final rule and other
required information to the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of
Representatives and the Comptroller General of the Government
Accountability Office. The changes proposed in this notice are not
expected to result in an annual effect on the economy of 100 million
dollars or more, a major increase in costs or prices, or significant
adverse effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity,
innovation, or the ability of United States-based enterprises to
compete with foreign-based enterprises in domestic and export markets.
Therefore, this rule making is not likely to result in a "major rule"
as defined in 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

K. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

   The changes proposed in this notice do not involve a Federal
intergovernmental mandate that will result in the expenditure by State,
local, and tribal governments, in the aggregate, of 100 million dollars
(as adjusted) or more in any one year, or a Federal private sector
mandate that will result in the expenditure by the private sector of
100 million dollars (as adjusted) or more in any one year, and will not
significantly or uniquely affect small governments. Therefore, no
actions are necessary under the provisions of the Unfunded Mandates
Reform Act of 1995. See 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.

L. National Environmental Policy Act

   This rule making will not have any effect on the quality of
environment and is thus categorically excluded from review under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. See 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.

M. National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act

   The requirements of section 12(d) of the National Technology
Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) are
inapplicable because this rule making does not contain provisions which
involve the use of technical standards.

N. Paperwork Reduction Act

   This notice involves information collection requirements which are
subject to review by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The
collections of information involved in this notice have been reviewed
and previously approved by OMB under OMB control numbers: 0651-0031,
0651-0032, and 0651-0059. The United States Patent and Trademark Office
is not resubmitting the other information collections listed above to
OMB for its review and approval because the changes proposed in this
notice do not affect the information collection requirements associated
with the information collections under these OMB control numbers. The
principal changes proposed in this notice are to provide that: (1)
Certain documents may no longer be submitted to the Office via
facsimile transmission; and (2) certain documents submitted to the
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Office must have a minimum font size, namely a font that has capital
letters no smaller than 0.28 cm (0.11 inch) high (e.g., a font size of
12 point in Times New Roman).

   Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the collection of information
is necessary for proper performance of the functions of the agency;
(2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden; (3) ways to
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information to respondents.

   Interested persons are requested to send comments regarding these
information collections, including suggestions for reducing this
burden, to: (1) The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room
10202, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for the Patent and Trademark Office; and (2) Robert A. Clarke,
Director, Office of Patent Legal Administration, Commissioner for
Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to
comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of
the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control number.

List of Subjects

37 CFR Part 1

   Administrative practice and procedure, Inventions and patents,
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Small businesses.

37 CFR Part 2

   Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks.

37 CFR Part 3

   Administrative practice and procedure, Patents, Trademarks.

   For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 37 CFR parts 1, 2, and 3
are proposed to be amended as follows:

PART 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES

   1. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 1 continues to read as
follows:

   Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2).

   2. Section 1.6 is amended by removing and reserving paragraph (f)
and revising paragraphs (a) and (d) to read as follows:


§ 1.6  Receipt of correspondence.

   (a) Date of receipt and Express Mail date of deposit.
Correspondence received in the United States Patent and Trademark
Office is stamped with the date of receipt except as follows:

   (1) Open for receipt of correspondence. The United States Patent
and Trademark Office is not open for the filing of correspondence on
any day that is a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday within the
District of Columbia. Except for correspondence transmitted by
facsimile under paragraph (d)(1) of this section, or filed
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electronically under (a)(4) of this section, no correspondence is
received in the Office on Saturdays, Sundays, or Federal holidays
within the District of Columbia.

   (2) "Express Mail" stamp date. Correspondence filed in accordance
with § 1.10 will be stamped with the date of deposit as "Express
Mail" with the United States Postal Service.

   (3) Receipt date of facsimile transmission. Correspondence
permitted by paragraph (d)(1) of this section to be filed by facsimile
transmission to the United States Patent and Trademark Office will be
stamped with the date on which the complete transmission is received in
the United States Patent and Trademark Office unless that date is a
Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday within the District of Columbia,
in which case the date stamped will be the next succeeding day which is
not a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday within the District of
Columbia.

   (4) Office electronic filing system (EFS-Web). Correspondence may
be submitted using the Office electronic filing system only in
accordance with the Office's electronic filing system requirements.
Correspondence submitted to the Office by way of the Office's
electronic filing system will be accorded a receipt date, which is the
date the correspondence is received at the correspondence address for
the Office set forth in § 1.1 when it was officially submitted.

   (5) Non-facsimile electronic transmission of patent-related
correspondence other than correspondence filed via the Office's patent-
related electronic systems (e.g., EFS-Web, and Electronic Patent
Assignment System (EPAS)). Non-facsimile electronic transmission of
patent-related correspondence other than correspondence filed via the
Office's patent-related electronic systems may not be used for
submission of correspondence to the Office intended to become part of
the official file record for an application, patent, reexamination
proceeding, or other matter before the Office, except as expressly
authorized by:

   (i) The Board of Patent Appeal and Interferences in cases before
the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, or

   (ii) Applicant pursuant to the Office's express policy for internet
usage.

* * * * *

   (d) Facsimile transmission. (1) Facsimile transmission of
correspondence to the Office is not permitted for:

   (i) Correspondence as specified in § 1.4(e);

   (ii) Certified documents as specified in § 1.4(f);

   (iii) Correspondence which cannot receive the benefit of the
certificate of mailing or transmission as specified in §§
1.8(a)(2)(i)(A) through (D) and (F), and § 1.8(a)(2)(iii)(A);

   (iv) Color drawings submitted under §§ 1.81, 1.83 through
1.85, 1.152, 1.165, 1.173, or 1.437;

   (v) A request for reexamination under § 1.510 or 1.913;

   (vi) Correspondence to be filed in a patent application subject to
a secrecy order under §§ 5.1 through 5.5 of this chapter and
directly related to the secrecy order content of the application;

   (vii) Cases before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences,
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except as the Board may expressly authorize;

   (viii) Correspondence permitted to be submitted pursuant to
paragraph (a)(4) of this section;

   (ix) Correspondence permitted to be submitted via the Office's
patent-related electronic system for recording assignments (e.g.,
Electronic Patent Assignment System (EPAS));

   (x) Third party papers under § 1.99;

   (xi) Protests under § 1.291; and

   (xii) Public use hearing papers under § 1.292.

   (2) A facsimile transmission of correspondence when not prohibited
pursuant to paragraph (d)(1) of this section must:

   (i) Be limited to a single application or other matter before the
Office, except for payments of maintenance fees pursuant to § 1.366
or requests for refunds thereof;

   (ii) Include a facsimile cover sheet with the sender's
identification, which should contain sufficient identifying information
of the application or other matter to which the transmission is
intended, such as:

   (A) The application number of a patent application;

   (B) The control number of a reexamination proceeding;

   (C) The interference number of an interference proceeding; or

   (D) The patent number of a patent;

   (iii) Be transmitted to the specific facsimile transmission number
identified by the Office for that type of correspondence; and

   (iv) Include a conspicuous marking on each correspondence intended
to be unofficial that identifies such correspondence as an unofficial
paper.

   (3) Transmission to a facsimile number other than that identified
by the Office for the type of correspondence transmitted, facsimile
transmission of a type of correspondence that is not permitted to be
facsimile transmitted, or facsimile transmission of correspondence
without the conspicuous marking pursuant to paragraph (d)(2)(iv) of
this section, and any copy of such correspondence created by the
Office:

   (i) Will not be given a receipt date;

   (ii) Will not operate to be an effective paper; and

   (iii) May be discarded by the Office without notification to the
sender.

* * * * *

   3. Section 1.52 is amended by revising the introductory text of
paragraph (a)(1), paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(5), the introductory
text of paragraph (b), (b)(1), and (b)(2) to read as follows:

§ 1.52  Language, paper, writing, margins, compact disc specifications.

   (a) Papers that are to become a part of the permanent Office
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records in the file of a patent application or a reexamination
proceeding. (1) All papers, other than drawings, that are submitted on
paper or by facsimile transmission, and are to become a part of the
permanent Office records in the file of a patent application or
reexamination proceeding, must be on sheets of paper that are the same
size, not permanently bound together, and:

* * * * *

   (2) All papers that are submitted on paper or by facsimile
transmission, and are to become a part of the permanent records of the
Office should have no holes in the sheets as submitted.

   (3) The provisions of this paragraph and paragraph (b) of this
section do not apply to the pre-printed information on paper forms
provided by the Office, or to the copy of the patent submitted on paper
in double column format as the specification in a reissue application
or request for reexamination.

* * * * *

   (5) All papers submitted electronically to the Office must be:

   (i) Formatted and transmitted in compliance with the Office's
electronic filing system requirements; and

   (ii) Readily legible to the Office after receipt thereof.

   (b) The application (specification, including the claims and
abstract, drawings, and oath or declaration) or a reexamination
request, any amendments or correction(s) to an application or patent
undergoing reexamination, and any remarks, petitions, requests,
affidavits or other papers submitted during prosecution of an
application or a reexamination proceeding:

   (1) Except as provided for in § 1.69 and paragraph (d) of this
section, must:

   (i) Comply with the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section;
and

   (ii) Be in the English language or be accompanied by a translation
of the application and a translation of any corrections or amendments
into the English language together with a statement that the
translation is accurate; and

  (2) Except for the specifications of reissue applications (but not
amendments thereto made by a separate paper pursuant to § 1.173(b))
and specifications for patents for which reexamination has been
requested (but not amendments thereto pursuant to § 1.530) and as
provided for in §§ 1.821 through 1.825, must have:

   (i) Lines that are 1 1/2 or double spaced;

   (ii) Text written in a nonscript font (e.g., Arial, Times New
Roman, or Courier) lettering style having capital letters which must be
no smaller than 0.28 cm (0.11 inch) high (e.g., a font size of 12 point
in Times New Roman); and

   (iii) Only a single column of text.

* * * * *

  4. Section 1.366 is amended by adding paragraph (h) to read as
follows:

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§ 1.366  Submission of maintenance fees.

* * * * *

   (h) Paper submissions of maintenance fee-related payments must
comply with § 1.52(a) and (b).

PART 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES

   5. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 2 continues to read as
follows:

   Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.

   6. Section 2.195 is amended by adding a new paragraph (d)(6) to
read as follows:

§ 2.195  Receipt of trademark correspondence.

* * * * *

   (d) * * *

   (6) Correspondence permitted to be submitted via the Office's
electronic system for recording assignments (e.g., Electronic Trademark
Assignment System (ETAS)).

* * * * *

PART 3 - ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE

   7. Section 3.24 is revised to read as follows:


§ 3.24  Requirements for documents and cover sheets relating to
patents and patent applications.

   (a) For electronic submissions (e.g., Electronic Patent Assignment
System (EPAS)): Either a copy of the original document or an extract of
the original document may be submitted for recording. All documents
must be submitted as digitized images in Tagged Image File Format
(TIFF) or another form as prescribed by the Director. When printed to a
paper size of either 21.6 by 27.9 cm (8 1/2 inches by 11 inches) or
21.0 by 29.7 cm (DIN size A4), the document must be legible and a 2.5
cm (one inch) margin must be present on all sides.

   (b) For paper: Either a copy of the original document or an extract
of the original document must be submitted for recording. Only one side
of each page may be used. The paper size must be either 21.6 by 27.9 cm
(8 1/2 inches by 11 inches) or 21.0 by 29.7 cm (DIN size A4), and in
either case, a 2.5 cm (one inch) margin must be present on all sides.
The paper used should be flexible, strong, white, non-shiny, and
durable.

   (c) Non-return of submissions: The Office will not return documents
submitted for recording. Therefore, original documents must not be
submitted for recording.

   8. Section 3.25 is amended by revising paragraph (c) as follows:

§ 3.25  Recording requirements for trademark applications and
registrations.

* * * * *

   (c) All documents. (1) For electronic submissions (e.g., Electronic
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Trademark Assignment System (ETAS)): All documents must be submitted as
digitized images in Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) or another form as
prescribed by the Director. When printed to a paper size of either 21.6
by 27.9 cm (8 1/2 inches by 11 inches) or 21.0 by 29.7 cm (DIN size
A4), the document must be legible and a 2.5 cm (one inch) margin must
be present on all sides.

   (2) For paper: Only one side of each page may be used. The paper
size must be either 21.6 by 27.9 cm (8 1/2 inches by 11 inches) or
21.0 by 29.7 cm (DIN size A4), and in either case, a 2.5 cm (one inch)
margin must be present on all sides. The paper used should be flexible,
strong, white, non-shiny, and durable.

   (3) Non-return of submissions: The Office will not return documents
submitted for recording. Therefore, original documents must not be
submitted for recording.

July 31, 2008						       JON W. DUDAS
					    Under Secretary of Commerce for
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Adverse Decisions in Interference
		       Adverse Decisions in Interference

   In the designated interferences involving the following patents, final
decisions have been rendered that the respective patentees are not entitled
to patents containing the claims listed.

Patent No. 7,238,469, Bach H. Fritz, Leo E. Otterbein, Miguel P. Soares and
Jeanne Gose, CARBON MONOXIDE IMPROVES OUTCOMES IN TISSUE AND ORGAN
TRANSPLANTS AND SUPPRESSES APOPTOSIS, Interference No. 105,619, final
judgment adverse to the patentees rendered July 14, 2008, as to Count 1:
claims 1-14, 20-36, 49-54; Count 2: 1-13, 16, 20-33, 40-42 and 49-54; and
Count 3: claims 46, 49-51, 53, 56-62, 65 and 69.

Patent No. 6,872,472, Liang-Sheng L. Liao and Ching W. Tang, PROVIDING AN
ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE HAVING STACKED ELECTROLUMINESCENT UNITS,
Interference No. 105,614, final judgment adverse to the patentees rendered
May 2, 2008, as to claims 1-75.

Patent No. 6,872,472, Liang-Sheng L. Liao and Ching W. Tang, PROVIDING AN
ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE HAVING STACKED ELECTROLUMINESCENT UNITS,
Interference No. 105,611, final judgment adverse to the patentee rendered
May 13, 2008, as to claims 1-75.
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Disclaimers
				  Disclaimers

6,567,228 - Sanjay Manohar Bhandari, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Ramesh Selveraj,
Santa Clara, CA (US). OPTIMIZED STAGE READER FOR LOW COST IMPLEMETATION OF
PREAMPLIFIERS. Patent dated May 20, 2003. Disclaimer filed March 28, 2008,
by the assignee, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


6,424,480 - Sanjay M. Bhandari, Santa Clara, CA (US); Ramesh Selveraj,
Santa Clara, CA (US); Joao Nuno V. L. Ramalho, Bièville-Beuville, (FR).
MAGNETIC HEAD CONDUCTIVITY TESTING AND FORM FACTOR DETERMINATION IN A
READ-WRITE DEVICE. Patent dated July 23, 2002. Disclaimer filed March 28,
2008, by the assignee, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


6,424,475 - Sanjay Manohar Bhandari, Sunnyvale, CA (US); David Allouche,
Belmont; Dennis Pu, San Jose, CA (US). MAGNETIC MEDIUM STORAGE APPARATUS
WITH READ CHANNEL HAVING A PROGRAMMABLE WRITE-TO-READ SUPPRESSION. Patent
dated July 23, 2002. Disclaimer filed March 28, 2008, by the assignee,
Koninklijke Philips Electronics  N.V.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


4,956,565 - Johannes P. M. Bahlmann, Eindhoven, (NL). OUTPUT CIRCUIT WITH
DRIVE CURRENT LIMITATION. Patent dated September 11, 1990. Disclaimer filed
March 28, 2008, by the assignee, U.S. Philips Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


6.029,095 - Jean-Christophe Boissy, Saint Maurice (FR); Olivier Rech,
Caen, (FR). METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DYNAMIC SYSTEM CONTROL. Patent dated
February 22, 2000. Disclaimer filed March 28, 2008, by the assignee,
U.S. Philips Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


6,265,841 - Henricus C. J. Büthker, Eindhoven, (NL). DEVICE FOR DRIVING A
MULTI-PHASE D.C. MOTOR. Patent dated July 24, 2001. Disclaimer filed
March 28, 2008, by the assignee, U.S. Philips Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


5,949,203 - Henricus C. J. Büthker, Mierlo, (NL). ARRANGEMENT FOR
GENERATING DRIVE SIGNALS FOR A MULTI-PHASE D.C. MOTOR, LOCK DETECTOR, DRIVE
ARRANGEMENT AND DISK DRIVE. Patent dated September 7, 1999. Disclaimer
filed March 28, 2008, by the assignee, U.S. Philips Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


5,990,641 - Marinus C. W. Van Buul; Gerardus A. M. Van Beijsterveld;
Nicolaas J. Damstra, all of Breda; Henricus C. J. Büthker, Mierlo, all of
(NL). MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE APPARATUS FOR THE RECORDING AND/OR REPRODUCTION
OF INFORMATION INCLUDING THE MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE. Patent dated
November 23, 1999. Disclaimer filed March 28, 2008, by the assignee, U.S.
Philips Corporation.

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   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


6,479,955 - Emeric Uguen, La Presnaye au Sauvage, (FR); Henricus Cornelis
Johannes Büthker, Eindhoven (NL); Henricus Marinus Van Hout, Eindhoven,
(NL). METHOD OF ENERGIZING A POLYPHASE MOTOR HAVING AN INCREASED ENERGY
EFFICIENCY. Patent dated November 12, 2002. Disclaimer filed March 28, 2008,
by the assignee, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


6,449,113 - Patrick Leclerc, Caen, (FR) Eric Pierearts, Caen, (FR);
Joao N.V. L. Ramalho, Bièville-Beuville (FR); Jean Barbotin, Caen, (FR);
Johannes O. Voorman, Eindhoven, (NL). DEVICE FOR READING MAGNETIC
INFORMATION. Patent dated September 10, 2002. Disclaimer filed March 28,
2008, by the assignee, Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


6,788,749 - Johannes Otto Voorman, Eindhoven, (NL); Johannes Wilhelmus
Maria Bergmans, Eindhoven, (NL); Ho Wai Wong-Lam, Sunnyvale, CA (US).
ERASURE BASED INSTANTANEOUS LOOP CONTROL IN A DATA RECEIVER. Patent dated
September 7, 2004. Disclaimer filed March 28, 2008, by the assignee,
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to all claims of said patent.


5,659,981 - Jeffrey T. Liauaud, Park Ridge, IL. SNOWSHOE. Patent dated
August 26, 1997. Disclaimer filed June 9, 2008 by the assignee, Sherpa
Snowshoes LLP.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 10, 15, 16 and 17, of said
patent.


Des. 385,975 - Gerhard Berger, Weinheim, (DE). FLOORING SURFACE. Patent
dated November 4, 1997. Disclaimer filed March 11, 2008, by the assignee,
Carl Freudenberg KG.

   Hereby disclaims the terminal part of said patent extending beyond
November 23, 2007.


Des. 385,974 - Gerhard Berger, Weinheim, (DE). FLOORING SURFACE. Patent
dated November 4, 1997. Disclaimer filed March 11, 2008, by the assignee,
Carl Freudenberg KG.

   Hereby disclaims the terminal part of said patent extending beyond
November 23, 2007.


Des. 394,319 - Gerhard Berger, Weinheim, (DE). FLOORING SURFACE. Patent
dated May 12, 1998. Disclaimer filed March 11, 2008, by the assignee,
Carl Freudenberg KG.

   Hereby disclaims the terminal part of said patent extending beyond
November 23, 2007.
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Errata
 				    Errata

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,389,667 to Hector Ray Hernandez, Jr.,
et al of Fullerton, CA for TAPE MEASURE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
BLADE THEREFOR appearing in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,389,733 to Jack Fry, et al of Manhattan,
KS for METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR INTERSEEDING AN AREA OF GROUND TO CONVERT
THE EXISTING VEGETATION OR TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE EXISTING
VEGETATION appearing in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,389,904 to Rajesh Talwar, et al of
Frontenac, MI for FRICTION STIR WELDING OF JOINTS WITH SHIMS appearing in
the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,390,081 to Shingo Hattori, et al of
Nagoya-shi, Japan for INK CARTRIDGES appearing in the Official Gazette of
June 24, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,390,082 to Shingo Hattori, et al of
Nagoya-Shi, Japan for INK CARTRIDGE PACKAGING ARRANGEMENTS appearing in the
Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,390,226 to Min-Ling Chien, et al of
Taipei, Taiwan for AUDIO JACK WITH INCLINED COUPLING END FACE appearing in
the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,390,435 to Kenji Sakane, et al of Tokyo,
Japan for PHOSPHOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND LIGHT SOURCE
USING THE PHOSPHOR appearing in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,390,501 to John R. Hart, et al of Still
Water, MN for ABUSE-RESISTANT TRANSDERMAL DOSAGE FORM appearing in the
Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,390,769 to X.D. Hu, et al of Louisville,
KY for HIGH SURFACE AREA, SMALL CRYSTALLITE SIZE CATALYST FOR FISCHER-
TROPSCH SYNTHESIS appearing in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,390,794 to Tetsuya Suga, et al of
Chuo-ku, Japan for METHOD FOR ESTIMATING IMMUNOSTIMULANT ACTIVITY OF A
POLYSACCHARIDE appearing in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All rerefence to Patent No. 7,390,996 to George W. Wall of Manchester,
IA for DEVICE FOR SOIL STERILIZATION, INSECT EXTERMINATION, AND WEED
KILLING USING MICROWAVE ENERGY appearing in the Official Gazette of June 24,
2008 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,391,065 to Takashi Hamada, et al of
Kanagawa, Japan for SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE
SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,391,228 to Jody Greenberg, et al of
Sunnyvale, CA for ON-DIE HEATING CIRCUIT AND CONTROL LOOP FOR RAPID HEATING
OF THE DIE appearing in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be
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deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,391,373 to Xin Zhang of Hitachi, Japan
for ANTENNA DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,391,379 to Giorgi G. Bit-Babik, et al of
Sunrise, FL for COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH A WIDEBAND ANTENNA appearing in
the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,391,729 to Mark A.L. Smallwood, et al of
Beaconsfilled, United Kingdom for ASSIGNING PACKET QUEUE PRIORITY appearing
in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,392,521 to Hyung Sup Lee of Manhasset
Hills, NY for DISTRIBUTION OF MAINFRAME DATA IN THE PC ENVIROMENT appearing
in the Official Gazette of June 24, 2008 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."
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Erratum
				    Erratum

   In the notice of Certificate of Correction appearing in September 9,
2008, delete all reference to Patent No. 6,703,670, issue of August 19,
2008. No certificate of correction was granted for this patent.


				    Erratum

   In the notice of Certificate of Correction appearing in August 19,
2008, delete all reference to Patent No. 7,031,054, issue of July 29,
2008. No certificate of correction was granted for this patent.
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Certificates of Correction
			  Certificates of Correction
			    for September 16, 2008

5,387,620             7,231,991             7,344,723            7,385,850
5,645,081	      7,232,213		    7,344,784		 7,385,949
5,747,498	      7,234,063		    7,345,662		 7,386,048
6,020,329	      7,234,365		    7,346,779		 7,386,861
6,153,903	      7,235,691		    7,347,041		 7,386,965
6,207,395	      7,236,524		    7,347,545		 7,387,180
6,305,428	      7,237,165		    7,348,212		 7,387,246
6,309,402	      7,237,339		    7,348,246		 7,387,871
6,324,545	      7,238,194		    7,348,923		 7,388,674
6,387,707	      7,238,360		    7,349,133		 7,388,734
6,411,736	      7,239,413		    7,349,290		 7,388,834
6,578,171	      7,239,677		    7,349,320		 7,388,901
6,603,413	      7,240,849		    7,349,562		 7,389,044
6,606,297	      7,242,063		    7,349,583		 7,389,096
6,614,933	      7,245,318		    7,350,625		 7,389,113
6,663,596	      7,246,880		    7,351,645		 7,389,374
6,677,336	      7,247,350		    7,352,940		 7,390,392
6,720,263	      7,251,139		    7,353,729		 7,390,725
6,721,282	      7,251,752		    7,354,072		 7,390,798
6,726,520	      7,253,915		    7,354,470		 7,391,758
6,727,367	      7,254,064		    7,354,756		 7,391,834
6,741,108	      7,256,775		    7,354,757		 7,391,972
6,741,179	      7,257,840		    7,355,726		 7,392,411
6,753,391	      7,258,160		    7,355,751		 7,392,734
6,755,002	      7,258,725		    7,355,879		 7,392,744
6,765,552	      7,258,963		    7,355,921		 7,392,886
6,768,132	      7,259,069		    7,356,127		 7,392,981
6,801,788	      7,259,145		    7,356,229		 7,393,177
6,801,989	      7,259,217		    7,356,234		 7,393,336
6,822,262	      7,259,545		    7,356,489		 7,393,634
6,825,309	      7,259,632		    7,357,035		 7,393,704
6,832,088	      7,261,878		    7,357,365		 7,393,711
6,837,908	      7,262,343		    7,357,483		 7,393,736
6,838,694	      7,264,567		    7,357,696		 7,393,753
6,849,188	      7,265,011		    7,357,791		 7,393,854
6,872,575	      7,268,029		    7,357,796		 7,393,855
6,885,513	      7,269,507		    7,358,070		 7,393,958
6,895,126	      7,270,124		    7,358,754		 7,394,153
6,901,965	      7,271,399		    7,359,275		 7,394,226
6,903,867	      7,271,726		    7,359,323		 7,394,250
6,915,596	      7,271,890		    7,359,544		 7,394,520
6,941,348	      7,273,095		    7,359,613		 7,394,584
6,963,892	      7,273,807		    7,360,382		 7,395,049
6,987,974	      7,275,551		    7,361,340		 7,395,243
6,995,283	      7,276,124		    7,361,633		 7,395,251
6,995,743	      7,277,584		    7,362,313		 7,395,349
7,012,633	      7,279,774		    7,362,441		 7,395,433
7,012,764	      7,279,858		    7,362,443		 7,395,512
7,029,971	      7,280,461		    7,362,500		 7,395,562
7,030,379	      7,282,324		    7,362,507		 7,395,665
7,037,642	      7,284,566		    7,362,548		 7,396,587
7,042,964	      7,285,408		    7,362,756		 7,396,631
7,048,007	      7,285,415		    7,362,965		 7,396,743
7,049,283	      7,285,644		    7,363,356		 7,396,774
7,050,585	      7,285,802		    7,364,405		 7,396,781
7,053,761	      7,286,374		    7,364,735		 7,396,997
7,057,018	      7,286,821		    7,365,032		 7,397,075
7,058,662	      7,288,967		    7,365,437		 7,397,194
7,069,348	      7,293,472		    7,365,678		 7,397,290
7,070,565	      7,294,163		    7,365,804		 7,397,479
7,076,720	      7,294,690		    7,365,909		 7,397,503
7,079,453	      7,294,851		    7,366,072		 7,398,194
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7,082,901	      7,295,513		    7,366,204		 7,398,218
7,087,589	      7,296,982		    7,366,317		 7,398,289
7,088,855	      7,297,319		    7,366,648		 7,398,316
7,096,260	      7,297,657		    7,366,661		 7,398,413
7,096,356	      7,297,786		    7,366,820		 7,398,451
7,099,969	      7,298,128		    7,366,914		 7,398,608
7,105,736	      7,302,033		    7,367,022		 7,399,462
7,108,163	      7,302,960		    7,367,155		 7,399,536
7,117,131	      7,304,665		    7,367,430		 7,399,557
7,125,968	      7,309,340		    7,367,457		 7,399,783
7,129,269	      7,310,499		    7,367,513		 7,399,908
7,129,689	      7,310,610		    7,367,518		 7,400,904
7,129,905	      7,311,874		    7,367,551		 7,401,076
7,133,433	      7,313,493		    7,368,217		 7,401,358
7,138,407	      7,313,592		    7,368,394		 7,401,557
7,142,296	      7,315,488		    7,368,441		 7,401,733
7,146,217	      7,316,762		    7,369,131		 7,402,029
7,146,243	      7,317,559		    7,370,018		 7,402,086
7,150,043	      7,317,835		    7,370,218		 7,402,562
7,151,250	      7,317,980		    7,370,801		 7,402,727
7,157,018	      7,318,448		    7,370,838		 7,402,760
7,158,230	      7,319,300		    7,371,612		 7,403,172
7,160,719	      7,319,484		    7,371,849		 7,403,497
7,161,625	      7,319,942		    7,372,202		 7,403,620
7,161,779	      7,320,221		    7,372,606		 7,403,761
7,162,637	      7,320,318		    7,372,750		 7,403,776
7,166,012	      7,321,721		    7,373,024		 7,404,064
7,172,261	      7,323,098		    7,373,090		 7,404,249
7,173,912	      7,326,035		    7,373,204		 7,404,311
7,183,220	      7,326,097		    7,373,610		 7,404,669
7,184,681	      7,326,444		    7,373,943		 7,404,835
7,186,781	      7,327,795		    7,374,022		 7,404,956
7,186,839	      7,328,474		    7,374,712		 7,405,044
7,190,219	      7,330,586		    7,374,745		 7,405,255
7,196,484	      7,331,297		    7,374,762		 7,405,481
7,199,308	      7,332,276		    7,375,004		 7,405,881
7,200,072	      7,332,307		    7,375,870		 7,406,031
7,200,355	      7,332,445		    7,376,177		 7,406,357
7,203,253	      7,332,881		    7,376,530		 7,406,731
7,207,666	      7,332,886		    7,376,609		 7,407,857
7,207,969	      7,333,196		    7,376,789		 7,407,979
7,209,246	      7,333,261		    7,376,838		 7,408,274
7,209,278	      7,333,362		    7,377,928		 7,409,374
7,210,407	      7,333,585		    7,378,317		 7,410,013
7,211,526	      7,333,675		    7,379,233		 D.523,102
7,213,003	      7,333,924		    7,380,252		 D.531,719
7,213,917	      7,334,248		    7,380,812		 D.559,044
7,214,418	      7,334,745		    7,381,387		 D.564,163
7,214,474	      7,335,092		    7,382,232		 D.565,933
7,214,853	      7,335,873		    7,383,207		 D.566,281
7,216,651	      7,337,721		    7,383,240		 D.567,857
7,217,570	      7,338,659		    7,383,370		 D.568,257
7,218,419	      7,338,908		    7,383,892		 D.568,936
7,218,788	      7,339,576		    7,383,951		 D.569,015
7,219,897	      7,339,934		    7,384,329		 D.569,715
7,223,848	      7,340,191		    7,384,644		 D.570,460
7,225,427	      7,341,206		    7,384,709		 D.571,659
7,226,416	      7,341,440		    7,384,758		 D.571,956
7,227,247	      7,342,886		    7,385,197		 PP.18,718
7,229,766	      7,343,125		    7,385,243		 RE.38,196
7,230,740	      7,343,137		    7,385,692		 RE.40,036
7,230,827	      7,343,795		    7,385,702		 RE.40,040
7,231,596	      7,344,079		    7,385,757		 RE.40,062
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Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
September 1-5, 2008
 

Date Issued
 
Type of Case(1) Proceeding or Appn. No. Party or Parties Issue TTAB Decision Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney Citable as Precedent of TTAB
9-3 EX 77018182 flexSCAN, Inc. 2(d) Refusal Reversed   "WELLNESS 360" (and design) [providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for medical records, prescription tracking and management, insurance tracking and management, diet management and planning, fitness management and planning, disease detection and prevention, health and wellness education, and lifestyle tracking and modification] "CARE 360" (and design) [providing temporary use of on-line downloadable software to healthcare providers for use in maintaining and accessing patient medical records, assessing workflow and managing patient accounts] No
9-3 EX 78772938 Elena Potoupa 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "WOW COUPONS" (with a dollar sign inside the "O" in "WOW") [promoting the goods and services of others by dissemination of printable discount and rebate coupons over the Internet; advertising, including promotion relating to the sale of articles and services for third parties by the transmission of advertising material and the dissemination of advertising messages and banners on the Internet, computer networks and on a website; and other services] "WOW! MARKETING" [preparing advertisements for others; dissemination of advertising for others via an online communications network; dissemination of advertising matter; promoting the goods and services of others via an online electronic communications network; and other services] No
9-3 EX 75932713 Roush Fenway Racing, LLC 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "17" (in stylized form) [clothing, namely, tops, hats, night shirts, shirts, socks, sweatshirts, t-shirts, tank tops, caps, jackets, shorts, visors, sweat pants, sweaters, sweat suits, suspenders, pants, and bibs, all related to the field of professional automobile racing] "SEVENTEEN" [shirts] No
9-3 EX 78747767 GNLV Corp. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "RENOVE" [shampoo, hair conditioner, hand and body lotion, shower gel, facial soap and bath soap] "RENOVER" [skincare salon services] No
9-4 EX 78747772 GNLV Corp. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "RENOVÉ" (in stylized lettering) [shampoo, hair conditioner, hand and body lotion, shower gel, facial soap and bath soap] "RENOVER" [skincare salon services] No
9-4 EX 77075805 Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "WEST SIDE" [pulls and knobs for cabinetry made primarily of metal] "WESTSIDE DOOR & MOULDING" [retail store services featuring doors, windows, skylights, moulding and hardware] No
9-4 EX 78806669 SL&E Training Stable, Inc. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   "SAM EDELMAN" [luggage, handbags, purses, wallets, all-purpose tote bags, all-purpose sports bags, backpacks] "EDELMAN" [articles made from leather and imitations of leather, namely, wallets, handbags, traveling bags, luggage trunks; and other goods] Yes
9-4 EX 78767372 The Naples Group 2(d) Refusal Affirmed on the basis of both cited registrations   "SISTERS PIZZA AND MUSSELS" (and design) [restaurant services] 2 cited registrations, owned by different entities:
"SISTERS’ CATERING COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1976" (in stylized format) [food services, namely, catering business meetings, banquets and wedding receptions] and "SORELLA CAFFE" [restaurant services]
No
9-4 OPP 91163140 VisionQuest Industries, Inc. v. SurgiTech, Inc. 2(d) Opposition Dismissed "SURGI STIM" [medical equipment and supplies, namely, electronic nerve and muscle stimulator and lead wires and battery packs therefor]; "T.E.A.R. TECH 2000" [medical equipment, namely, a handheld electronic nerve and muscle stimulator; medical electrodes and lead wires for handheld electronic nerve and muscle stimulators] "SURGITECH INC. SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIES" (and design) [orthopedic braces and electronic treatment devices, namely, a line of orthopedic braces incorporating monitoring systems that record patient activity such as motion, strain or shock that may also incorporate or provide as stand alone electronic treatment devices that administer rehabilitative therapies, such therapies including nerve stimulation, heating and cooling, ionotophoresis, ultrasonic, rf, magnetic and mechanical massage]   No
9-4 OPP 91165362 Reece R. Halpern v. Grand Media, LLC 2(d) Opposition Dismissed   "GRAND" [magazine of interest to grandparents raising their grandchildren] "GRAND TIMES" [magazine for older adults] No
9-5 EX 78919907 Mars, Incorporated 2(e)(1) Refusal Affirmed   "MARROBITES" [pet food]   No
9-5 OPP 91174433 Hachette Filipacchi Presse v. Ev International, LLC 2(d) Opposition Sustained "ELLE" [magazines]; "ELLE" [dresses, cloaks, capes, skirts, jackets, suits, two-piece costumes or suits, coats, sweaters, bathing suits, jodhpurs, knickers, ties, scarves, square shawls, hats, caps, gloves, and slippers]; ELLE" [entertainment services in the nature of a cable TV variety show featuring fashion and beauty]; and other marks comprising or incorporating "ELLE," for the same or related goods and services "CHEZ ELLE LINGERIE" (and design) [clothing, namely, maternity bras, maternity support underwear, maternity support belts, breast-feeding bras, breast-feeding night gowns, maternity swimwear, maternity pantyhose, maternity camisoles, maternity pajamas, and maternity robes]   No
9-5 EX 76653876 The Manual Wood-workers & Weavers Inc. whether applicant’s identified goods are "goods in trade" [Sections 1, 2 and 45] Refusal Affirmed   "WOVEN MOMENTS" [kits consisting primarily of a box, an order form, a mailer, and an authorization key code, sold together as a unit, for submitting an image and obtaining blanket throws and tapestries bearing the image]   No
9-5 EX 78517591 Elan Pharma International Ltd. whether applicant’s mark is registrable under Section 2(f) on the basis of acquired distinctiveness Refusal Reversed   "NANOCRYSTAL COLLOIDAL DISPERSION" [pharmaceutical preparations, namely, adjuvant preparations sold as a component of a full line of pharmaceuticals, and ingredients and components thereof, namely, ultra-small particle formulations]   No
9-5 OPP
OPP
91175625
91175737
H. Michael Bishop v. Marina Flournoy whether opposer submitted admissible evidence to establish his standing and his asserted grounds for opposition [2(d) and fraud] Opposition Dismissed in both cases   "100% ART" and "ONEHUNDREDPERCENT ART" [both marks for: printed informational cards in the field of art, cards, greeting cards, correspondence cards, gift cards, invitation cards, mounted posters, note cards, occasion cards, paintings, paintings and calligraphic works, paintings and their reproductions, posters, tarot cards, unmounted posters, water color finished paintings, pastel and oil colors finished paintings]   No

(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (MR)=Motion to Reopen; (R)=Request for Reconsideration (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member
 



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Applicable To Both Patent And Trademark Mail" for additional mail stops
for patent-related correspondence.  Only the specified type of document
should be placed in an envelope addressed to one of these special mail
stops. If any documents other than the specified type identified for each
special mail stop are addressed to that mail stop, they will be
significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for which they are
intended. The mail stop should generally appear as the first line in
the address.

   Some correspondence may be submitted electronically. See the Office's
Internet Web site http://www.uspto.gov for additional information.

   Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service
(USPS) as follows:

	Mail Stop _____
	Commissioner for Patents
	P.O. Box 1450
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

   If no Mail Stop is indicated below, the line beginning Mail Stop should
be omitted from the address.

   NEW: The Mail Stop description for Mail Stop Patent Ext. has been
revised and a new Mail Stop for patent term extension requests under
35 U.S.C. 156 has been added as Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE.

   Except correspondence for Maintenance Fee payments, Deposit Account
Replenishments (see 1.25(c)(4)), and Licensing and Review (see 37 CFR
5.1(c) and 5.2(c)), please address correspondence to be delivered by other
delivery services (Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL, Laser, Action,
Purolater, etc.) as follows:

	United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Customer Service Window, Mail Stop _____
	Randolph Building
	401 Dulany Street
	Alexandria, VA 22314


Mail Stop
Designations		Explanation

Mail Stop 12		Contributions to the Examiner Education Program.

Mail Stop 313(c)	Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(c) to withdraw a
			patent application from issue after payment of
			the issue fee and any papers associated with the
			petition, including papers necessary for a
			continuing application or a request for
			continued examination (RCE).

Mail Stop AF		Amendments and other responses after final
			rejection (e.g., a notice of appeal (and any
			request for pre-appeal brief conference)),
			other than an appeal brief.

Mail Stop Amendment	Information disclosure statements, drawings, and
			replies to Office actions in patent applications
			with or without an amendment to the application or
			a terminal disclaimer. (Use Mail Stop AF for
			replies after final rejection.).

Mail Stop Appeal 	For appeal briefs or other briefs under
 Brief-Patents		part 41 of title 37 of the Code of Federal
			Regulations (e.g., former 37 CFR 1.192).

Mail Stop 		Public comments regarding patent related
 Comments-Patents 	regulations and procedures.


Mail Stop Conversion	Requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(2) to convert a
			nonprovisional application to a provisional
			application and requests under 37 CFR 1.53(c)(3)
			to convert a provisional application to a
			nonprovisional application.

Mail Stop DD		Disclosure Documents or materials related to the
			Disclosure Document Program. (A disclosure document
			is NOT an information disclosure statement.)
			Instead of filing a disclosure document, inventors
			are encouraged to file a provisional patent
			application.

Mail Stop EBC		Mail for the Electronic Business Center including:
			Certificate Action Forms, Request for Customer
			Numbers, and Requests for Customer Number Data
			Change (USPTO Forms PTO-2042, PTO/SB/124A and 125A,
			respectively) and Customer Number Upload
			Spreadsheets and Cover Letters.

Mail Stop Expedited 	Only to be used for the initial filing of
 Design 		design applications accompanied by a
			request for expedited examination under
			37 CFR 1.155.

Mail Stop Express 	Requests for abandonment of a patent
 Abandonment		application pursuant to 37 CFR 1.138,
			including any petitions under 37 CFR
			1.138(c) to expressly abandon an
			application to avoid publication of the
			application. (Applicants are encouraged to
                        transmit the requests by facsimile to
                        703-305-8568.)

Mail Stop		Applications under 35 U.S.C. 156 for patent term
 Hatch-Waxman PTE	extension based on regulatory review of a product
			subject to pre-market review by a regulating
   			agency. This mail stop is also to be used for
			additional correspondence regarding the
			application for patent term extension under
			35 U.S.C. 156. It is preferred that such initial
			requests be hand-carried to:

			Office of Patent Legal Administration
			Room MDW 7D55
			600 Dulany Street (Madison Building)
			Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop ILS		Correspondence relating to international patent
			classification, exchanges and standards.

Mail Stop Issue Fee	All communications following the receipt of a
			PTOL-85, "Notice of Allowance and Fee(s)
			Due," and prior to the issuance of a patent
			should be addressed to Mail Stop Issue Fee,
			unless advised to the contrary.

			Assignments are the exception. Assignments
			(with cover sheets) should be faxed to
			571-273-0140, electronically submitted
			(http://epas.uspto.gov), or submitted in a
			separate envelope and sent to Mail Stop
			Assignment Recordation Services,
			Director - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
			as shown below.

Mail Stop L&R		All documents pertaining to applications subject
			to secrecy order pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 181, or
			national-security classified and required to be
			processed accordingly. Such papers, petitions for
			foreign filing license pursuant to 37 CFR 5.12(b)
			for which expedited handling is requested, and
			petitions for retroactive license under 37 CFR
			5.25 may also be hand carried to Licensing and
			Review:

			Technology Center 3600, Office of the Director
			Room 4B41
			501 Dulany Street (Knox Building)
			Alexandria, VA 22314

Mail Stop Missing 	Requests for a corrected filing receipt and
 Parts			replies to OIPE notices such as the Notice
			of Omitted Items, Notice to File Corrected
			Application Papers, Notice of Incomplete
			Application, Notice to Comply with Nucleotide
			Sequence Requirements, and Notice to File Missing
			Parts of Application, and associated papers and
			fees.

Mail Stop MPEP		Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent
			Examining Procedure.

Mail Stop Patent Ext.	Applications for patent term extension or
			adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 and any
			communications relating thereto. This mail stop
			is limited to petitions for patent term extension
			under 35 U.S.C. 154 for applications filed
			between June 8, 1995 and May 29, 2000, and patent
			term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. 154 for
			applications filed on or after May 29, 2000.
			For applications for patent term extension under
			35 U.S.C. 156, use Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE.
			For applications for patent term extension or
			adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 that are mailed
			together with the payment of the issue fee, use
			Mail Stop Issue Fee.

Mail Stop Patent 	Submission of comments regarding search templates.
Search Template
Comments

Mail Stop PCT		Mail related to international applications filed
			under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in the
			international phase and in the national phase
			under 35 U.S.C. 371 prior to mailing of a
			Notification of Acceptance of Application Under
			35 U.S.C. 371 and 37 CFR 1.495 (Form
			PCT/DO/EO/903).

Mail Stop Petition	Petitions to be decided by the Office of Petitions
			including petitions to revive and petitions to
			accept late payment of issue fees or maintenance
			fees.

Mail Stop PGPUB		Correspondence regarding publication of patent
			applications not otherwise provided, including
			requests for early publication made after filing,
			rescission of non-publication request, corrected
			patent application publication, refund of
			publication fee.

Mail Stop Post 		In patented files: requests for changes of
 Issue			correspondence address, powers of attorney,
			revocations of powers of attorney, withdrawal of
			attorney and submissions under 37 CFR 1.501.
			Designation of, or changes to, a fee address
			should be addressed to Mail Stop M Correspondence.
			Requests for Certificate of Correction need no
			special mail stop, but should be mailed to the
			attention of Certificate of Correction Branch.

Mail Stop RCE		Requests for continued examination under
			37 CFR 1.114.

Mail Stop 		Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction
 Reconstruction		of lost patent files.

Mail Stop Ex Parte 	Requests for Reexamination for original request
 Reexam 		papers and for all subsequent corresponcence other
			than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
			(see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Inter  	Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination
 Partes Reexam		for original request papers and for all
			subsequent correspondence other than
			correspondence to the Office of the
			Solicitor (see 37 CFR Secs. 1.1(a)(3) and
			1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Reissue	All new and continuing reissue application filings.

Mail Stop Sequence	Submission of the computer readable form (CRF) for
			applications with sequence listings, when the CRF
			is not being filed with the patent application.


	    MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS

   Please address trademark-related mail to be delivered by the United
States Postal Service (USPS), except documents sent to the Assignment
Services Division for recordation, requests for copies of trademark
documents, and documents directed to the Madrid Processing Unit, as
follows:

	Commissioner for Trademarks
	P.O. Box 1451
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be mailed to:

	Madrid Processing Unit
	600 Delaney Street
	MDE-7B87
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Trademark Administrator
regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to:

	Letter of Protest
	ATTN: Trademark Administrator
	600 Delaney Street
	MDE-4B89
	Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Director regarding the Fastener
Quality Act (FQA) must be mailed to:

	Director, USPTO
	ATTN: FQA
	600 Delaney Street, MDE-10A71
	Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Commissioner regarding the
recordal of a Native American Tribal Insignia (NATI) must be mailed to:

	Natvie American Tribal Insignia
	ATTN: Commissioner for Trademarks
	600 Delaney Street
	MDE-10A71
	Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

   Trademark-related mail to be delivered by other delivery services
(Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL, Laser, Action, Purolater, etc.),
by courier or by hand to the Trademark Operation, the Trademark Trial and
Appeal Board, the Office's Madrid Processing Unit, Letters of Protest,
FQA or NATI, must be delivered to:

	Trademark Assistance Center
	Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55
	600 Dulany Street
	Alexandria, VA 22314


	   MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
			  PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

   Please address mail to be directed to a mail stop identified below to
be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows (unless
otherwise instructed):

	Mail Stop _____
	Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 1450
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Mail Stop
Designations		Explanation

Mail Stop 3 		Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC.

Mail Stop 6		Mail for the Office of Procurement.

Mail Stop 8		All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except
			communications relating to pending litigation and
			disciplinary proceedings; papers relating to
			pending litigation in court cases shall be mailed
			only to Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667,
			Arlington, VA 22215 and papers related to pending
			disciplinary proceedings before the Administrative
			Law Judge or the Director shall be mailed only to
			the Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116,
			Arlington, VA 22215.

Mail Stop 11 		Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS).

Mail Stop 13 		Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division.

Mail Stop 16 		Mail related to refund requests, other than
			requests for refund of a patent application
			publication fee. Such requests should be directed
			to Mail Stop PGPub.

Mail Stop 17 		Invoices directed to the Office of Finance.

Mail Stop 24 		Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program,
			including complaints about Invention Promoters.

Mail Stop 171		Vacancy Announcement Applications.

Mail Stop Assignment 	All assignment documents, security interests,
 Recordation Services	and other documents to be recorded in the
			Assignment records. Note that documents with
			cover sheets that are faxed to 571-273-0140 or
			submitted electronically (http://epas.uspto.gov)
			are processed much more quickly than those
			submitted by mail.

Mail Stop 		Mail for the Office of Congressional Relations.
 Congressional
 Relations

Mail Stop Document 	All requests for certified or uncertified
 Services		copies of patent or trademark documents.

Mail Stop EEO 		Mail for the Office of Civil Rights.

Mail Stop 		Mail for the Office of Enforcement.
 Enforcement

Mail Stop Interference 	Communications relating to interferences and
			applications and patents involved in interference.

Mail Stop 		Mail for the Office of International Relations.
 International
 Relations

Mail Stop M		Mail to designate or change a fee
 Correspondence		address, or other correspondence related to
			maintenance fees, except payments of
			maintenance fees in patents.  See below for
			the address for maintenance fee payments.

Mail Stop OED		Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.


			   Maintenance Fee Payments

   Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov,
payments of maintenance fees in patents should be mailed through the
United States Postal Service to:

	United States Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 979070
	St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, payment of maintenance fees in patents (Attn:
Maintenance Fee) using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier
(e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.) may be delivered to:

	Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Attn: Maintenance Fee
	2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
	Alexandria, Virginia 22314

			Deposit Account Replenishments

   To send payment to replenish deposit accounts, send the payments
through the United States Postal Service to:

	United States Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 979065
	St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, deposit account replenishments (Attn: Deposit Accounts)
using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS,
etc.) may be delivered to:

	Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Attn: Deposit Accounts
	2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
	Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent Depository Libraries
	     Reference Collections of U.S. Patents and Trademarks
     Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Depository
Libraries (PTDLs), provide public access to patent and trademark
information received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO). This information includes all issued patents, all registered
trademarks, the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
search tools such as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental
information in a variety of formats including online, optical disc,
microfilm and paper. Each PTDL also offers access to USPTO resources on
the Internet and to PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system
used by patent examiners that is not available on the Internet.

Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information.
All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges
associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of
service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these
collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in
advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience.

State      		Name of Library                  Telephone Contact

Alabama 		Auburn University Libraries         (334) 844-1737
      			Birmingham Public Library      	    (205) 226-3620
Alaska      		Anchorage: Z. J. Loussac Public
			Library  			    (907) 562-7323
Arkansas   		Little Rock: Arkansas State
			Library  			    (501) 682-2053
California   		Los Angeles Public Library          (213) 228-7220
      			Riverside: University of
			California, Riverside Libraries	    (951) 827-3226
                        Sacramento: California State
    			Library				    (916) 654-0069
      			San Diego Public Library      	    (619) 236-5813
			San Francisco Public Library	    (415) 557-4500
      			Sunnyvale Public Library 	    (408) 730-7300
Colorado  		Denver Public Library         	    (720) 865-1711
Delaware   		Newark: University of Delaware
			Library  			    (302) 831-2965
Dist. of Columbia	Washington: Howard University
			Libraries 			    (202) 806-7252
Florida      		Fort Lauderdale: Broward County
         		Main Library            	    (954) 357-7444
      			Miami-Dade Public Library      	    (305) 375-2665
      			Orlando: University of Central
			Florida Libraries  		    (407) 823-2562
Georgia      		Atlanta: Price Gilbert Memorial
			Library, Georgia Institute
         		of Technology   		    (404) 894-1395
Hawaii      		Honolulu: Hawaii State Public
			Library System			    (808) 586-3477
Idaho      		Moscow: University of Idaho Library (208) 885-6235
Illinois   		Chicago Public Library         	    (312) 747-4450
      			Springfield: Illinois State Library (217) 782-5659
Indiana      		Indianapolis-Marion County Public
			Library            		    (317) 269-1741
     			West Lafayette Siegesmund
			Engineering Library,
         		Purdue University   		    (765) 494-2872
Iowa      		Des Moines: State Library of Iowa   (515) 242-6541
Kansas      		Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita
			State University          	  1 (800) 572-8368
Kentucky   		Louisville Free Public Library      (502) 574-1611
Louisiana   		Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton
         		Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875
Maine 			Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library,
			University of Maine		    (207) 581-1678
Maryland		Baltimore: University of Baltimore
			Law Library 			    (410) 837-4554
			College Park: Engineering and
			Physical Sciences Library,
         		University of Maryland		    (301) 405-9157
Massachusetts   	Amherst: Physical Sciences Library,
         		University of Massachusetts   	    (413) 545-2765
      			Boston Public Library         	    (617) 536-5400
							         Ext. 4256
Michigan   		Ann Arbor: Media Union Library,
         		University of Michigan      	    (734) 647-5735
      			Big Rapids: Abigail S. Timme
         		Library, Ferris State University    (231) 592-3602
      			Detroit: Public Library             (313) 833-1450
Minnesota   		Minneapolis Public Library and
         		Information Center      	    (612) 630-6000
Mississippi   		Jackson: Mississippi Library
			Commission 			    (601) 961-4111
Missouri   		Kansas City: Linda Hall Library     (816) 363-4600
								  Ext. 724
      			St. Louis Public Library      	    (314) 241-2288
								  Ext. 390
Montana      		Butte: Montana College of Mineral
         		Science and Technology Library      (406) 496-4281
Nebraska   		Lincoln: Engineering Library,
			University of Nebraska-Lincoln      (402) 472-3411
Nevada      		Las Vegas--Clark County Library
			District 		       	    (702) 507-3421
			Reno: University of Nevada, Reno
         		Library            		    (775) 784-6500
								  Ext. 257
New Jersey   		Newark Public Library         	    (973) 733-7779
      			Piscataway: Library of Science and
         		Medicine, Rutgers University   	    (732) 445-2895
New Mexico   		Albuquerque: University of
   			New Mexico General Library          (505) 277-4412
New York   		Albany: New York State Library      (518) 474-5355
      			Buffalo and Erie County Public
			Library  			    (716) 858-7101
			Rochester Public Library       	    (716) 428-8110
      			New York  Library
			(The Research Libraries)	    (212) 592-7000
			Stony Brook: Engineering Library,
   			State University of New York	    (631) 632-7148
North Carolina   	Charlotte			    (704) 687-2241
			Raleigh: D.H. Hill Library, North
         		Carolina State University   	    (919) 515-2935
North Dakota   		Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library,
         		University of North Dakota   	    (701) 777-4888
Ohio      		Akron - Summit County Public        (330) 643-9075
			Library
			Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
			Public Library of		    (513) 369-6932
      			Cleveland Public Library      	    (216) 623-2870
			Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar
			Library, Wright State
			University		       	    (937) 775-3521
      			Toledo/Lucas County Public Library  (419) 259-5209
Oklahoma   		Stillwater: Oklahoma State
			University Center for International
         		Trade Development  		    (405) 744-7086
Oregon      		Portland: Paul L. Boley Law Library,
			Lewis & Clark College 		    (503) 768-6786
Pennsylvania   		Philadelphia, The Free Library of   (215) 686-5331
      			Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of     (412) 622-3138
      			University Park: Pattee Library,
         		Pennsylvania State University       (814) 865-7617
Puerto Rico             Mayaquez General Library,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 993-0000
							         Ext. 3244
			Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico      	    (787) 786-5225
Rhode Island   		Providence Public Library      	    (401) 455-8027
South Carolina		Clemson University Libraries        (864) 656-3024
South Dakota		Rapid City: Devereaux Library,
			South Dakota School of Mines and
			Technology			    (605) 394-1275
Tennessee   		Nashville: Stevenson Science
         		Library, Vanderbilt University      (615) 322-2717
Texas      		Austin: McKinney Engineering
         		Library, University of Texas at
      			Austin 				    (512) 495-4500
			College Station: West Campus
         		Library, Texas A & M University	    (979) 845-2111
      			Dallas Public Library         	    (214) 670-1468
      			Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice
			University			    (713) 348-5483
			Lubbock: Texas Tech University	    (806) 742-2282
			San Antonio Public Library          (210) 207-2500
Utah      		Salt Lake City: Marriott Library,
         		University of Utah      	    (801) 581-8394
Vermont			Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library,
			University of Vermont               (802) 656-2542
Virginia   		Richmond: James Branch Cabell
         		Library, Virginia Commonwealth
			University        		    (804) 828-1101
Washington   		Seattle: Engineering Library,
         		University of Washington   	    (206) 543-0740
West Virginia   	Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
         		West Virginia University      	    (304) 293-4695
							         Ext. 5113
Wisconsin   		Madison: Kurt F. Wendt Library,
         		University of Wisconsin Madison     (608) 262-6845
      			Milwaukee Public Library      	    (414) 286-3051
Wyoming			Cheyenne: Wyoming State	Library	    (307) 777-7281
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Patent Technology Centers
			   PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS

		JON W. DUDAS, Under Secretary of Commerce for
		  Intellectual Property and Director of the
		   United States Patent and Trademark Office
       MARGARET J. A. PETERLIN, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for
	       Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the
		   United States Patent and Trademark Office
		 JOHN DOLL, Commissioner for Patents
	   PEGGY FOCARINO, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations
	 JOHN LOVE, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy

							         AVERAGE
							  FILING DATE OF
					   		    APPLICATIONS
					    		     RECEIVING A
					   		    FIRST OFFICE
					CUSTOMER SERVICE   ACTION IN THE
					TELEPHONE and FAX    	  LAST 3
TECHNOLOGY CENTERS			NUMBERS 	         MONTHS*

1600	BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC
	CHEMISTRY

1610	Pharmaceutical formulations, 			   	03/01/05
	method of treatment using
	bio-affecting agents, drug
        delivery systems, steroids,
        herbicidal and pesticidal
        compositions, and cosmetics
1620	Organic chemistry	     	571-272-0700	   	11/23/05
				   	FAX 571-273-8300
1630	Molecular biology,		571-272-0600    	08/01/06
	bioinformatics, nucleic		FAX 571-273-8300
        acids, recombinant DNA
	and RNA, Gene regulation,
	gene therapy, nucleic acid
	amplification, transgenic
	animals and recombinant
        plants, combinatorial/
	computational chemistry.
1640	Immunology, receptor/ligands,	571-272-0600	   	09/20/06
	cytokines, recombinant		FAX 571-273-8300
	hormones, engineered
        antibodies, cancer immunology,
        and molecular biology thereof,
	Neurobiology; cellular/
	bacterial/viral/parasitic
	immunology; specific binding
	assays, immunoassays and
	apparatus.
1650	Fermentation, microbiology,	571-272-0500	   	08/11/06
	plant and animal extracts,	FAX 571-273-8300
	peptides, isolated and/or
        recombinant proteins and
        enzymes, protein
	crystallography, and enzyme
        assays
1660	Plants	     			571-272-0700		12/20/06
				   	FAX 571-273-8300

1700/	CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING, AND DESIGNS
2900

1791	Tires, adhesive bonding, glass/	571-272-1700		02/01/05
	paper making, plastics shaping	FAX 571-273-8300
	and molding
1792	Coating, etching, cleaning,	571-272-1700		05/15/05
 	bonding and single crystal 	FAX 571-273-8300
	growth
1793	Metallurgy, metal working,	571-272-1700		11/01/05
	inorganic chemistry, catalysts, FAX 571-273-8300
	electrolysis and gaseous/
	plastic/ceramic compositions
1794	Food, stock materials and	571-272-1700		06/15/05
	miscellaneous articles		FAX 571-273-8300
1795	Fuel cells, batteries, solar	571-272-1700		01/01/05
	cells, electrochemistry and	FAX 571-273-8300
	photolithography
1796	Organic chemistry and polymers	571-272-1700		10/15/05
					FAX 571-273-8300
1797	Separation, purification,	571-272-1700		02/01/05
	chemical apparatus and 		FAX 571-273-8300
	petroleum technology

2100	COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE SOFTWARE AND
	INFORMATION SECURITY

2110    Computer architecture		571-272-0900		04/23/06
					FAX 571-273-8300
2120	Miscellaneous computer		571-272-1400		05/20/06
	applications			FAX 571-273-8300
2130    Cryptography, security	 	571-272-7220 		06/21/05
					FAX 571-273-8300
2140/   Computer networks		571-272-0800    	07/03/05
2150					FAX 571-273-8300
2160/   Database and file management/	571-272-7220    	07/01/06
2170    Graphical user interface	FAX 571-273-8300
2180    Computer architecture		571-272-0900 		08/30/06
					FAX 571-273-8300
2190	Interprocess communications     571-272-1400		07/12/05
	and software development	FAX 571-273-8300

2600    COMMUNICATIONS

2610	Digital Communications, General	571-272-2600		11/02/05
        Communications, Optical		FAX 571-273-8300
        Communications, Telephony,
        Audio, Multiplex
        Communications, Cellular
        Telephony, Radio and Satellite
        Communications

2620	Television and TV Recording,	571-272-2600		08/23/05
        Video Distribution, Image	FAX 571-273-8300
        Analysis, (Fax, Printing,
        Printing Network, Scanners),
        Speech, (Fax, Disk Drive),
        Computer Graphics, Display
        Systems

2800	SEMICONDUCTORS, ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

2811-	Semiconductors and		571-272-1650	   	10/01/06
2815,	Semiconductor Manufacturing	FAX 571-273-8300
2818,
2822,
2823,
2825,
2826,
2829,
2891-
2895
2816,	Electronic circuits, static	571-272-1850	   	11/10/06
2817,	memory, lasers, electronic	FAX 571-273-8300
2819,	components, control circuits,
2821,	power supplies measuring and
2824,	testing
2827,
2828,
2836-
2838,
2855-
2857,
2862,
2863
2831-	Electronic conductors,  	571-272-1850	   	12/01/06
2835,	elements and connectors,	FAX 571-273-8300
2839,	motor structure, electronic
2841,	housings, circuit boards,
2851-	photocopiers, recorders,
2854,	printers, general
2861	illumination
2875,
2885
2871-	Liquid crystals, optical     	571-272-1550		10/07/06
2874,	elements, optical systems,	FAX 571-273-8300
2876-	fiber optics, electric
2879,	lamps, registers, optics
2881-   measuring, radiant energy
2884,
2886,
2887,
2889

3600	TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, CONSTRUCTION, AGRICULTURE,
	LICENSING AND REVIEW

3610	Surface transportation	   	571-272-5250	   	04/25/06
					FAX 571-273-8300
3620	Electronic Commerce	   	571-272-5350		05/06/05
	 	 			FAX 571-273-8300
3630	Static structures,     	   	571-272-5350    	03/14/06
	supports and furniture	 	FAX 571-273-8300
3640	Aeronautics, 	           	571-272-5150    	11/23/05
	agriculture, fishing, 	 	FAX 571-273-8300
	trapping, vermin destroying,
        plant and animal husbandry,
	weaponry, nuclear systems
	and licensing & review
3650	Material handling and	   	571-272-5250    	04/18/06
	article handling	 	FAX 571-273-8300
3660	Computerized vehicle  	   	571-272-5150    	11/16/06
	controls and navigation, 	FAX 571-273-8300
	radio wave, optical and
	acoustic wave communication,
	Robotics, and Nuclear Systems
3670	Wells, earth boring/  	   	571-272-5150    	07/06/06
	moving/working,       	 	FAX 571-273-8300
        excavating, mining,
	harvesters, bridges,
	roads, petroleum,
	closures, connections,
	and hardware
3680-A	Machine elements 	   	571-272-5250    	07/06/06
	and power transmissions	 	FAX 571-273-8300
3680-B	Business Methods		571-272-5350		03/21/05
					FAX 571-273-8300
3680-A	Business Methods - Finance	571-272-5350		11/30/05
					FAX 571-273-8300

3700	MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS

3710	Amusement and 	          	571-272-3750	   	11/01/06
	education devices,		FAX 571-273-8300
	packages and containers
3720	Manufacturing devices          	571-272-4050		01/15/07
	and processes, machine 		FAX 571-273-8300
	tools and hand tools
3730	Medical instruments, 	   	571-272-2975    	10/15/06
	diagnostic equipment, 	 	FAX 571-273-8300
	treatment devices,
	surgery, surgical
	supplies
3740    Thermal and combustion		571-272-3750     	10/01/06
        technology, motive and  	FAX 571-273-8300
        fluid power systems
3750	Fluid handling and 	   	571-272-3750     	09/01/06
	dispensing, and Textile	 	FAX 571-273-8300
        Manufacturing and
        Apparel
3760	Body treatment, 	   	571-272-2975    	12/15/06
	kinestherapy, and 	 	FAX 571-273-8300
	exercising
3770	Respirators, Therapeutic	571-272-2975    	12/01/06
        Support, Splints, Braces,	FAX 571-273-8300
        Bandages and Birth Control
        Devices
3780	Package and Article Carriers,	571-272-2975    	06/30/06
        Envelopes, Purses, Wallets,	FAX 571-273-8300
        Receptacles, Bottles and Jars

* The information provided above reflects an average for the workgroup.
If you need more specific information about an individual application,
please call the appropriate customer service office above.

TECHNOLOGY CENTERS				DIRECTOR

1600	BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

1610	Pharmaceutical formulations, method	George C. Elliott
        of treatment using bio-affecting
        agents, drug delivery systems,
        steroids, herbicidal and pesticidal
        compositions, and cosmetics
1620	Organic chemistry 		        Irem Yucel
1630	Molecular biology, bioinformatics,	George C. Elliott
	nucleic acids per se, nucleic acid
	methodologies, SNPs & haplotypes,
	recombinant DNA and RNA, gene
	regulation, gene therapy, nucleic
	acid amplification, nucleic acid
	based diagnostic assays, nucleic
	acid inhibitors, transgenic animals
	and recombinant plants, combinatorial/
	computational chemistry.
1640	Immunology, receptor/ligands,		John L. LeGuyader
        cytokines, recombinant hormones,
        engineered antibodies, cancer
        immunology, and	molecular biology
        thereof, Neurobiology; cellular/
	bacterial/viral/parasitic immunology;
	specific binding assays, immunoassays
	and apparatus.
1650	Fermentation, microbiology, plant and 	Irem Yucel
	animal extracts, peptides, isolated
        and/or recombinant proteins and
        enzymes, protein crystallography,
        and enzyme assays
1660	Plants					George C. Elliott

1700/	CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING
2900	AND DESIGNS

1791	Tires, adhesive bonding, glass/paper	Gary G. Jones
	making, plastics shaping and molding
1792	Coating, etching, cleaning, bonding	Marian C. Knode
	and single crystal growth
1793	Metallurgy, metal working, inorganic	Jacqueline M. Stone
	chemistry, catalysts, electrolysis and
	gaseous/plastic/ceramic compositions
1794	Food, stock materials and miscellaneous	Marian C. Knode
	articles
1795	Fuel cells, batteries, solar cells,	Jacqueline M. Stone
	electrochemistry and photolithography
1796	Organic chemistry and polymers		Gary G. Jones
1797	Separation, purification, chemical	Gary G. Jones
	apparatus and petroleum technology

2100	COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE SOFTWARE AND
	INFORMATION SECURITY

2110	Computer architecture			Jack B. Harvey
2120	Miscellaneous computer applications	Wendy Garber
2130	Cryptography, security			Andrew Hirshfeld
2140	Computer networks			Andrew Hirshfeld
2150	Computer networks			Andrew Hirshfeld
2160	Database and file management 		Jack B. Harvey
2170	Graphical user interface		Wendy Garber
2180	Computer architecture			Jack B. Harvey
2190	Interprocess communications and 	Wendy Garber
        software development

2600	COMMUNICATIONS

2611	Digital communications			Valencia Martin-Wallace
2612	General communications			Mark R. Powell
2613	Optical communications 			Valencia Martin-Wallace
2614	Telephony				Mark R. Powell
2615	Audio			  		Mark R. Powell
2616/	Multiplex communications		Valencia Martin-Wallace
2619
2617	Cellular telephony 			Wanda Walker
2618	Radio and Satellite Communications	Mark R. Powell
2621	Television and TV Recording		Wanda Walker
2622	Cameras					Wanda Walker
2623 	Video distribution			Wanda Walker
2624	Image analysis				Mark R. Powell
2625	Fax, printing, printing network, 	Wanda Walker
	scanners
2626	Speech					Mark R. Powell
2627	Disc drives				Mark R. Powell
2628	Computer graphics			Valencia Martin-Wallace
2629	Display systems				Valencia Martin-Wallace

2800	SEMICONDUCTORS, ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS

2811-	Semiconductors and Semiconductor	Richard K. Seidel
2815,	Manufacturing
2818,
2822,
2823,
2825,
2826,
2829,
2891-
2895
2816,	Electronic circuits, static memory,	Janice A. Falcone
2817,	lasers, electronic components, control
	circuits,power
2819,	supplies, measuring and testing
2821,
2824,
2827,
2828,
2836-
2838,
2855-
2857,
2862,
2863
2831-	Electronic conductors, elements and	Sharon A. Gibson
2835, 	connectors, motor structure, electronic
2839,	housings, circuit boards, photocopiers,
2841,	recorders, printers, general
2851-	illumination
2854,
2861,
2875,
2885
2871-	Liquid crystals, optical elements,    	Sharon A. Gibson
2874,	optical systems, fiber optics, electric
2876-	lamps, registers, optics measuring,
2879,	radiant energy
2881-
2884,
2886,
2887,
2889

3600	TRANSPORTATION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, CONSTRUCTION, AGRICULTURE,
	LICENSING AND REVIEW

3610	Surface transportation		 	Katherine Matecki
3620	Electronic commerce			Wynn W. Coggins
3630	Static structures, supports and 	Wynn W. Coggins
	furniture
3640	Aeronautics, agriculture, fishing,	Donald T. Hajec
        trapping, vermin destroying, plant
	and animal husbandry, weaponry,
	nuclear systems and licensing
	& review
3650	Material and article handling 		Katherine Matecki
3660	Computerized vehicle controls and 	Donald T. Hajec
	navigation, radio wave, optical and
	acoustic wave communication, Robotics,
	and Nuclear Systems
3670	Wells, earth boring/moving/working, 	Donald T. Hajec
	excavating, mining, harvesters,
	bridges, roads, petroleum, closures,
	connections, and hardware
3680A	Machine elements and power 		Katherine Matecki
	transmissions
3680B	Business Methods			Wynn W. Coggins
3690	Business Methods - Finance		Wynn W. Coggins

3700 	MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS

3710,	Amusement and education devices,	Karen M. Young
3721,	packages and containers
3727,
and
3728
3720	Packages and containers;		Frederick R. Schmidt
3720	Manufacturing devices and processes, 	Frederick R. Schmidt
	machine tools and hand tools
3730	Medical instruments, diagnostic 	Frederick R. Schmidt
	equipment, treatment devices, surgery,
	surgical supplies
3740	Thermal and combustion technology, 	Karen M. Young
	motive and fluid power systems
3750	Fluid handling and dispensing	 	Karen M. Young
3760	Body treatment, kinestherapy, 	 	Frederick R. Schmidt
	exercising, textile manufacturing
	and apparel
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