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 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Print Table of Contents 1369 OG 121 

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

August 16, 2011 Volume 1369 Number 3

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1369 OG 122
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1369 OG 125
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1369 OG 126
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 07/18/20111369 OG 152
Reissue Applications Filed1369 OG 153
Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1369 OG 154
Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed1369 OG 157
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1369 OG 158
Service by Publication1369 OG 162
37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication1369 OG 163
Registration to Practice1369 OG 165
Notice of Inclusion of Trademark Registration Certificate Maintenance Requirements Page in Trademark Document Retrieval Database1369 OG 166
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and IP Australia1369 OG 167
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office1369 OG 168
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland1369 OG 169
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office1369 OG 170
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia1369 OG 171
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office1369 OG 172
Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office1369 OG 173
Errata1369 OG 174
Erratum1369 OG 176
Certificates of Correction1369 OG 177
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1369 OG 179

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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 1350 O.G. 73, on January 12, 2010

   For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular
International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT
Applicants' Guide.

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 March 1, 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 November 26, 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 March 1, 2002, and where the application
contains one or more claims directed to the field of business methods.

   The search fee of the European Patent Office was increased, effective
January 1, 2011, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1361 O.G.
180, on December 28, 2010.

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,
effective January 1, 2011, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1361 O.G. 180, on December 28, 2010.

Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) 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, IP Australia is not a
competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Artical 16(3), for international
applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a
Receiving Office, and where the application contains one or more claims
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directed to the field of business methods or mechanical inventions.

   IP Australia 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 IP Australia acted as the
International Searching Authority. However, IP Australia is not 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 IP Australia
and where the application contains one or more claims directed to the
fields of business methods or mechanical engineering or analogous fields of
technology as defined by specified areas of the International Patent
Classification System, as indicated in Annex A to the agreement between the
USPTO and IP Australia. See the notice appearing in the Official Gazette
at 1337 O.G. 261 on December 23, 2008.

   For use of IP Australia 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 1337 O.G. 265 on December 23, 2008.

   The search fee of IP Australia was increased, effective January 1, 2011,
and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1361 O.G. 180, on December 28,
2010.

Fees

   The transmittal fee and search fees for the USPTO were changed,
effective January 12, 2009, and were announced in the Federal Register on
November 12, 2008. 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 November 1, 2010, and
were announced in the Official Gazette at 1360 O.G. 5, on November 2, 2010.

   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of January 1, 2011, is
as follows:

International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:

   Transmittal fee                                                  $240.00

   Search fee

      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
      International Searching Authority (ISA)
         - Search fee                                             $2,080.00
         - Supplemental search fee, per additional
            invention (payable only upon invitation)              $2,080.00

      European Patent Office as ISA                               $2,443.00

      Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA
         - for international applications filed in English        $1,157.00

      IP Australia as ISA                                         $1,837.00

   International fees

      International filing fee                                    $1,367.00
      International filing fee-filed in paper
         with PCT EASY zip file or
         electronically without PCT EASY zip file                 $1,264.00
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      International filing fee-filed
         electronically with PCT EASY zip files                   $1,161.00
      Supplemental fee for each page over 30                         $15.00

   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                                                  $206.00
      Handling fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria
      specified at:
        http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf            $20.60
      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,
              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).

December 13, 2010                                            ROBERT W. BAHR
                                              Acting Associate Commissioner
                                              for Patent Examination Policy
                                  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 August 5, 2008
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 7,406,718 through 7,409,722
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on August 3, 2004
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 6,769,134 through 6,772,438
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on August 1, 2000
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 6,094,742 through 6,098,195
        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 June 29, 2011
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

5,915,295                        08/950,936                      06/29/99
5,915,296                        08/896,401                      06/29/99
5,915,297                        08/988,122                      06/29/99
5,915,299                        08/623,403                      06/29/99
5,915,307                        09/015,438                      06/29/99
5,915,316                        08/702,560                      06/29/99
5,915,334                        09/066,926                      06/29/99
5,915,345                        08/898,120                      06/29/99
5,915,346                        08/889,196                      06/29/99
5,915,347                        09/082,669                      06/29/99
5,915,350                        09/025,681                      06/29/99
5,915,353                        09/076,075                      06/29/99
5,915,358                        08/976,489                      06/29/99
5,915,364                        08/866,109                      06/29/99
5,915,374                        08/848,212                      06/29/99
5,915,378                        08/549,343                      06/29/99
5,915,396                        08/881,920                      06/29/99
5,915,400                        08/834,486                      06/29/99
5,915,408                        08/660,120                      06/29/99
5,915,409                        08/869,952                      06/29/99
5,915,410                        08/595,128                      06/29/99
5,915,418                        08/857,878                      06/29/99
5,915,421                        08/891,111                      06/29/99
5,915,435                        08/728,817                      06/29/99
5,915,437                        09/050,925                      06/29/99
5,915,439                        08/880,220                      06/29/99
5,915,447                        08/860,423                      06/29/99
5,915,452                        09/066,636                      06/29/99
5,915,472                        08/858,614                      06/29/99
5,915,474                        08/894,594                      06/29/99
5,915,481                        09/003,896                      06/29/99
5,915,490                        08/786,933                      06/29/99
5,915,502                        08/807,079                      06/29/99
5,915,503                        08/559,354                      06/29/99
5,915,504                        08/899,748                      06/29/99
5,915,506                        08/758,945                      06/29/99
5,915,514                        08/693,259                      06/29/99
5,915,518                        08/666,294                      06/29/99
5,915,520                        08/882,682                      06/29/99
5,915,523                        08/852,393                      06/29/99
5,915,527                        08/840,626                      06/29/99
5,915,531                        08/975,998                      06/29/99
5,915,543                        08/853,353                      06/29/99
5,915,548                        09/100,867                      06/29/99
5,915,549                        09/029,890                      06/29/99
5,915,555                        08/155,730                      06/29/99
5,915,556                        08/943,516                      06/29/99
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5,915,559                        08/800,540                      06/29/99
5,915,564                        08/946,388                      06/29/99
5,915,610                        09/026,409                      06/29/99
5,915,611                        08/890,899                      06/29/99
5,915,612                        09/111,352                      06/29/99
5,915,635                        08/718,008                      06/29/99
5,915,638                        09/207,986                      06/29/99
5,915,639                        08/926,178                      06/29/99
5,915,641                        08/325,549                      06/29/99
5,915,642                        08/843,746                      06/29/99
5,915,644                        08/923,432                      06/29/99
5,915,647                        08/907,541                      06/29/99
5,915,648                        08/975,388                      06/29/99
5,915,655                        09/071,147                      06/29/99
5,915,660                        08/773,371                      06/29/99
5,915,662                        08/914,964                      06/29/99
5,915,668                        09/036,138                      06/29/99
5,915,685                        09/091,016                      06/29/99
5,915,694                        09/005,290                      06/29/99
5,915,698                        08/683,681                      06/29/99
5,915,700                        08/631,066                      06/29/99
5,915,714                        09/097,417                      06/29/99
5,915,715                        08/923,513                      06/29/99
5,915,719                        08/644,054                      06/29/99
5,915,726                        09/045,895                      06/29/99
5,915,729                        08/979,678                      06/29/99
5,915,736                        08/896,902                      06/29/99
5,915,739                        08/909,106                      06/29/99
5,915,740                        08/697,676                      06/29/99
5,915,748                        08/952,446                      06/29/99
5,915,749                        08/516,385                      06/29/99
5,915,750                        08/802,119                      06/29/99
5,915,762                        08/995,147                      06/29/99
5,915,769                        09/107,068                      06/29/99
5,915,770                        08/908,277                      06/29/99
5,915,777                        08/977,582                      06/29/99
5,915,798                        08/886,851                      06/29/99
5,915,800                        08/664,009                      06/29/99
5,915,802                        08/964,248                      06/29/99
5,915,805                        08/955,245                      06/29/99
5,915,812                        09/010,555                      06/29/99
5,915,814                        08/697,827                      06/29/99
5,915,817                        09/083,582                      06/29/99
5,915,822                        08/908,711                      06/29/99
5,915,823                        08/740,224                      06/29/99
5,915,825                        09/074,917                      06/29/99
5,915,827                        08/968,397                      06/29/99
5,915,832                        08/739,714                      06/29/99
5,915,835                        09/141,148                      06/29/99
5,915,852                        09/126,906                      06/29/99
5,915,855                        08/939,488                      06/29/99
5,915,868                        09/074,962                      06/29/99
5,915,872                        08/981,258                      06/29/99
5,915,884                        08/763,765                      06/29/99
5,915,891                        09/024,831                      06/29/99
5,915,893                        08/831,222                      06/29/99
5,915,896                        09/152,318                      06/29/99
5,915,901                        08/958,543                      06/29/99
5,915,903                        08/656,250                      06/29/99
5,915,904                        08/916,730                      06/29/99
5,915,909                        08/971,370                      06/29/99
5,915,911                        08/700,387                      06/29/99
5,915,916                        08/852,739                      06/29/99
5,915,925                        08/779,505                      06/29/99
5,915,927                        08/922,442                      06/29/99
5,915,930                        08/885,554                      06/29/99
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5,915,932                        08/597,284                      06/29/99
5,915,942                        09/030,194                      06/29/99
5,915,945                        08/896,140                      06/29/99
5,915,949                        08/300,089                      06/29/99
5,915,951                        08/770,771                      06/29/99
5,915,952                        09/100,289                      06/29/99
5,915,956                        08/616,537                      06/29/99
5,915,961                        08/884,653                      06/29/99
5,915,966                        09/150,606                      06/29/99
5,915,969                        09/175,912                      06/29/99
5,915,972                        08/789,009                      06/29/99
5,915,975                        08/712,738                      06/29/99
5,915,979                        08/910,787                      06/29/99
5,915,980                        08/940,137                      06/29/99
5,915,983                        08/755,745                      06/29/99
5,915,986                        08/760,163                      06/29/99
5,915,990                        08/889,936                      06/29/99
5,915,992                        08/971,536                      06/29/99
5,915,996                        08/863,769                      06/29/99
5,915,997                        08/893,295                      06/29/99
5,916,000                        09/045,893                      06/29/99
5,916,006                        08/857,158                      06/29/99
5,916,007                        08/889,457                      06/29/99
5,916,012                        08/882,658                      06/29/99
5,916,018                        08/918,077                      06/29/99
5,916,019                        09/093,247                      06/29/99
5,916,020                        08/938,603                      06/29/99
5,916,024                        08/986,850                      06/29/99
5,916,025                        08/702,672                      06/29/99
5,916,026                        08/978,574                      06/29/99
5,916,030                        09/046,879                      06/29/99
5,916,033                        08/998,491                      06/29/99
5,916,036                        09/073,455                      06/29/99
5,916,047                        08/593,322                      06/29/99
5,916,051                        09/040,687                      06/29/99
5,916,054                        08/889,812                      06/29/99
5,916,069                        08/816,149                      06/29/99
5,916,070                        08/961,909                      06/29/99
5,916,081                        08/902,538                      06/29/99
5,916,085                        08/747,230                      06/29/99
5,916,086                        08/607,991                      06/29/99
5,916,090                        09/105,005                      06/29/99
5,916,118                        09/035,402                      06/29/99
5,916,121                        09/030,108                      06/29/99
5,916,123                        08/942,803                      06/29/99
5,916,129                        08/890,057                      06/29/99
5,916,131                        08/385,984                      06/29/99
5,916,138                        08/963,699                      06/29/99
5,916,139                        08/931,585                      06/29/99
5,916,140                        08/915,591                      06/29/99
5,916,142                        08/734,163                      06/29/99
5,916,144                        08/964,833                      06/29/99
5,916,153                        08/958,509                      06/29/99
5,916,157                        08/719,578                      06/29/99
5,916,162                        08/914,595                      06/29/99
5,916,164                        08/909,990                      06/29/99
5,916,168                        08/858,172                      06/29/99
5,916,171                        08/863,928                      06/29/99
5,916,181                        08/957,073                      06/29/99
5,916,182                        08/506,423                      06/29/99
5,916,187                        08/967,257                      06/29/99
5,916,188                        08/894,496                      06/29/99
5,916,201                        08/875,275                      06/29/99
5,916,205                        09/031,352                      06/29/99
5,916,216                        08/740,849                      06/29/99
5,916,219                        08/797,917                      06/29/99
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5,916,226                        09/017,941                      06/29/99
5,916,236                        08/779,432                      06/29/99
5,916,237                        09/070,265                      06/29/99
5,916,244                        09/017,191                      06/29/99
5,916,255                        09/071,866                      06/29/99
5,916,258                        08/820,050                      06/29/99
5,916,260                        09/051,221                      06/29/99
5,916,263                        08/662,484                      06/29/99
5,916,278                        09/003,166                      06/29/99
5,916,287                        08/720,390                      06/29/99
5,916,304                        08/926,780                      06/29/99
5,916,308                        08/606,788                      06/29/99
5,916,312                        08/851,695                      06/29/99
5,916,315                        08/781,469                      06/29/99
5,916,316                        08/970,819                      06/29/99
5,916,321                        09/148,917                      06/29/99
5,916,322                        09/047,517                      06/29/99
5,916,329                        08/850,088                      06/29/99
5,916,330                        08/783,681                      06/29/99
5,916,333                        08/981,954                      06/29/99
5,916,336                        09/071,649                      06/29/99
5,916,348                        08/885,961                      06/29/99
5,916,353                        09/014,682                      06/29/99
5,916,355                        09/132,039                      06/29/99
5,916,362                        08/974,877                      06/29/99
5,916,376                        08/984,945                      06/29/99
5,916,381                        08/730,274                      06/29/99
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 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 130 

5,916,599                        08/746,751                      06/29/99
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 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 131 

5,916,885                        08/902,503                      06/29/99
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 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 132 

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 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 133 

5,917,585                        08/934,685                      06/29/99
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 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 134 

5,917,925                        08/911,108                      06/29/99
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5,918,308                        08/851,389                      06/29/99

                    PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON June 24, 2011
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

6,581,209                        09/877,764                      06/24/03
6,581,211                        10/177,325                      06/24/03
6,581,213                        09/954,115                      06/24/03
6,581,218                        10/032,453                      06/24/03
6,581,219                        10/084,733                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 135 

6,581,225                        09/604,350                      06/24/03
6,581,226                        10/077,360                      06/24/03
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6,581,235                        09/523,961                      06/24/03
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6,581,254                        10/000,524                      06/24/03
6,581,255                        09/848,906                      06/24/03
6,581,256                        09/920,965                      06/24/03
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6,581,267                        08/607,738                      06/24/03
6,581,272                        10/037,812                      06/24/03
6,581,274                        09/578,258                      06/24/03
6,581,276                        09/797,034                      06/24/03
6,581,279                        09/763,203                      06/24/03
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6,581,284                        10/267,780                      06/24/03
6,581,290                        09/149,753                      06/24/03
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6,581,299                        09/959,570                      06/24/03
6,581,306                        10/058,918                      06/24/03
6,581,310                        10/081,791                      06/24/03
6,581,318                        10/044,252                      06/24/03
6,581,321                        09/852,869                      06/24/03
6,581,323                        10/093,723                      06/24/03
6,581,326                        10/021,545                      06/24/03
6,581,331                        09/701,056                      06/24/03
6,581,332                        09/763,169                      06/24/03
6,581,336                        09/898,689                      06/24/03
6,581,337                        09/905,653                      06/24/03
6,581,340                        09/883,610                      06/24/03
6,581,344                        09/724,193                      06/24/03
6,581,346                        09/815,086                      06/24/03
6,581,348                        10/022,612                      06/24/03
6,581,349                        09/090,849                      06/24/03
6,581,351                        09/846,336                      06/24/03
6,581,352                        09/927,051                      06/24/03
6,581,354                        09/344,738                      06/24/03
6,581,357                        09/743,220                      06/24/03
6,581,360                        09/381,503                      06/24/03
6,581,363                        09/998,071                      06/24/03
6,581,364                        10/000,061                      06/24/03
6,581,365                        10/007,778                      06/24/03
6,581,370                        09/985,764                      06/24/03
6,581,371                        10/079,351                      06/24/03
6,581,374                        10/133,769                      06/24/03
6,581,375                        10/024,910                      06/24/03
6,581,377                        10/024,929                      06/24/03
6,581,392                        10/061,952                      06/24/03
6,581,394                        09/890,713                      06/24/03
6,581,405                        10/033,639                      06/24/03
6,581,407                        09/959,863                      06/24/03
6,581,414                        09/929,341                      06/24/03
6,581,431                        09/925,924                      06/24/03
6,581,442                        09/979,116                      06/24/03
6,581,461                        09/578,938                      06/24/03
6,581,469                        10/042,297                      06/24/03
6,581,474                        09/792,670                      06/24/03
6,581,477                        09/516,557                      06/24/03
6,581,481                        09/853,920                      06/24/03
6,581,484                        09/485,790                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 136 

6,581,492                        10/056,013                      06/24/03
6,581,494                        09/814,562                      06/24/03
6,581,496                        09/897,055                      06/24/03
6,581,497                        10/133,593                      06/24/03
6,581,510                        10/170,556                      06/24/03
6,581,513                        09/857,356                      06/24/03
6,581,516                        09/686,122                      06/24/03
6,581,518                        09/951,821                      06/24/03
6,581,519                        09/975,154                      06/24/03
6,581,521                        10/229,188                      06/24/03
6,581,522                        08/018,841                      06/24/03
6,581,526                        10/098,918                      06/24/03
6,581,528                        10/045,201                      06/24/03
6,581,529                        09/869,298                      06/24/03
6,581,530                        10/021,641                      06/24/03
6,581,531                        09/956,728                      06/24/03
6,581,536                        10/098,030                      06/24/03
6,581,540                        10/112,317                      06/24/03
6,581,542                        09/936,591                      06/24/03
6,581,543                        09/959,971                      06/24/03
6,581,547                        10/014,994                      06/24/03
6,581,548                        09/940,997                      06/24/03
6,581,556                        10/147,678                      06/24/03
6,581,558                        10/128,170                      06/24/03
6,581,559                        09/868,966                      06/24/03
6,581,570                        09/976,794                      06/24/03
6,581,572                        09/147,479                      06/24/03
6,581,575                        09/993,651                      06/24/03
6,581,579                        10/175,223                      06/24/03
6,581,581                        09/269,651                      06/24/03
6,581,583                        10/146,757                      06/24/03
6,581,584                        09/859,695                      06/24/03
6,581,585                        09/990,908                      06/24/03
6,581,601                        10/041,788                      06/24/03
6,581,608                        09/573,876                      06/24/03
6,581,614                        09/918,620                      06/24/03
6,581,621                        09/890,059                      06/24/03
6,581,623                        09/562,300                      06/24/03
6,581,625                        09/533,439                      06/24/03
6,581,627                        09/896,615                      06/24/03
6,581,632                        09/819,000                      06/24/03
6,581,639                        09/981,103                      06/24/03
6,581,643                        10/148,447                      06/24/03
6,581,648                        09/830,791                      06/24/03
6,581,651                        10/033,834                      06/24/03
6,581,653                        10/009,121                      06/24/03
6,581,654                        10/017,758                      06/24/03
6,581,659                        09/416,179                      06/24/03
6,581,665                        09/957,437                      06/24/03
6,581,673                        09/753,235                      06/24/03
6,581,678                        09/716,380                      06/24/03
6,581,682                        09/670,389                      06/24/03
6,581,690                        10/021,387                      06/24/03
6,581,697                        10/058,724                      06/24/03
6,581,701                        09/882,013                      06/24/03
6,581,708                        09/971,826                      06/24/03
6,581,709                        09/681,661                      06/24/03
6,581,712                        10/243,485                      06/24/03
6,581,716                        09/548,774                      06/24/03
6,581,717                        09/701,059                      06/24/03
6,581,721                        09/955,952                      06/24/03
6,581,723                        09/945,074                      06/24/03
6,581,727                        09/780,422                      06/24/03
6,581,728                        09/779,863                      06/24/03
6,581,729                        09/705,726                      06/24/03
6,581,734                        10/152,057                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 137 

6,581,735                        10/025,995                      06/24/03
6,581,741                        09/826,687                      06/24/03
6,581,742                        09/972,906                      06/24/03
6,581,744                        09/964,138                      06/24/03
6,581,751                        09/679,584                      06/24/03
6,581,753                        09/363,275                      06/24/03
6,581,756                        09/902,585                      06/24/03
6,581,760                        09/863,862                      06/24/03
6,581,763                        10/007,500                      06/24/03
6,581,767                        09/931,739                      06/24/03
6,581,770                        09/686,302                      06/24/03
6,581,775                        09/927,944                      06/24/03
6,581,776                        09/986,835                      06/24/03
6,581,778                        09/362,931                      06/24/03
6,581,782                        09/927,467                      06/24/03
6,581,785                        10/045,527                      06/24/03
6,581,788                        10/054,835                      06/24/03
6,581,789                        09/637,398                      06/24/03
6,581,795                        09/589,724                      06/24/03
6,581,806                        09/815,138                      06/24/03
6,581,810                        10/090,950                      06/24/03
6,581,820                        09/916,772                      06/24/03
6,581,822                        09/974,170                      06/24/03
6,581,823                        10/057,992                      06/24/03
6,581,825                        09/825,625                      06/24/03
6,581,826                        09/576,420                      06/24/03
6,581,845                        09/902,402                      06/24/03
6,581,850                        09/869,779                      06/24/03
6,581,852                        10/004,843                      06/24/03
6,581,854                        10/075,879                      06/24/03
6,581,863                        10/036,249                      06/24/03
6,581,865                        10/051,587                      06/24/03
6,581,867                        09/834,729                      06/24/03
6,581,872                        09/967,840                      06/24/03
6,581,878                        09/945,609                      06/24/03
6,581,879                        09/990,758                      06/24/03
6,581,887                        09/992,402                      06/24/03
6,581,888                        09/686,596                      06/24/03
6,581,889                        09/758,585                      06/24/03
6,581,890                        09/784,731                      06/24/03
6,581,893                        10/234,133                      06/24/03
6,581,897                        09/789,645                      06/24/03
6,581,905                        09/989,870                      06/24/03
6,581,911                        09/939,020                      06/24/03
6,581,912                        09/874,764                      06/24/03
6,581,917                        10/078,991                      06/24/03
6,581,921                        10/123,988                      06/24/03
6,581,928                        09/693,775                      06/24/03
6,581,931                        10/059,748                      06/24/03
6,581,933                        10/105,851                      06/24/03
6,581,934                        09/900,835                      06/24/03
6,581,936                        10/014,385                      06/24/03
6,581,949                        09/928,734                      06/24/03
6,581,950                        10/073,738                      06/24/03
6,581,951                        09/800,032                      06/24/03
6,581,954                        09/893,120                      06/24/03
6,581,956                        09/847,546                      06/24/03
6,581,957                        10/081,549                      06/24/03
6,581,959                        09/895,600                      06/24/03
6,581,963                        09/918,112                      06/24/03
6,581,987                        09/713,372                      06/24/03
6,581,989                        09/850,912                      06/24/03
6,581,994                        09/866,295                      06/24/03
6,581,996                        09/558,788                      06/24/03
6,581,998                        10/073,381                      06/24/03
6,581,999                        09/683,859                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 138 

6,582,003                        09/780,624                      06/24/03
6,582,011                        09/961,717                      06/24/03
6,582,013                        09/706,784                      06/24/03
6,582,018                        09/978,863                      06/24/03
6,582,024                        09/867,100                      06/24/03
6,582,030                        10/003,477                      06/24/03
6,582,032                        09/897,667                      06/24/03
6,582,034                        09/916,283                      06/24/03
6,582,036                        09/911,282                      06/24/03
6,582,043                        09/809,186                      06/24/03
6,582,044                        10/072,283                      06/24/03
6,582,053                        09/634,600                      06/24/03
6,582,054                        09/915,338                      06/24/03
6,582,056                        09/970,301                      06/24/03
6,582,061                        09/917,743                      06/24/03
6,582,071                        10/150,365                      06/24/03
6,582,075                        09/846,028                      06/24/03
6,582,082                        10/008,817                      06/24/03
6,582,084                        09/811,936                      06/24/03
6,582,090                        09/384,767                      06/24/03
6,582,094                        09/897,942                      06/24/03
6,582,096                        09/592,978                      06/24/03
6,582,102                        09/897,943                      06/24/03
6,582,106                        09/988,802                      06/24/03
6,582,111                        09/973,531                      06/24/03
6,582,117                        10/168,258                      06/24/03
6,582,120                        10/023,141                      06/24/03
6,582,125                        09/912,946                      06/24/03
6,582,129                        09/931,766                      06/24/03
6,582,136                        10/079,315                      06/24/03
6,582,137                        09/618,532                      06/24/03
6,582,146                        09/782,330                      06/24/03
6,582,152                        09/851,902                      06/24/03
6,582,154                        10/147,770                      06/24/03
6,582,169                        09/683,632                      06/24/03
6,582,176                        09/601,030                      06/24/03
6,582,187                        09/522,562                      06/24/03
6,582,188                        09/766,713                      06/24/03
6,582,202                        09/913,456                      06/24/03
6,582,206                        09/808,108                      06/24/03
6,582,207                        09/863,868                      06/24/03
6,582,214                        09/576,573                      06/24/03
6,582,216                        09/775,186                      06/24/03
6,582,217                        09/423,254                      06/24/03
6,582,219                        09/672,433                      06/24/03
6,582,223                        09/990,257                      06/24/03
6,582,234                        10/210,022                      06/24/03
6,582,236                        09/577,693                      06/24/03
6,582,239                        10/120,452                      06/24/03
6,582,245                        09/892,589                      06/24/03
6,582,247                        09/576,829                      06/24/03
6,582,253                        09/587,547                      06/24/03
6,582,254                        10/117,662                      06/24/03
6,582,270                        09/899,599                      06/24/03
6,582,274                        09/559,810                      06/24/03
6,582,275                        10/201,033                      06/24/03
6,582,276                        10/055,756                      06/24/03
6,582,282                        09/729,868                      06/24/03
6,582,284                        09/794,252                      06/24/03
6,582,286                        09/783,879                      06/24/03
6,582,290                        09/978,017                      06/24/03
6,582,291                        10/022,600                      06/24/03
6,582,293                        09/702,531                      06/24/03
6,582,301                        09/905,478                      06/24/03
6,582,302                        09/760,697                      06/24/03
6,582,305                        09/544,938                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 139 

6,582,315                        10/036,555                      06/24/03
6,582,317                        09/992,327                      06/24/03
6,582,318                        10/077,389                      06/24/03
6,582,320                        09/248,569                      06/24/03
6,582,327                        09/683,349                      06/24/03
6,582,329                        09/884,546                      06/24/03
6,582,331                        09/542,475                      06/24/03
6,582,334                        09/691,190                      06/24/03
6,582,343                        09/761,063                      06/24/03
6,582,345                        09/879,941                      06/24/03
6,582,346                        09/500,186                      06/24/03
6,582,348                        09/848,180                      06/24/03
6,582,352                        09/753,531                      06/24/03
6,582,353                        09/618,253                      06/24/03
6,582,354                        09/911,899                      06/24/03
6,582,356                        09/951,453                      06/24/03
6,582,365                        09/350,736                      06/24/03
6,582,367                        09/663,558                      06/24/03
6,582,372                        09/888,185                      06/24/03
6,582,373                        09/955,194                      06/24/03
6,582,375                        09/975,214                      06/24/03
6,582,379                        09/719,344                      06/24/03
6,582,389                        09/742,688                      06/24/03
6,582,391                        10/188,628                      06/24/03
6,582,393                        09/867,003                      06/24/03
6,582,408                        09/349,748                      06/24/03
6,582,416                        09/464,590                      06/24/03
6,582,418                        09/585,493                      06/24/03
6,582,421                        10/030,548                      06/24/03
6,582,432                        09/497,066                      06/24/03
6,582,435                        09/995,445                      06/24/03
6,582,444                        09/828,795                      06/24/03
6,582,450                        09/726,339                      06/24/03
6,582,451                        09/936,606                      06/24/03
6,582,454                        09/737,472                      06/24/03
6,582,463                        09/686,689                      06/24/03
6,582,464                        09/817,621                      06/24/03
6,582,481                        09/447,250                      06/24/03
6,582,484                        09/950,404                      06/24/03
6,582,493                        09/967,449                      06/24/03
6,582,494                        10/069,958                      06/24/03
6,582,495                        10/067,533                      06/24/03
6,582,497                        09/590,994                      06/24/03
6,582,501                        09/791,575                      06/24/03
6,582,506                        09/865,896                      06/24/03
6,582,514                        10/127,456                      06/24/03
6,582,517                        09/757,366                      06/24/03
6,582,521                        10/223,386                      06/24/03
6,582,523                        10/034,225                      06/24/03
6,582,527                        09/991,194                      06/24/03
6,582,533                        09/777,679                      06/24/03
6,582,547                        09/550,922                      06/24/03
6,582,549                        09/741,448                      06/24/03
6,582,551                        10/067,966                      06/24/03
6,582,554                        10/142,944                      06/24/03
6,582,555                        10/012,650                      06/24/03
6,582,561                        10/219,447                      06/24/03
6,582,565                        10/052,043                      06/24/03
6,582,570                        09/776,838                      06/24/03
6,582,575                        09/934,565                      06/24/03
6,582,583                        09/451,141                      06/24/03
6,582,591                        09/634,585                      06/24/03
6,582,594                        09/613,110                      06/24/03
6,582,595                        09/675,111                      06/24/03
6,582,598                        09/735,915                      06/24/03
6,582,603                        09/529,963                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 140 

6,582,609                        10/182,445                      06/24/03
6,582,613                        09/931,230                      06/24/03
6,582,630                        09/821,849                      06/24/03
6,582,639                        09/754,621                      06/24/03
6,582,646                        09/621,196                      06/24/03
6,582,647                        09/408,645                      06/24/03
6,582,648                        09/486,792                      06/24/03
6,582,657                        09/730,108                      06/24/03
6,582,658                        09/598,738                      06/24/03
6,582,659                        09/446,143                      06/24/03
6,582,663                        09/424,331                      06/24/03
6,582,667                        09/394,087                      06/24/03
6,582,668                        09/891,855                      06/24/03
6,582,674                        09/562,738                      06/24/03
6,582,676                        09/778,091                      06/24/03
6,582,690                        09/273,066                      06/24/03
6,582,694                        09/988,663                      06/24/03
6,582,700                        09/191,904                      06/24/03
6,582,722                        09/660,048                      06/24/03
6,582,724                        09/972,008                      06/24/03
6,582,730                        09/820,654                      06/24/03
6,582,731                        09/654,358                      06/24/03
6,582,736                        10/094,400                      06/24/03
6,582,737                        09/962,927                      06/24/03
6,582,739                        09/622,407                      06/24/03
6,582,743                        09/871,453                      06/24/03
6,582,746                        09/795,732                      06/24/03
6,582,751                        09/561,848                      06/24/03
6,582,755                        10/138,319                      06/24/03
6,582,764                        09/973,632                      06/24/03
6,582,766                        10/049,652                      06/24/03
6,582,767                        09/702,852                      06/24/03
6,582,769                        09/996,246                      06/24/03
6,582,771                        10/138,995                      06/24/03
6,582,779                        09/371,826                      06/24/03
6,582,780                        09/510,684                      06/24/03
6,582,782                        09/827,342                      06/24/03
6,582,801                        09/630,949                      06/24/03
6,582,803                        09/901,844                      06/24/03
6,582,805                        09/629,413                      06/24/03
6,582,816                        09/927,342                      06/24/03
6,582,817                        09/761,446                      06/24/03
6,582,823                        09/304,422                      06/24/03
6,582,824                        09/806,421                      06/24/03
6,582,825                        09/943,236                      06/24/03
6,582,831                        09/985,903                      06/24/03
6,582,842                        09/711,197                      06/24/03
6,582,843                        09/654,903                      06/24/03
6,582,846                        09/871,574                      06/24/03
6,582,847                        09/699,971                      06/24/03
6,582,848                        09/978,950                      06/24/03
6,582,851                        09/839,668                      06/24/03
6,582,855                        09/573,545                      06/24/03
6,582,878                        09/757,476                      06/24/03
6,582,879                        09/817,273                      06/24/03
6,582,884                        09/242,553                      06/24/03
6,582,895                        09/773,689                      06/24/03
6,582,908                        09/519,090                      06/24/03
6,582,910                        09/580,929                      06/24/03
6,582,917                        09/787,226                      06/24/03
6,582,918                        09/851,486                      06/24/03
6,582,922                        10/067,208                      06/24/03
6,582,929                        09/841,392                      06/24/03
6,582,933                        09/857,447                      06/24/03
6,582,935                        09/801,874                      06/24/03
6,582,943                        10/067,653                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 141 

6,582,944                        09/184,965                      06/24/03
6,582,946                        09/803,671                      06/24/03
6,582,950                        09/610,199                      06/24/03
6,582,953                        09/849,618                      06/24/03
6,582,957                        09/547,435                      06/24/03
6,582,958                        09/722,129                      06/24/03
6,582,970                        09/602,150                      06/24/03
6,582,971                        09/642,796                      06/24/03
6,582,983                        10/193,842                      06/24/03
6,582,993                        09/658,996                      06/24/03
6,583,004                        10/104,363                      06/24/03
6,583,030                        09/856,250                      06/24/03
6,583,031                        09/915,217                      06/24/03
6,583,032                        09/698,193                      06/24/03
6,583,034                        09/740,219                      06/24/03
6,583,042                        09/824,897                      06/24/03
6,583,044                        09/892,920                      06/24/03
6,583,047                        09/748,692                      06/24/03
6,583,055                        10/057,142                      06/24/03
6,583,057                        09/211,165                      06/24/03
6,583,061                        09/944,548                      06/24/03
6,583,073                        09/717,583                      06/24/03
6,583,082                        09/728,843                      06/24/03
6,583,086                        09/589,769                      06/24/03
6,583,100                        10/122,893                      06/24/03
6,583,102                        09/866,619                      06/24/03
6,583,106                        10/123,448                      06/24/03
6,583,110                        09/486,970                      06/24/03
6,583,113                        09/835,038                      06/24/03
6,583,116                        09/699,625                      06/24/03
6,583,117                        09/769,585                      06/24/03
6,583,119                        10/162,852                      06/24/03
6,583,122                        09/774,223                      06/24/03
6,583,125                        09/938,473                      06/24/03
6,583,126                        09/745,222                      06/24/03
6,583,130                        09/656,359                      06/24/03
6,583,131                        09/872,860                      06/24/03
6,583,133                        09/337,908                      06/24/03
6,583,134                        09/794,491                      06/24/03
6,583,137                        10/129,674                      06/24/03
6,583,139                        09/688,820                      06/24/03
6,583,140                        10/132,483                      06/24/03
6,583,141                        09/807,149                      06/24/03
6,583,143                        10/036,752                      06/24/03
6,583,146                        09/889,139                      06/24/03
6,583,149                        09/667,326                      06/24/03
6,583,154                        09/640,263                      06/24/03
6,583,160                        09/938,375                      06/24/03
6,583,165                        09/792,669                      06/24/03
6,583,170                        09/306,045                      06/24/03
6,583,172                        09/538,815                      06/24/03
6,583,173                        09/967,054                      06/24/03
6,583,181                        09/721,523                      06/24/03
6,583,182                        10/008,765                      06/24/03
6,583,184                        09/722,782                      06/24/03
6,583,196                        09/748,749                      06/24/03
6,583,205                        09/681,605                      06/24/03
6,583,212                        10/015,095                      06/24/03
6,583,215                        09/944,447                      06/24/03
6,583,216                        10/070,028                      06/24/03
6,583,223                        09/965,547                      06/24/03
6,583,228                        09/171,574                      06/24/03
6,583,237                        09/623,679                      06/24/03
6,583,240                        09/863,536                      06/24/03
6,583,242                        09/921,354                      06/24/03
6,583,249                        10/121,037                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 142 

6,583,251                        09/342,922                      06/24/03
6,583,252                        09/860,561                      06/24/03
6,583,267                        09/230,733                      06/24/03
6,583,269                        10/024,427                      06/24/03
6,583,271                        09/448,109                      06/24/03
6,583,275                        09/107,532                      06/24/03
6,583,280                        09/864,868                      06/24/03
6,583,287                        09/890,414                      06/24/03
6,583,292                        10/068,645                      06/24/03
6,583,296                        09/939,829                      06/24/03
6,583,305                        09/786,382                      06/24/03
6,583,307                        10/092,753                      06/24/03
6,583,310                        10/079,527                      06/24/03
6,583,313                        09/113,547                      06/24/03
6,583,315                        10/025,739                      06/24/03
6,583,317                        09/691,474                      06/24/03
6,583,325                        10/087,371                      06/24/03
6,583,328                        09/286,150                      06/24/03
6,583,329                        09/035,174                      06/24/03
6,583,331                        09/344,454                      06/24/03
6,583,334                        09/576,838                      06/24/03
6,583,335                        08/844,023                      06/24/03
6,583,340                        08/818,581                      06/24/03
6,583,345                        10/090,660                      06/24/03
6,583,346                        09/946,862                      06/24/03
6,583,352                        10/128,497                      06/24/03
6,583,353                        10/013,730                      06/24/03
6,583,360                        10/071,582                      06/24/03
6,583,361                        09/863,310                      06/24/03
6,583,367                        09/861,127                      06/24/03
6,583,370                        09/853,414                      06/24/03
6,583,371                        10/000,201                      06/24/03
6,583,372                        10/004,190                      06/24/03
6,583,378                        09/717,140                      06/24/03
6,583,382                        09/866,076                      06/24/03
6,583,389                        09/778,929                      06/24/03
6,583,393                        10/050,936                      06/24/03
6,583,395                        10/070,640                      06/24/03
6,583,397                        09/909,267                      06/24/03
6,583,398                        09/736,663                      06/24/03
6,583,405                        09/808,696                      06/24/03
6,583,406                        10/166,998                      06/24/03
6,583,407                        09/645,050                      06/24/03
6,583,424                        09/892,209                      06/24/03
6,583,425                        09/312,753                      06/24/03
6,583,430                        09/359,370                      06/24/03
6,583,433                        10/004,269                      06/24/03
6,583,437                        09/810,607                      06/24/03
6,583,441                        09/997,620                      06/24/03
6,583,463                        09/172,196                      06/24/03
6,583,481                        09/837,335                      06/24/03
6,583,492                        10/254,399                      06/24/03
6,583,501                        09/499,021                      06/24/03
6,583,507                        10/134,071                      06/24/03
6,583,523                        09/635,378                      06/24/03
6,583,524                        09/800,560                      06/24/03
6,583,530                        09/785,298                      06/24/03
6,583,531                        09/979,516                      06/24/03
6,583,534                        09/588,079                      06/24/03
6,583,542                        10/083,663                      06/24/03
6,583,543                        09/802,658                      06/24/03
6,583,546                        09/826,873                      06/24/03
6,583,547                        09/520,835                      06/24/03
6,583,549                        09/990,345                      06/24/03
6,583,550                        09/983,211                      06/24/03
6,583,551                        09/771,874                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 143 

6,583,555                        09/933,831                      06/24/03
6,583,561                        09/782,022                      06/24/03
6,583,562                        09/649,935                      06/24/03
6,583,564                        09/712,325                      06/24/03
6,583,569                        10/113,674                      06/24/03
6,583,570                        09/651,904                      06/24/03
6,583,574                        10/014,493                      06/24/03
6,583,585                        10/010,458                      06/24/03
6,583,587                        10/083,994                      06/24/03
6,583,598                        09/918,676                      06/24/03
6,583,603                        10/071,052                      06/24/03
6,583,606                        09/867,279                      06/24/03
6,583,612                        09/755,712                      06/24/03
6,583,614                        09/880,117                      06/24/03
6,583,615                        09/631,216                      06/24/03
6,583,616                        09/649,414                      06/24/03
6,583,617                        09/940,212                      06/24/03
6,583,618                        09/960,214                      06/24/03
6,583,620                        09/902,947                      06/24/03
6,583,626                        09/936,471                      06/24/03
6,583,630                        09/774,019                      06/24/03
6,583,632                        09/767,392                      06/24/03
6,583,633                        09/917,174                      06/24/03
6,583,636                        09/851,490                      06/24/03
6,583,640                        09/808,100                      06/24/03
6,583,644                        10/034,026                      06/24/03
6,583,661                        09/706,017                      06/24/03
6,583,667                        10/027,981                      06/24/03
6,583,668                        10/140,444                      06/24/03
6,583,670                        09/794,222                      06/24/03
6,583,671                        09/910,660                      06/24/03
6,583,678                        09/985,502                      06/24/03
6,583,683                        09/893,489                      06/24/03
6,583,685                        09/142,535                      06/24/03
6,583,687                        10/026,528                      06/24/03
6,583,698                        09/953,940                      06/24/03
6,583,699                        09/984,208                      06/24/03
6,583,712                        09/478,703                      06/24/03
6,583,722                        09/735,016                      06/24/03
6,583,726                        10/043,292                      06/24/03
6,583,728                        09/976,975                      06/24/03
6,583,748                        10/208,822                      06/24/03
6,583,761                        09/913,914                      06/24/03
6,583,762                        10/043,992                      06/24/03
6,583,779                        09/584,141                      06/24/03
6,583,783                        09/371,130                      06/24/03
6,583,790                        09/527,869                      06/24/03
6,583,791                        09/785,307                      06/24/03
6,583,795                        09/439,638                      06/24/03
6,583,812                        09/220,697                      06/24/03
6,583,819                        09/881,776                      06/24/03
6,583,826                        09/580,137                      06/24/03
6,583,827                        09/354,192                      06/24/03
6,583,843                        09/247,317                      06/24/03
6,583,855                        09/897,720                      06/24/03
6,583,858                        09/805,179                      06/24/03
6,583,867                        09/374,169                      06/24/03
6,583,870                        09/865,701                      06/24/03
6,583,873                        09/668,167                      06/24/03
6,583,878                        09/734,136                      06/24/03
6,583,882                        09/741,560                      06/24/03
6,583,901                        09/511,053                      06/24/03
6,583,906                        09/343,913                      06/24/03
6,583,910                        09/280,551                      06/24/03
6,583,930                        09/220,210                      06/24/03
6,583,932                        09/777,113                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 144 

6,583,938                        09/675,793                      06/24/03
6,583,956                        09/801,587                      06/24/03
6,583,957                        09/468,962                      06/24/03
6,583,960                        09/725,969                      06/24/03
6,583,962                        10/174,607                      06/24/03
6,583,966                        09/956,360                      06/24/03
6,583,970                        09/538,945                      06/24/03
6,583,979                        09/110,207                      06/24/03
6,583,983                        09/993,461                      06/24/03
6,583,988                        10/072,158                      06/24/03
6,583,990                        09/984,318                      06/24/03
6,584,008                        09/971,988                      06/24/03
6,584,010                        09/943,336                      06/24/03
6,584,024                        09/906,391                      06/24/03
6,584,026                        09/892,902                      06/24/03
6,584,029                        09/924,577                      06/24/03
6,584,037                        10/102,237                      06/24/03
6,584,042                        10/125,124                      06/24/03
6,584,044                        10/059,192                      06/24/03
6,584,057                        09/397,874                      06/24/03
6,584,058                        09/478,760                      06/24/03
6,584,061                        09/728,087                      06/24/03
6,584,064                        09/671,653                      06/24/03
6,584,065                        09/729,913                      06/24/03
6,584,066                        09/730,821                      06/24/03
6,584,067                        09/796,792                      06/24/03
6,584,069                        09/386,071                      06/24/03
6,584,070                        08/835,995                      06/24/03
6,584,092                        09/433,205                      06/24/03
6,584,105                        09/275,075                      06/24/03
6,584,112                        09/317,371                      06/24/03
6,584,115                        09/338,396                      06/24/03
6,584,119                        09/955,880                      06/24/03
6,584,121                        09/191,640                      06/24/03
6,584,123                        09/476,343                      06/24/03
6,584,135                        09/865,097                      06/24/03
6,584,147                        09/100,304                      06/24/03
6,584,149                        09/415,272                      06/24/03
6,584,155                        09/746,020                      06/24/03
6,584,175                        09/439,015                      06/24/03
6,584,178                        09/312,910                      06/24/03
6,584,192                        09/455,088                      06/24/03
6,584,194                        09/722,324                      06/24/03
6,584,202                        09/508,160                      06/24/03
6,584,215                        09/545,197                      06/24/03
6,584,222                        09/955,829                      06/24/03
6,584,230                        10/006,652                      06/24/03
6,584,236                        09/413,818                      06/24/03
6,584,258                        09/835,385                      06/24/03
6,584,280                        10/216,737                      06/24/03
6,584,281                        09/956,825                      06/24/03
6,584,284                        09/713,236                      06/24/03
6,584,293                        10/171,035                      06/24/03
6,584,303                        09/506,538                      06/24/03
6,584,305                        09/075,884                      06/24/03
6,584,315                        09/527,164                      06/24/03
6,584,326                        09/457,752                      06/24/03
6,584,332                        09/738,191                      06/24/03
6,584,334                        10/152,336                      06/24/03
6,584,338                        09/701,628                      06/24/03
6,584,346                        09/766,016                      06/24/03
6,584,349                        08/971,458                      06/24/03
6,584,351                        09/600,733                      06/24/03
6,584,371                        09/516,809                      06/24/03
6,584,374                        09/805,152                      06/24/03
6,584,389                        09/659,576                      06/24/03
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 145 

6,584,394                        10/040,273                      06/24/03
6,584,395                        09/824,720                      06/24/03
6,584,396                        09/979,352                      06/24/03
6,584,416                        09/931,784                      06/24/03
6,584,419                        09/686,776                      06/24/03
6,584,425                        09/748,830                      06/24/03
6,584,426                        09/426,905                      06/24/03
6,584,455                        09/460,829                      06/24/03
6,584,463                        10/191,301                      06/24/03
6,584,487                        09/441,719                      06/24/03
6,584,515                        09/586,782                      06/24/03
6,584,533                        09/653,350                      06/24/03
6,584,540                        09/448,298                      06/24/03
6,584,553                        09/918,618                      06/24/03
6,584,555                        10/119,145                      06/24/03
6,584,574                        09/401,079                      06/24/03
6,584,583                        09/219,519                      06/24/03
6,584,600                        09/784,662                      06/24/03
6,584,604                        09/759,511                      06/24/03
6,584,608                        09/057,661                      06/24/03

                    PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON June 26, 2011
                    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent                          Application                         Issue
Number                             Number                            Date

7,234,171                        10/955,698                      06/26/07
7,234,178                        10/892,123                      06/26/07
7,234,184                        11/208,599                      06/26/07
7,234,189                        11/184,091                      06/26/07
7,234,196                        10/709,335                      06/26/07
7,234,203                        10/635,896                      06/26/07
7,234,221                        10/995,977                      06/26/07
7,234,232                        11/303,341                      06/26/07
7,234,233                        11/013,814                      06/26/07
7,234,241                        11/152,343                      06/26/07
7,234,245                        11/247,797                      06/26/07
7,234,246                        10/798,858                      06/26/07
7,234,249                        10/994,746                      06/26/07
7,234,257                        10/363,694                      06/26/07
7,234,259                        10/756,154                      06/26/07
7,234,264                        11/148,668                      06/26/07
7,234,267                        11/437,400                      06/26/07
7,234,268                        11/013,776                      06/26/07
7,234,272                        10/535,397                      06/26/07
7,234,273                        10/535,398                      06/26/07
7,234,277                        10/991,251                      06/26/07
7,234,281                        11/338,481                      06/26/07
7,234,285                        10/867,534                      06/26/07
7,234,295                        10/528,482                      06/26/07
7,234,298                        11/245,376                      06/26/07
7,234,323                        11/211,278                      06/26/07
7,234,324                        10/515,510                      06/26/07
7,234,326                        11/515,003                      06/26/07
7,234,336                        10/510,740                      06/26/07
7,234,340                        11/050,806                      06/26/07
7,234,345                        11/336,813                      06/26/07
7,234,350                        11/116,041                      06/26/07
7,234,353                        11/005,182                      06/26/07
7,234,362                        10/995,024                      06/26/07
7,234,365                        11/331,719                      06/26/07
7,234,383                        10/433,708                      06/26/07
7,234,386                        11/213,269                      06/26/07
7,234,391                        10/360,727                      06/26/07
7,234,392                        10/396,243                      06/26/07
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 146 

7,234,404                        10/556,054                      06/26/07
7,234,405                        11/225,514                      06/26/07
7,234,408                        11/078,578                      06/26/07
7,234,416                        11/194,832                      06/26/07
7,234,417                        10/490,919                      06/26/07
7,234,419                        10/913,044                      06/26/07
7,234,424                        11/311,620                      06/26/07
7,234,429                        11/213,899                      06/26/07
7,234,432                        11/497,212                      06/26/07
7,234,437                        11/378,045                      06/26/07
7,234,441                        11/373,942                      06/26/07
7,234,443                        11/180,222                      06/26/07
7,234,459                        10/384,734                      06/26/07
7,234,463                        10/675,288                      06/26/07
7,234,472                        10/875,247                      06/26/07
7,234,475                        10/744,811                      06/26/07
7,234,487                        11/091,187                      06/26/07
7,234,489                        10/474,733                      06/26/07
7,234,490                        10/548,469                      06/26/07
7,234,498                        10/818,732                      06/26/07
7,234,501                        11/445,985                      06/26/07
7,234,503                        10/530,710                      06/26/07
7,234,510                        10/606,078                      06/26/07
7,234,515                        11/282,973                      06/26/07
7,234,516                        10/767,969                      06/26/07
7,234,517                        10/769,121                      06/26/07
7,234,520                        10/494,109                      06/26/07
7,234,525                        11/211,649                      06/26/07
7,234,531                        10/491,709                      06/26/07
7,234,538                        10/873,619                      06/26/07
7,234,547                        11/351,004                      06/26/07
7,234,556                        10/840,102                      06/26/07
7,234,557                        11/035,448                      06/26/07
7,234,561                        10/735,245                      06/26/07
7,234,565                        11/305,119                      06/26/07
7,234,569                        10/823,332                      06/26/07
7,234,573                        10/332,529                      06/26/07
7,234,577                        11/036,355                      06/26/07
7,234,580                        11/062,107                      06/26/07
7,234,585                        10/990,483                      06/26/07
7,234,591                        10/912,805                      06/26/07
7,234,595                        10/794,145                      06/26/07
7,234,596                        11/020,740                      06/26/07
7,234,605                        11/051,117                      06/26/07
7,234,613                        11/176,584                      06/26/07
7,234,614                        10/733,920                      06/26/07
7,234,619                        10/701,469                      06/26/07
7,234,622                        10/490,958                      06/26/07
7,234,629                        11/219,703                      06/26/07
7,234,632                        10/297,212                      06/26/07
7,234,634                        11/594,616                      06/26/07
7,234,638                        11/039,558                      06/26/07
7,234,652                        11/094,654                      06/26/07
7,234,658                        11/395,234                      06/26/07
7,234,664                        10/913,088                      06/26/07
7,234,686                        10/952,067                      06/26/07
7,234,690                        11/049,476                      06/26/07
7,234,704                        11/053,611                      06/26/07
7,234,711                        10/968,755                      06/26/07
7,234,712                        11/007,264                      06/26/07
7,234,734                        11/047,413                      06/26/07
7,234,739                        11/053,873                      06/26/07
7,234,740                        11/018,560                      06/26/07
7,234,742                        10/932,444                      06/26/07
7,234,745                        11/368,516                      06/26/07
7,234,748                        11/373,067                      06/26/07
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 147 

7,234,751                        11/348,178                      06/26/07
7,234,753                        10/890,305                      06/26/07
7,234,760                        11/436,109                      06/26/07
7,234,761                        11/436,118                      06/26/07
7,234,762                        10/994,716                      06/26/07
7,234,765                        11/317,677                      06/26/07
7,234,777                        10/801,467                      06/26/07
7,234,807                        10/769,238                      06/26/07
7,234,808                        11/296,492                      06/26/07
7,234,820                        11/104,220                      06/26/07
7,234,837                        11/116,855                      06/26/07
7,234,839                        11/130,145                      06/26/07
7,234,844                        10/732,105                      06/26/07
7,234,846                        11/099,645                      06/26/07
7,234,852                        11/118,391                      06/26/07
7,234,860                        10/495,984                      06/26/07
7,234,869                        11/345,774                      06/26/07
7,234,875                        11/265,393                      06/26/07
7,234,876                        11/146,710                      06/26/07
7,234,878                        10/595,079                      06/26/07
7,234,882                        11/400,083                      06/26/07
7,234,886                        10/747,793                      06/26/07
7,234,887                        10/714,385                      06/26/07
7,234,891                        11/249,764                      06/26/07
7,234,892                        10/504,656                      06/26/07
7,234,893                        11/470,781                      06/26/07
7,234,894                        11/335,591                      06/26/07
7,234,895                        11/397,508                      06/26/07
7,234,902                        11/029,826                      06/26/07
7,234,903                        11/120,758                      06/26/07
7,234,906                        11/051,861                      06/26/07
7,234,930                        10/865,973                      06/26/07
7,234,932                        11/075,458                      06/26/07
7,234,935                        10/836,014                      06/26/07
7,234,939                        11/205,593                      06/26/07
7,234,951                        11/313,132                      06/26/07
7,234,953                        11/366,577                      06/26/07
7,234,957                        11/304,512                      06/26/07
7,234,960                        10/873,375                      06/26/07
7,234,961                        11/518,771                      06/26/07
7,234,962                        11/442,361                      06/26/07
7,234,966                        11/095,277                      06/26/07
7,234,991                        10/843,288                      06/26/07
7,234,993                        11/189,694                      06/26/07
7,234,997                        11/042,278                      06/26/07
7,235,006                        11/374,069                      06/26/07
7,235,008                        10/647,707                      06/26/07
7,235,013                        10/001,958                      06/26/07
7,235,020                        11/673,244                      06/26/07
7,235,022                        11/240,879                      06/26/07
7,235,035                        10/833,135                      06/26/07
7,235,038                        11/264,045                      06/26/07
7,235,052                        10/690,828                      06/26/07
7,235,057                        10/843,155                      06/26/07
7,235,085                        10/951,045                      06/26/07
7,235,099                        11/012,933                      06/26/07
7,235,102                        10/434,917                      06/26/07
7,235,109                        10/822,461                      06/26/07
7,235,110                        11/273,354                      06/26/07
7,235,139                        10/975,902                      06/26/07
7,235,140                        10/649,239                      06/26/07
7,235,144                        10/477,956                      06/26/07
7,235,165                        11/045,414                      06/26/07
7,235,166                        10/677,498                      06/26/07
7,235,178                        10/974,373                      06/26/07
7,235,182                        10/507,713                      06/26/07
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7,235,200                        10/605,576                      06/26/07
7,235,215                        10/363,229                      06/26/07
7,235,218                        11/105,371                      06/26/07
7,235,226                        11/197,782                      06/26/07
7,235,228                        10/414,571                      06/26/07
7,235,230                        10/002,710                      06/26/07
7,235,232                        10/615,723                      06/26/07
7,235,243                        11/173,364                      06/26/07
7,235,245                        10/608,538                      06/26/07
7,235,248                        10/263,164                      06/26/07
7,235,250                        10/407,102                      06/26/07
7,235,251                        10/648,874                      06/26/07
7,235,252                        10/448,101                      06/26/07
7,235,258                        09/691,237                      06/26/07
7,235,259                        10/066,091                      06/26/07
7,235,265                        11/262,683                      06/26/07
7,235,267                        10/070,209                      06/26/07
7,235,286                        10/803,768                      06/26/07
7,235,291                        11/196,543                      06/26/07
7,235,296                        10/091,080                      06/26/07
7,235,316                        10/213,987                      06/26/07
7,235,325                        11/008,843                      06/26/07
7,235,331                        10/256,573                      06/26/07
7,235,335                        10/083,372                      06/26/07
7,235,351                        11/396,832                      06/26/07
7,235,360                        10/817,950                      06/26/07
7,235,363                        11/114,581                      06/26/07
7,235,364                        11/398,208                      06/26/07
7,235,367                        09/903,876                      06/26/07
7,235,368                        10/480,847                      06/26/07
7,235,371                        11/185,877                      06/26/07
7,235,372                        11/329,884                      06/26/07
7,235,381                        10/926,683                      06/26/07
7,235,395                        10/652,502                      06/26/07
7,235,398                        10/942,463                      06/26/07
7,235,402                        11/085,930                      06/26/07
7,235,408                        11/075,587                      06/26/07
7,235,411                        10/883,711                      06/26/07
7,235,421                        10/944,481                      06/26/07
7,235,423                        10/982,216                      06/26/07
7,235,444                        11/620,724                      06/26/07
7,235,469                        10/998,193                      06/26/07
7,235,479                        10/927,572                      06/26/07
7,235,487                        10/709,562                      06/26/07
7,235,510                        10/468,340                      06/26/07
7,235,522                        09/988,150                      06/26/07
7,235,525                        10/516,688                      06/26/07
7,235,533                        11/133,018                      06/26/07
7,235,538                        10/621,302                      06/26/07
7,235,539                        10/348,510                      06/26/07
7,235,541                        11/042,752                      06/26/07
7,235,544                        10/561,328                      06/26/07
7,235,546                        11/592,542                      06/26/07
7,235,550                        10/267,303                      06/26/07
7,235,552                        09/630,546                      06/26/07
7,235,556                        10/824,013                      06/26/07
7,235,559                        10/088,856                      06/26/07
7,235,560                        10/524,462                      06/26/07
7,235,569                        10/835,998                      06/26/07
7,235,574                        11/073,227                      06/26/07
7,235,579                        10/270,724                      06/26/07
7,235,581                        10/666,594                      06/26/07
7,235,590                        10/524,144                      06/26/07
7,235,600                        10/522,567                      06/26/07
7,235,604                        10/602,005                      06/26/07
7,235,606                        10/567,640                      06/26/07
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7,235,609                        10/757,982                      06/26/07
7,235,614                        10/668,479                      06/26/07
7,235,618                        10/344,952                      06/26/07
7,235,622                        10/550,916                      06/26/07
7,235,632                        10/129,873                      06/26/07
7,235,645                        11/187,812                      06/26/07
7,235,651                        10/329,079                      06/26/07
7,235,657                        11/167,828                      06/26/07
7,235,658                        10/220,674                      06/26/07
7,235,666                        11/140,812                      06/26/07
7,235,671                        10/524,866                      06/26/07
7,235,672                        10/800,140                      06/26/07
7,235,681                        10/514,041                      06/26/07
7,235,695                        11/205,341                      06/26/07
7,235,696                        11/125,376                      06/26/07
7,235,699                        10/506,974                      06/26/07
7,235,702                        10/798,313                      06/26/07
7,235,712                        10/203,963                      06/26/07
7,235,728                        11/195,470                      06/26/07
7,235,730                        11/040,309                      06/26/07
7,235,742                        10/537,436                      06/26/07
7,235,746                        11/075,559                      06/26/07
7,235,752                        11/463,220                      06/26/07
7,235,755                        11/397,512                      06/26/07
7,235,765                        11/419,352                      06/26/07
7,235,772                        11/423,120                      06/26/07
7,235,775                        11/239,827                      06/26/07
7,235,780                        10/511,995                      06/26/07
7,235,799                        10/998,160                      06/26/07
7,235,803                        11/191,268                      06/26/07
7,235,804                        11/400,220                      06/26/07
7,235,806                        10/439,393                      06/26/07
7,235,839                        10/904,749                      06/26/07
7,235,887                        10/912,861                      06/26/07
7,235,898                        10/692,331                      06/26/07
7,235,906                        11/125,917                      06/26/07
7,235,916                        10/859,183                      06/26/07
7,235,921                        10/926,678                      06/26/07
7,235,925                        10/911,552                      06/26/07
7,235,926                        11/153,452                      06/26/07
7,235,927                        10/856,754                      06/26/07
7,235,929                        11/038,027                      06/26/07
7,235,931                        11/132,387                      06/26/07
7,235,935                        10/511,933                      06/26/07
7,235,951                        11/363,486                      06/26/07
7,235,960                        11/289,996                      06/26/07
7,235,971                        10/564,048                      06/26/07
7,235,973                        10/553,175                      06/26/07
7,235,982                        11/394,686                      06/26/07
7,235,992                        11/146,008                      06/26/07
7,235,993                        10/887,965                      06/26/07
7,236,049                        10/549,561                      06/26/07
7,236,066                        11/197,399                      06/26/07
7,236,079                        11/187,329                      06/26/07
7,236,092                        10/923,763                      06/26/07
7,236,095                        10/524,184                      06/26/07
7,236,098                        10/186,308                      06/26/07
7,236,122                        10/519,416                      06/26/07
7,236,127                        11/210,741                      06/26/07
7,236,141                        11/262,426                      06/26/07
7,236,145                        10/832,350                      06/26/07
7,236,146                        10/717,180                      06/26/07
7,236,158                        10/667,502                      06/26/07
7,236,172                        10/818,430                      06/26/07
7,236,182                        10/184,049                      06/26/07
7,236,195                        10/289,495                      06/26/07
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7,236,197                        10/292,487                      06/26/07
7,236,205                        11/281,487                      06/26/07
7,236,213                        10/689,730                      06/26/07
7,236,236                        10/678,536                      06/26/07
7,236,245                        10/881,201                      06/26/07
7,236,249                        09/673,063                      06/26/07
7,236,253                        10/489,497                      06/26/07
7,236,283                        10/863,382                      06/26/07
7,236,293                        10/544,847                      06/26/07
7,236,300                        10/980,864                      06/26/07
7,236,303                        10/868,083                      06/26/07
7,236,311                        11/451,388                      06/26/07
7,236,323                        10/930,163                      06/26/07
7,236,329                        10/785,971                      06/26/07
7,236,353                        11/400,871                      06/26/07
7,236,355                        10/435,519                      06/26/07
7,236,359                        10/816,245                      06/26/07
7,236,382                        11/108,072                      06/26/07
7,236,401                        11/242,897                      06/26/07
7,236,408                        11/184,698                      06/26/07
7,236,409                        11/045,383                      06/26/07
7,236,429                        11/131,402                      06/26/07
7,236,430                        11/489,108                      06/26/07
7,236,442                        10/702,446                      06/26/07
7,236,443                        10/144,825                      06/26/07
7,236,444                        10/527,053                      06/26/07
7,236,446                        10/898,122                      06/26/07
7,236,447                        10/760,585                      06/26/07
7,236,450                        10/358,819                      06/26/07
7,236,517                        10/440,676                      06/26/07
7,236,573                        10/403,252                      06/26/07
7,236,575                        10/671,315                      06/26/07
7,236,590                        09/737,046                      06/26/07
7,236,600                        09/667,434                      06/26/07
7,236,609                        10/089,861                      06/26/07
7,236,621                        10/663,788                      06/26/07
7,236,643                        10/104,878                      06/26/07
7,236,645                        10/392,052                      06/26/07
7,236,657                        11/582,297                      06/26/07
7,236,658                        10/516,390                      06/26/07
7,236,665                        10/478,901                      06/26/07
7,236,686                        09/841,845                      06/26/07
7,236,701                        10/648,428                      06/26/07
7,236,705                        10/162,475                      06/26/07
7,236,758                        10/360,481                      06/26/07
7,236,766                        11/095,867                      06/26/07
7,236,773                        09/867,616                      06/26/07
7,236,781                        11/142,665                      06/26/07
7,236,806                        10/708,600                      06/26/07
7,236,823                        10/497,181                      06/26/07
7,236,844                        11/307,907                      06/26/07
7,236,874                        11/399,403                      06/26/07
7,236,884                        10/825,108                      06/26/07
7,236,899                        11/442,978                      06/26/07
7,236,934                        09/653,224                      06/26/07
7,236,945                        09/791,876                      06/26/07
7,236,961                        10/099,364                      06/26/07
7,236,974                        10/425,760                      06/26/07
7,236,994                        11/148,681                      06/26/07
7,236,996                        10/729,790                      06/26/07
7,237,019                        10/137,697                      06/26/07
7,237,027                        09/709,187                      06/26/07
7,237,029                        09/916,113                      06/26/07
7,237,072                        11/374,048                      06/26/07
7,237,094                        10/965,143                      06/26/07
7,237,110                        10/349,558                      06/26/07
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7,237,120                        10/089,858                      06/26/07
7,237,133                        10/864,468                      06/26/07
7,237,153                        10/726,990                      06/26/07
7,237,165                        10/994,496                      06/26/07
7,237,169                        10/900,028                      06/26/07
7,237,217                        10/720,564                      06/26/07
7,237,219                        11/042,978                      06/26/07
7,237,235                        10/217,541                      06/26/07
7,237,236                        10/226,871                      06/26/07
7,237,246                        10/605,650                      06/26/07
7,237,249                        11/045,140                      06/26/07
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 07/18/2011
                 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
                     Late Maintenance Fee from 07/18/2011

Patent           Application       Filing          Issue           Granted
Number           Number            Date            Date            Date

5,786,979        08/574,056        12/18/95        07/28/98        07/19/11
5,850,755        08/385,334        02/08/95        12/22/98        07/18/11
5,867,957        08/735,062        10/17/96        02/09/99        07/22/11
5,897,924        08/825,429        03/28/97        04/27/99        07/18/11
5,902,027        08/835,464        04/08/97        05/11/99        07/18/11
5,919,758        09/018,092        02/03/98        07/06/99        07/19/11
5,956,681        08/966,912        11/06/97        09/21/99        07/21/11
6,264,905        09/416,665        10/12/99        07/24/01        07/19/11
6,278,980        09/237,866        01/27/99        08/21/01        07/18/11
6,312,671        09/468,280        12/20/99        11/06/01        07/20/11
6,322,774        09/609,787        07/05/00        11/27/01        07/20/11
6,403,046        09/679,685        10/05/00        06/11/02        07/19/11
6,446,309        09/658,972        09/11/00        09/10/02        07/22/11
6,455,456        09/724,162        11/28/00        09/24/02        07/19/11
6,494,417        09/824,697        04/04/01        12/17/02        07/21/11
6,502,361        09/918,236        07/30/01        01/07/03        07/20/11
6,539,757        10/062,403        02/05/02        04/01/03        07/18/11
6,836,216        10/142,096        05/09/02        12/28/04        07/18/11
6,955,169        10/185,474        06/27/02        10/18/05        07/19/11
7,034,340        10/793,218        03/05/04        04/25/06        07/22/11
7,038,180        10/994,515        11/23/04        05/02/06        07/21/11
7,074,425        10/255,451        09/26/02        07/11/06        07/18/11
7,102,089        10/760,655        01/17/04        09/05/06        07/21/11
7,108,394        10/273,635        10/21/02        09/19/06        07/20/11
7,124,880        11/268,461        11/08/05        10/24/06        07/21/11
7,150,119        10/855,637        05/28/04        12/19/06        07/18/11
7,161,276        10/972,803        10/25/04        01/09/07        07/20/11
7,172,115        11/096,073        03/31/05        02/06/07        07/20/11
7,200,334        10/303,746        11/26/02        04/03/07        07/19/11
7,204,343        10/867,486        06/14/04        04/17/07        07/18/11
7,207,237        10/864,995        06/10/04        04/24/07        07/22/11
7,231,405        11/032,385        01/10/05        06/12/07        07/20/11
7,243,524        10/885,122        07/07/04        07/17/07        07/22/11
RE. 38,908       10/839,120        05/05/04        12/06/05        07/21/11
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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).

   D. 632,373, Re. S.N. 29/396,097, Jun. 24, 2011, Cl. D23, SINK, Joachim
Kehrer, et al, Owner of Record: BLANCO GmbH + Co KG, Oberderdingen,
Germany, Attorney or Agent: Mark C. Zimmerman, Ex. Gp.: 2913

   D. 632,373, Re. S.N. 29/396,840, Jul. 07, 2011, Cl. D23, SINK, Joachim
Kehrer, et al, Owner of Record: BLANCO GmbH + Co KG, Oberderdingen,
Germany, Attorney or Agent: Mark C. Zimmerman, Ex. Gp.: 2913

   D. 634,161, Re. S.N. 29/397,455, Jul. 15, 2011, Cl. D07, CONTAINER,
Donna Roth, et al, Owner of Record: Cool Gero International, LLC.,
Jenkintown, PA, Attorney or Agent: Brian R. Landry, Ex. Gp.: 2913

   6,246,220, Re. S.N. 13/179,704, Jul. 11, 2011, Cl. 323/224,
SYNCHRONOUS-RECTIFIED DC TO DC CONVERTER WITH IMPROVED CURRENT SENSING,
Robert H. Isham, et al, Owner of Record: Intersil Americas Inc., Milpitas,
CA, Attorney or Agent: David N. Fogg, Ex. Gp.: 2838

   7,556,181, Re. S.N. 13/135,444, Jul. 06, 2011, Cl. 224, HOLSTER FOR
HANDGUNS, Peter Speilberger, Wien, Austria, Owner of Record: Inventor,
Attorney or Agent: Bennet K. Langlotz, Ex. Gp.: 3782

   7,561,150, Re. S.N. 13/182,382, Jul. 13, 2011, Cl. 345, LIQUID CRYSTAL
DRIVING CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, Koji Kikuchi, Tokyo,
Japan, Owner of Record: Onanovich Group AG, LLC., Wilmington, DE, Attorney
or Agent: Robert B. Polit, Ex. Gp.: 2629

   7,562,819, Re. S.N. 13/188,049, Jul. 21, 2011, Cl. 235, VOTER
INFORMATION SYSTEM, Vincent M. Keenan, Detroit, MI, Owner of Record:
Inventor, Attorney or Agent: Kevin Heinl, Ex. Gp.: 2876

   7,565,176, Re. S.N. 13/188,052, Jul. 21, 2011, Cl. 455, DATA TRANSFER
RATE DISPLAY SELECTION, Tara A. Garret, et al, Owner of Record: Calton
Research L.L.C., Wilmington, DE, Attorney or Agent: Jeffrey J. Richmond,
Ex. Gp.: 2618

   7,647,620, Re. S.N. 13/178,636, Jul. 08, 2011, Cl. 725/151, SUBTITLING
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, Jan van der Meer, et al, Owner of Record: Koninklijke
Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL, Attorney or Agent: Michael E.
Belk, Ex. Gp.: 2423

   7,686,622, Re. S.N. 12/956,529, Nov. 30, 2010, Cl. 439/076, PLUG
CONNECTOR WITH MATING PROTECTION, Daniel L. Dawiedczyk, et al, Owner of
Record: Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL, Attorney or Agent: Stephen L.
Sheldon, Ex. Gp.: 2833

   7,731,940, Re. S.N. 13/187,728, Jul. 21, 2011, Cl. 514, COMPOSITIONS AND
METHOD RELATED TO SEROTONIN 5-HT1A RECEPTORS, Jogeshwar Mukherjee, et al,
Owner of Record: The Regents of The University of California, Oakland, CA,
Attorney or Agent: Martin Fessenmaier, Ex. Gp.: 1629

   7,912,177, Re. S.N. 13/183,326, Jul. 14, 2011, Cl. 378, X-RAY
RADIOGRAPHIC METHOD OF RECOGNITION OF MATERIALS AND DEVICE FOR ITS
REALIZATION, Sergei Vyacheslavovich Naydenov, et al, Owner of Record:
Institute of Scintillation Materials, National Academy of Sciences of
Ukraine, Attorney or Agent: Alan Koenck, Ex. Gp.: 2882
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
                   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   5,376,252, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,913, Requested Date: Jun. 17, 2011, Cl.
204/199, Title: MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURE AND PROCESS FOR ITS MANUFACTURE,
Inventor: Bjorn Ekstrom et al., Owners of Record: Cellectricon AB, Sweden,
Attorney or Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge, LLP., Boston, MA, Ex.
Gp.: 3991, Requester: Fluxioni BioSciences, Marek Alboszta, Palo Alto, CA

   5,772,560, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,768, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
482/054, Title: REORIENTING TREADMILL WITH LIFT ASSISTANCE, Inventor: Scott
R. Watterson et al., Owners of Record: ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., Logan,
UT, Attorney or Agent: ICON Health & Fitness, Inc., Logan, UT, Ex. Gp.:
3993, Requester: Edward A. Schlatter, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP.,
Irvine, CA

   6,210,459, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,759, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
071/061, Title: SOIL NUTRIENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING SAME,
Inventor: John Larry Sanders, Owners of Record: Specialty Fertilizer
Products, LLC., Keawood, KS, Attorney or Agent: Hovey Williams, LLP.,
Overland Park, KS, Ex. Gp.: 3991, Requester: PATENT OWNER

   6,480,565, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,915, Requested Date: Jun. 13, 2011, Cl.
705/003, Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONE BEAM VOLUME COMPUTED
TOMOGRAPHY BREAST IMAGING, Inventor: Ruola Ning, Owners of Record:
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Attorney or Agent: Blank Rome,
LLP., Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Michael D. Murphy, Coats &
Bennett, PLLC. Cary, NC

   6,752,435, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,743, Requested Date: Jun. 24, 2011, Cl.
285/230, Title: SYMMETRICAL COUPLER APPARATUS FOR USE WITH PRECAST CONCRETE
SEGMENTAL CONSTRUCTION, Inventor: Felix L. Sorkin, Owners of Record: Felix
L. Sorkin, Stafford, TX, Attorney or Agent: Egbert Law Offices, Houston,
TX, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Jeffrey L. Wilson, Jenkins Wilson Taylor &
Hunt, PA., Durham, NC

   6,973,229, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,767, Requested Date: Jun. 28, 2011, Cl.
385/016, Title: NODE ARCHITECTURE FOR MODULARIZED AND RECONFIGURABLE
OPTICAL NETWORKS, AND METHODS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, Inventor: Anastasios
Tzathas et al., Owners of Record: Lambda Optical Systems Corporation,
Holmdel, NJ, Attorney or Agent: Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP.,
San Diego, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Eamon J. Wall, Wall & Tong, LLP.,
Eatontown, NJ

   7,454,500, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,772, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/226, Title: GLOBAL SERVER LOAD BALANCING, Inventor: Ivy Pei-Shan Hsu et
al., Owners of Record: Brocade Communications, Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA,
Attorney or Agent: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP., San Francisco, CA,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan Henderson Farabow
Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC

   7,558,195, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,771, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
370/219, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK ROUTE REDUNDANCY
ACROSS LAYER 2 DEVICES, Andrew Tai-Chin Kuo et al., Owners of Record:
Brocade Communications, Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent:
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP., San Francisco, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner,
LLP., Washington, DC

   7,574,508, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,764, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/226, Title: CANONICAL NAME (CNAME) HANDLING FOR GLOBAL SERVER LOAD
BALANCING, Inventor: Sunanda Lakshmi Kommula, Owners of Record: Brocade
Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: Schwabe
Williamson & Wyatt, PC., Seattle, WA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Timothy J.
May, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC

 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 155 

   7,581,009, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,770, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/226, Title: GLOBAL SERVER LOAD BALANCING, Inventor: Ivy Pei-Shan Hsu
et al., Owners of Record: Brocade Communications, Systems, Inc., San Jose,
CA, Attorney or Agent: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP., San Francisco,
CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan Henderson Farabow
Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC

   7,584,301, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,765, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/244, Title: HOST-LEVEL POLICIES FOR GLOBAL SERVER LOAD BALANCING,
Inventor: Prajakta S. Joshi, Owners of Record: Brocade Communications
Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt,
PC., Seattle, WA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan
Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC

   7,647,427, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,775, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/245, Title: REDUNDANCY SUPPORT FOR NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT),
Inventor: Sridhar J. Devarapalli, Owners of Record: Brocade Communications,
Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt,
PC., Seattle, WA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan
Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC

   7,657,629, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,766, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/244, Title: GLOBAL SERVER LOAD BALANCING, Inventor: Sunanda L. Kommula,
Owners of Record: Brocade Communications, Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA,
Attorney or Agent: Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, PC., Seattle, WA, Ex. Gp.:
3992, Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett &
Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC

   7,672,499, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,719, Requested Date: Jun. 11, 2011, Cl.
382/135, Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CURRENCY DISCRIMINATION AND
COUNTING, Inventor: Donald E. Raterman et al., Owners of Record:
Cummins-Allison Corp., Mt. Prospect, IL, Attorney or Agent: Nixon Peabody,
LLP., Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Seth M. Reiss, AAL., Honolulu,
HI

   7,716,370, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,773, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/245, Title: REDUNDANCY SUPPORT FOR NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT),
Inventor: Sridhar J. Devarapalli, Owners of Record: Brocade Communications,
Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt,
PC., Seattle, WA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan
Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC

   7,720,977, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,774, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/228, Title: COOKIE INVALIDATION OR EXPIRATION BY A SWITCH, Inventor:
Rui Li, Owners of Record: Brocade Communications, Systems, Inc., San Jose,
CA, Attorney or Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP., Palo Alto, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner,
LLP., Washington, DC

   7,756,965, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,761, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/245, Title: CONFIGURABLE GEOGRAPHIC PREFIXES FOR GLOBAL SERVER LOAD
BALANCING, Inventor: Prajakta S. Joshi, Owners of Record: Brocade
Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: Schwabe
Williamson & Wyatt, PC., Seattle, WA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Timothy J.
May, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC

   7,774,833, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,769, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
726/013, Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING CPU AGAINST REMOTE ACCESS
ATTACKS, Inventor: Ronald W. Szeto et al., Owners of Record: Brocade
Communications, Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: Kilpatrick
Townsend & Stockton LLP., San Francisco, CA Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner,
LLP., Washington, DC

   7,840,678, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,763, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/238, Title: HOST-LEVEL POLICIES FOR GLOBAL SERVER LOAD BALANCING,
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 156 

Inventor: Prajakta S. Joshi, Owners of Record: Brocade Communications
Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt,
PC., Seattle, WA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Timothy J. May, Finnegan
Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC

   7,899,899, Reexam. C.N. 90/011,760, Requested Date: Jun. 27, 2011, Cl.
709/223, Title: CONFIGURABLE GEOGRAPHIC PREFIXES FOR GLOBAL SERVER LOAD
BALANCING, Inventor: Prajakta S. Joshi, Owners of Record: Brocade
Communications Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA, Attorney or Agent: Schwabe
Williamson & Wyatt, PC., Seattle, WA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Timothy J.
May, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC
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Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed
                 Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed

   7,482,992, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,670, Requested Date: Jun. 29, 2011, Cl.:
343/844, Title: MULTIPLE ACCESS WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS ANTENNA APPARATUS,
Inventor: Efstratios Skafidas et al., Owners of Record: Bandspeed, Inc.,
Austin, TX, Attorney or Agent: Hickman Palermo Truong & Becker, LLP., San
Jose, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party Requester: CSR Technology,
Inc.; (Att'y Is: Andrew J. Koopman, RatnerPrestia, Valley Forge, PA), Real
Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,553,672, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,671, Requested Date: Jun. 29, 2011, Cl.:
436/046, Title: RANDOM ACCESS SLIDE STAINER WITH INDEPENDENT SLIDE HEATING
REGULATION, Inventor: Steven A. Bogen et al., Owners of Record: Dako
Denmark A/S, Denmark, Attorney or Agent: Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds,
PC., Concord, MA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third Party Requester: Leica
Biosystems Melbourne Party, LTD.; (Att'y Is: David L. Cavanaugh, Wilmer
Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr., LLP., Washington, DC) Real Party in
Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,560,628, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,626, Requested Date: Jul. 1, 2011, Cl.:
084/199, Title: STEEL WIRE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, Inventor:
Norihito Yamao et al., Owners of Record: Yamaha Corporation, Japan,
Attorney or Agent: Dickstein Shapiro, LLP., New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Third Party Requester: Mapes Piano String Co.; (Att'y Is: W.
Edward Ramage, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC., Nashville,
TN) Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,663,061, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,673, Requested Date: Jun. 30, 2011, Cl.:
174/113, Title: HIGH PERFORMANCE DATA CABLE, Inventor: Galen Mark Gareis et
al., Owners of Record: Belden, Inc., St. Louis, MO, Attorney or Agent:
Lando & Anastasi, LLP., Cambridge, MA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third
Party Requester: Superior Essex, Inc., & LS Cable & System LTD.; (Att'y Is:
W. Scott Petty, Esq., King & Spalding, LLP., Atlanta, GA), Real Party in
Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,714,705, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,629, Requested Date: Jun. 6, 2011, Cl.:
340/426, Title: MAINTENANCE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD, Inventor:
Christopher J. Rennie et al., Owners of Record: Concaten, Inc., Golden, CO,
Attorney or Agent: Sheridan Ross, PC., Denver, CO, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Third Party Requester: Intelligent Devices, Inc.; (Att'y Is:
Joseph A. Capraro, Proskauer Rose, LLP., Boston, MA) Real Party in
Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,779,581, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,635, Requested Date: May 26, 2011, Cl.:
052/177, Title: REPLACEABLE WET-SET TACTILE WARNING SURFACE UNIT AND METHOD
OF INSTALLATION AND REPLACEMENT, Inventor: John P. Flaherty et al., Owners
of Record: ADA Solutions, Inc., Chelmsford, MA, Attorney or Agent: Nields
Lemack & Frame, LLC., Westborough, MA, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: Third
Party Requester: Engineered Plastics, Inc.; (Att'y Is: Peter K. Sollins,
Foley Hoag, LLP., Boston, MA), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party
Requester

   7,945,498, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,669, Requested Date: Jun. 29, 2011, Cl.:
705/035, Title: METHOD FOR FACILITATING CHEMICAL SUPPLIER TRANSACTIONS,
Inventor: Michael F. Giesler et al., Owners of Record: Supply Chain
Connect, LLC., Houston, TX, Attorney or Agent: Lundeen & Lundeen, PLLC.,
Houston, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party Requester: Ariba, Inc.;
Quadrem Netherlands, BV.; Quadrem US., Inc.; (Att'y Is: Andrea G. Reister,
Covington & Burling, 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
                                 July 22, 2011
                            DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW

Reg. Number                   Serial Number                     Reg. Date

2,414,349                      75/417,668                      12/19/2000
2,413,406                      75/449,434                      12/19/2000
2,413,574                      75/641,708                      12/19/2000
2,414,659                      75/664,227                      12/19/2000
2,413,608                      75/666,970                      12/19/2000
2,414,686                      75/682,085                      12/19/2000
2,414,814                      75/713,041                      12/19/2000
2,414,748                      75/747,659                      12/19/2000
2,413,950                      75/859,252                      12/19/2000
2,414,022                      75/882,427                      12/19/2000
2,414,044                      75/886,566                      12/19/2000
1,143,200                      73/206,754                      12/16/1980
1,627,890                      73/665,799                      12/18/1990
1,628,016                      73/785,907                      12/18/1990
1,628,770                      74/036,535                      12/18/1990
2,414,233                      75/045,253                      12/19/2000
2,413,339                      75/078,584                      12/19/2000
2,413,342                      75/126,040                      12/19/2000
2,414,241                      75/129,507                      12/19/2000
2,414,252                      75/179,137                      12/19/2000
2,413,348                      75/215,413                      12/19/2000
2,414,275                      75/260,529                      12/19/2000
2,414,279                      75/285,165                      12/19/2000
2,414,284                      75/294,412                      12/19/2000
2,414,293                      75/315,767                      12/19/2000
2,414,300                      75/338,331                      12/19/2000
2,414,304                      75/346,927                      12/19/2000
2,414,306                      75/348,888                      12/19/2000
2,414,314                      75/367,388                      12/19/2000
2,414,319                      75/373,152                      12/19/2000
2,414,789                      75/392,190                      12/19/2000
2,414,335                      75/397,161                      12/19/2000
2,414,348                      75/416,301                      12/19/2000
2,414,355                      75/423,692                      12/19/2000
2,414,366                      75/432,447                      12/19/2000
2,414,371                      75/435,792                      12/19/2000
2,414,374                      75/436,239                      12/19/2000
2,413,408                      75/454,944                      12/19/2000
2,413,410                      75/458,527                      12/19/2000
2,414,399                      75/459,563                      12/19/2000
2,414,792                      75/460,092                      12/19/2000
2,414,402                      75/463,490                      12/19/2000
2,414,409                      75/471,111                      12/19/2000
2,413,417                      75/471,297                      12/19/2000
2,414,415                      75/477,622                      12/19/2000
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2,414,417                      75/480,211                      12/19/2000
2,413,427                      75/488,240                      12/19/2000
2,414,793                      75/488,572                      12/19/2000
2,414,425                      75/489,825                      12/19/2000
2,414,427                      75/490,493                      12/19/2000
2,413,434                      75/496,021                      12/19/2000
2,414,440                      75/504,350                      12/19/2000
2,414,442                      75/508,095                      12/19/2000
2,414,443                      75/508,210                      12/19/2000
2,413,446                      75/511,444                      12/19/2000
2,413,448                      75/514,243                      12/19/2000
2,414,454                      75/518,041                      12/19/2000
2,414,463                      75/524,725                      12/19/2000
2,413,461                      75/533,687                      12/19/2000
2,414,472                      75/534,904                      12/19/2000
2,414,478                      75/539,212                      12/19/2000
2,414,479                      75/542,444                      12/19/2000
2,414,481                      75/543,961                      12/19/2000
2,413,470                      75/545,509                      12/19/2000
2,413,474                      75/550,690                      12/19/2000
2,414,797                      75/565,348                      12/19/2000
2,414,507                      75/571,180                      12/19/2000
2,414,526                      75/584,681                      12/19/2000
2,414,532                      75/586,583                      12/19/2000
2,413,504                      75/587,659                      12/19/2000
2,414,534                      75/588,540                      12/19/2000
2,413,509                      75/588,857                      12/19/2000
2,414,542                      75/598,146                      12/19/2000
2,413,519                      75/598,470                      12/19/2000
2,413,529                      75/603,658                      12/19/2000
2,413,534                      75/606,983                      12/19/2000
2,414,569                      75/616,018                      12/19/2000
2,413,564                      75/632,165                      12/19/2000
2,414,601                      75/632,848                      12/19/2000
2,414,602                      75/633,420                      12/19/2000
2,414,606                      75/636,433                      12/19/2000
2,414,632                      75/646,425                      12/19/2000
2,413,584                      75/650,312                      12/19/2000
2,414,643                      75/656,062                      12/19/2000
2,414,646                      75/656,431                      12/19/2000
2,414,648                      75/657,459                      12/19/2000
2,414,649                      75/657,981                      12/19/2000
2,414,650                      75/659,571                      12/19/2000
2,414,661                      75/665,113                      12/19/2000
2,413,610                      75/667,510                      12/19/2000
2,413,617                      75/672,653                      12/19/2000
2,413,618                      75/673,110                      12/19/2000
2,414,808                      75/675,783                      12/19/2000
2,413,633                      75/683,557                      12/19/2000
2,414,691                      75/686,654                      12/19/2000
2,413,639                      75/687,765                      12/19/2000
2,413,648                      75/696,019                      12/19/2000
2,413,671                      75/707,743                      12/19/2000
2,413,674                      75/709,660                      12/19/2000
2,414,719                      75/712,723                      12/19/2000
2,414,815                      75/713,042                      12/19/2000
2,413,680                      75/715,694                      12/19/2000
2,413,691                      75/720,785                      12/19/2000
2,413,696                      75/723,437                      12/19/2000
2,414,723                      75/724,291                      12/19/2000
2,414,725                      75/726,275                      12/19/2000
2,413,700                      75/728,701                      12/19/2000
2,414,732                      75/732,977                      12/19/2000
2,413,721                      75/740,378                      12/19/2000
2,413,727                      75/743,332                      12/19/2000
2,414,821                      75/743,599                      12/19/2000
 August 16, 2011 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1369 OG 160 

2,413,730                      75/744,493                      12/19/2000
2,414,744                      75/747,407                      12/19/2000
2,414,745                      75/747,408                      12/19/2000
2,414,746                      75/747,409                      12/19/2000
2,414,747                      75/747,412                      12/19/2000
2,413,743                      75/748,220                      12/19/2000
2,413,746                      75/748,887                      12/19/2000
2,413,747                      75/749,898                      12/19/2000
2,413,758                      75/753,766                      12/19/2000
2,414,752                      75/756,325                      12/19/2000
2,413,764                      75/759,603                      12/19/2000
2,413,766                      75/760,309                      12/19/2000
2,414,757                      75/761,090                      12/19/2000
2,414,759                      75/761,557                      12/19/2000
2,413,779                      75/764,050                      12/19/2000
2,414,762                      75/764,568                      12/19/2000
2,413,791                      75/768,790                      12/19/2000
2,413,802                      75/771,995                      12/19/2000
2,413,803                      75/772,166                      12/19/2000
2,413,806                      75/774,182                      12/19/2000
2,414,828                      75/779,067                      12/19/2000
2,414,829                      75/779,832                      12/19/2000
2,414,771                      75/781,265                      12/19/2000
2,414,773                      75/791,795                      12/19/2000
2,414,776                      75/797,139                      12/19/2000
2,413,860                      75/802,691                      12/19/2000
2,414,839                      75/811,449                      12/19/2000
2,413,880                      75/816,969                      12/19/2000
2,413,882                      75/817,665                      12/19/2000
2,413,892                      75/823,418                      12/19/2000
2,413,893                      75/823,725                      12/19/2000
2,413,895                      75/825,488                      12/19/2000
2,413,906                      75/829,805                      12/19/2000
2,413,909                      75/830,701                      12/19/2000
2,413,911                      75/831,598                      12/19/2000
2,413,916                      75/833,455                      12/19/2000
2,413,917                      75/833,456                      12/19/2000
2,413,918                      75/833,457                      12/19/2000
2,414,843                      75/834,563                      12/19/2000
2,413,932                      75/843,921                      12/19/2000
2,413,944                      75/851,852                      12/19/2000
2,413,948                      75/857,946                      12/19/2000
2,413,951                      75/859,253                      12/19/2000
2,413,959                      75/862,960                      12/19/2000
2,414,846                      75/863,883                      12/19/2000
2,414,847                      75/868,040                      12/19/2000
2,413,975                      75/868,429                      12/19/2000
2,413,978                      75/869,113                      12/19/2000
2,413,986                      75/871,769                      12/19/2000
2,413,992                      75/872,601                      12/19/2000
2,414,012                      75/877,947                      12/19/2000
2,414,013                      75/878,022                      12/19/2000
2,414,033                      75/884,893                      12/19/2000
2,414,034                      75/884,894                      12/19/2000
2,414,043                      75/886,565                      12/19/2000
2,414,060                      75/890,749                      12/19/2000
2,414,076                      75/896,450                      12/19/2000
2,414,083                      75/900,875                      12/19/2000
2,414,085                      75/901,295                      12/19/2000
2,414,089                      75/903,462                      12/19/2000
2,414,097                      75/904,767                      12/19/2000
2,414,102                      75/906,539                      12/19/2000
2,414,103                      75/906,540                      12/19/2000
2,414,132                      75/912,128                      12/19/2000
2,414,133                      75/912,144                      12/19/2000
2,414,139                      75/912,541                      12/19/2000
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2,414,141                      75/912,675                      12/19/2000
2,414,147                      75/913,234                      12/19/2000
2,414,148                      75/913,619                      12/19/2000
2,414,155                      75/914,886                      12/19/2000
2,414,162                      75/917,130                      12/19/2000
2,414,164                      75/917,148                      12/19/2000
2,414,185                      75/922,071                      12/19/2000
2,414,196                      75/923,725                      12/19/2000
2,414,200                      75/925,965                      12/19/2000
2,414,201                      75/925,966                      12/19/2000
2,414,209                      75/926,335                      12/19/2000
2,414,218                      75/932,358                      12/19/2000
2,414,855                      75/978,498                      12/19/2000
2,414,782                      75/979,728                      12/19/2000
2,414,858                      76/042,304                      12/19/2000
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Service by Publication
                            Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel 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.

Cardiac Telecom Corporation, Greensburg, PA, Registration No. 2993543 for
the mark "HEARTLINK", Cancellation No. 92054051.

                                                             ROCHELLE ADAMS
                                                                  Paralegal
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                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.

Meridian Sales, LLC, Tarzana, CA, Application Serial No. 77593211 for the
mark "HOLLYWOOD STATE UNIVERSITY", Opposition No. 91199173.

                                                         KARL KOCHERSPERGER
                                                       Paralegal Specialist
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks

                            Service by Publication

   A petition to cancel 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.

AYA LLC, New York, New York, Registration No. 3165861 for the mark "AYA",
Cancellation No. 92054143.

                                                         KARL KOCHERSPERGER
                                                       Paralegal Specialist
                                      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for
                                                            DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks
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37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
                       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 whose signature is missing (Fukashi MURAI) 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/J2009/054823
and was filed 03 June 2009 in the names of Fukashi MURAI and Michinori
KOHARA for the invention entitled RECOMBINANT VACCINIA VIRUS HAVING
HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENE.  The national stage application number is 12/736,079
and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) date of 02 February 2011.

                       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 (Philip Chermak) 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/US09/51405
and was filed on 22 July 2009 in the name of SKINNER et al for the
invention entitled "MOTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR WINDOW COVERINGS".  The national
stage application number is 13/054,359 and has a date of 14 January 2001
under 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4).

                       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 whose signature is missing (Baudoin Mertens) 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/US2009/045151
and was filed on 26 May 2009 in the names of Myriam MONDIN, Didier DORMAL,
Frederic BESSEMANS, Jean MASSAUX, and Baudoin MERTENS for the invention
entitled Liquid Cleaning Compositions And Methods.  The national stage
application number is 12/522,971 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c)(1), (c)(2), and
(c)(4) date of 31 January 2011.

                       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 the inventor.  The petition has been granted.  A notice has
been sent to the last known address of each non-signing inventor.  The
inventor whose signature is missing (David Heather) 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/GB2008/000809
and was filed on 07 March 2008, in the name of David Heather for the
invention entitled CONNECTOR SYSTEM FOR BUILDING MODULES.  The national
stage application number is 12/530,360 and has a date under 35 U.S.C.
§371(c)(1), (c)(2) and (c)(4) of 18 August 2010.

                       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 the inventors.  The petition has been granted.  A notice
has been sent to the last known addresses of the non-signing inventors
(Takeshi SHIRATO and Yuuji HONDA).  The inventors whose signatures are
missing may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath
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or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63.  The international application
number is PCT/JP2008/073288 and was filed 22 December 2008 in the names of
Takeshi SHIRATO, Yuuji HONDA, Hiroshi SATO, and Masamichi OSAWA for the
invention entitled FILMING TREATMENT JIG, PLASMA CVD APPARATUS, AND METAL
PLATE AND OSMIUM FORMING METHOD.  The national stage number is 12/808,894
and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 10 November 2010.

                       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 whose signature is missing (Pedro E. Huertas) 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/US2008/011669
and was filed on 10 October 2008 in the names of Christopher MALCUIT, Linda
LEMIEUX, William HOLMES, Pedro HUERTAS, and Lucy VILNER for the invention
entitled IMPROVED METHODS OF PRODUCING RPE CELLS AND COMPOSITIONS OF RPE
CELLS. The national stage application number is 12/682,712 and has a 35
U.S.C. 371 date of 14 December 2010.
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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 September 3, 2011 at the following address: Mail Stop OED
United States Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450 Alexandria VA 22314

Attisha, Michael John, Ab Initio Software LLC, 201 Spring Street,
Lexington, MA  02421

Bemben, Richard Matthew, Leydig, Volt & Mayer, 1870 North Scott Street,
Apartment 653, Arlington, VA 22209

Hoke, Maria Melinda, 12700 Lake Avenue, Suite 2605, Lakewood, OH  44107

Jazayeri, Alireza, Osha Liang LLP, Santa Clara Towers, Suite 300, 3945
Freedom Circle, Santa Clara, CA  95054

Johns, Christopher Charles, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 500
Dulany Street, Alexandria, VA  22314

Kong, James Jen, JCIP Group, 7F-1, No.100, Roosevelt Road, Sec. 2, Taipei,
Taiwan, R.O.C., 10646

Lo, Yewkit Bernard, 4001 Fannin Street, #4422, Houston, TX  77004

Markham, Jordan Patrick, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, 1 Chase
Manhattan Plaza, Room 4666, New York, NY  10005

McCandlish, Michael James, MMC Group Inc., 27990 Trailwood Court,
Farmington Hills, MI  48331

Minitti, Julia Leigh, 268 Durand Way, Palo Alto, CA  94304

Neeser, Jason Alvin, 307 Avondale #3-1/2, Houston, TX 77006

Nguyen, Minh Khoa, 1840 E. Hayden Lane, Apartment #213, Tempe, AZ  85281

Paladio, Robert Benjamin, 1671 Hampshine Drive, Elk Grove, IL  60007

Panda, Amrit, Enpirion Inc, 92 Drake Place, Colonia, NJ  07067

Rowles, Anthony Quay, 5915 Haterleigh Drive, Alpharetta, GA  30005

Schaffer, Daniel Justin, 161 E. Chicago Avenue, #36 E, Chicago, IL  60611

Shih, Jennifer J., 608 Key Route Boulevard, Albany, CA  94706

Stockwell, Emma Jane, 940 Hedegard Avenue, Campbell, CA  95008

Stringfield, Daniel Steven, McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., 500 W. Madison
Street, 34th Floor, Chicago, IL  60661

Tang, Jeff, 360 W 34th Street, Apartment 12N, New York, NY  10001

Tsang, Fredrick Sze Hon, 1126 Cherry Avenue, Apartment 44, San Bruno, CA
94066

Wine, Laura Lee, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, 2040 Main Street, 14th
Floor, Irvine, CA  92614

Yang, Oliver D, Niro Haller & Niro, 181 West Madison Street, #4600,
Chicago, IL  60602

Zhang, Yan, 11300 Donnington Drive, Johns Creek, GA  30097

July 20, 2011                                               WILLIAM R COVEY
                               Acting Director of Enrollment and Discipline
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Notice of Inclusion of Trademark Registration Certificate Maintenance Requirements Page in Trademark Document Retrieval Database
    Notice of Inclusion of Trademark Registration Certificate Maintenance
          Requirements Page in Trademark Document Retrieval Database

   The practice of the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office")
has been to provide notice of trademark maintenance requirements with
trademark registration certificates sent to registrants, but not to upload
this information as part of the record into the Trademark Document
Retrieval ("TDR") database.  As of July 5, 2011, the Office will upload the
maintenance requirements page of new trademark registration certificates
and updated registration certificates in the TDR database so that the
database will reflect the maintenance requirement information provided to
the registrant.

   Although, pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1057(a), 37 CFR 2.151, 2.162, and 7.38,
maintenance requirement information has previously accompanied trademark
registration certificates, the information was not uploaded to the TDR
database.  To include in the record the trademark registration maintenance
requirement information now provided as part of the trademark registration
certificate and to ensure that registration maintenance information is
readily available to trademark owners when viewing their registrations
electronically, the Office will be including the maintenance requirements
page of trademark registration certificates and updated registration
certificates in the TDR database.  The Office intends to include the
maintenance requirement page in TDR for new and updated trademark
registration certificates uploaded on or after July 5, 2011.

   The Office prefers that any inquiries on this notice be made via
electronic mail message to TMFRNotices@uspto.gov, or to Cynthia C. Lynch,
Office of the Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, by
telephone at (571) 272-8742.

June 30, 2011                                               DEBORAH S. COHN
                                                Commissioner for Trademarks
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and IP Australia

Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and IP Australia

I. Background

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot program with IP Australia (IPAU) on April 14, 2008. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2008/week17/TOC.htm#ref14. The USPTO and IPAU agreed to extend the PPH pilot program until April 13, 2012.

In order to improve the PPH program and make it available to a wider range of applicants, the USPTO and IPAU have agreed to revise the requirements for requesting participation in the PPH pilot program. The revised requirements and the trial period are set forth below and supersede all prior PPH notices between the USPTO and IPAU. The PCT-PPH pilot program is not affected by the current notice and remains available to the applicants under the existing guidelines. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2011/week07/TOC.htm#ref15.

II. Trial Period for the PPH Pilot Program

The PPH pilot program with the revised requirements will commence on July 15, 2011, for a period of one year ending on July 14, 2012. The revised requirements will apply to PPH requests filed in the USPTO on or after July 15, 2011, based on claims that have been determined allowable by IPAU in a corresponding application filed in IPAU. The trial period may be extended for up to an additional year if necessary to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH program. The USPTO and IPAU will evaluate the results of the pilot program to determine whether and how the program should be fully implemented after the trial period. The Offices may also terminate the PPH pilot program early if the volume of participation exceeds a manageable level, or for any other reason. Notice will be published if the PPH pilot program will be terminated before the July 14, 2012 date.

III. Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the PPH Program in the USPTO

In order to be eligible to participate in the PPH program in the USPTO, the following conditions must be met:

(1) The U.S. application for which participation in the PPH program is requested and the corresponding IPAU application must have the same priority/filing date. In particular, the U.S. application (including national stage entry of a PCT application and a so-called bypass application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) which validly claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 to a PCT application):

   

(Case I) – is an application that validly claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 37 CFR 1.55 to one or more applications filed with IPAU (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures A, B, C and D),

or

(Case II) – is an application which is the basis of a valid priority claim under the Paris Convention for the application filed in IPAU (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures E, F and G),

or

(Case III) – is an application which shares a common priority document with the application filed in IPAU (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures H, I, J, K, L, M and N),

or

(Case IV) – and the IPAU application are derived from/related to a PCT application having no priority claim (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figure O).

Provisional applications, plant applications, design applications, reissue applications, reexamination proceedings, and applications subject to a secrecy order are excluded and not subject to participation in the PPH.

(2) At least one claim was determined by IPAU to be allowable/patentable. The applicant must submit a copy of the allowable/patentable claims from the IPAU application. If the IPAU office action does not explicitly state that a particular claim is allowable, the applicant must include a statement in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program or in the transmittal letter accompanying the request for participation that no rejection has been made in the IPAU office action regarding that claim, and therefore, the claim is deemed allowable by IPAU.

(3) All claims on file, as originally filed or as amended, for examination under the PPH must sufficiently correspond to one or more of those claims indicated as allowable in the IPAU. Claims are considered to "sufficiently correspond" where, accounting for differences due to translations and claim format, the claims in the USPTO are of the same or similar scope as the claims in the IPAU, or the claims in the USPTO are narrower in scope than the claims in the IPAU. In this regard, a claim that is narrower in scope occurs when a IPAU claim is amended to be further limited by an additional feature that is supported in the specification (description and/or claims). A claim in the USPTO which introduces a new/different category of claims to those claims indicated as allowable in the IPAU is not considered to sufficiently correspond. For example, if the IPAU claims only contain claims to a process of manufacturing a product, then the claims in the USPTO are not considered to sufficiently correspond if the USPTO claims introduce product claims that are dependent on the corresponding process claims.

The additional limitation that makes the claims in the U.S. application narrower in scope than the allowable/patentable claims in the IPAU application must have support in the written description of the U.S. application and the additional limitation must be presented in dependent form. The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table in English. The claims correspondence table must indicate how all the claims in the U.S. application correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the IPAU application(s). The dependent claims with the additional limitations must be clearly identified in the claims correspondence table.

(4) Examination of the U.S. application for which participation in the PPH pilot program is requested has not begun.

(5) The applicant must file a request for participation in the PPH pilot program and a request that the U.S. application be advanced out of turn for examination by order of the Director to expedite the business of the Office under 37 CFR 1.102(a). A revised request form (PTO/SB/20AU) will be available from the USPTO Web site at http://www.uspto.gov on July 15, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to use the USPTO request form. A petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(h) is NOT required. See Notice Regarding the Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs, 75 Fed. Reg. 29312 (May 25, 2010).

(6) The applicant must submit a copy of all the office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the IPAU application(s) containing the allowable/patentable claims that are the basis for the request. In addition, the applicant must submit copies of any office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the IPAU application(s) issued after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program in the USPTO (especially where IPAU might have reversed a prior holding of allowability).

(7) The applicant must submit an information disclosure statement (IDS) listing the documents cited by the IPAU examiner in the IPAU office action (unless such an IDS has already been filed in the U.S. application). The applicant must submit copies of all the documents cited in the IPAU office action (unless the copies have already been filed in the U.S. application) except U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications.

The request for participation in the PPH pilot program and all the supporting documents must be submitted to the USPTO via EFS-Web and indexed with the following document description: “Petition to make special under Patent Pros Hwy.” Information regarding EFS-Web is available at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs_help.html. Any preliminary amendment or IDS submitted with the PPH documents must be separately indexed as a preliminary amendment or an IDS, respectively.

Where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status are granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. In those instances where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program does not meet all the requirements set forth above, the applicant will be notified and the defects in the request will be identified. The applicant will be given one opportunity to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation (which must be submitted via EFS-Web and indexed accordingly as noted above). Note that action on the application by the examiner will NOT be suspended (37 CFR 1.103) awaiting a reply by the applicant to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation. That is, if the application is picked up for examination by the examiner after the applicant has been notified of the defects in the request, any renewed request will be dismissed. If the renewed request is perfected and examination has not begun, the request and special status will be granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. If not perfected, the applicant will be notified and the application will await action in its regular turn.

(8) Request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status granted in a parent application will not carry over to a continuing application. The applicant must fulfill all the conditions set forth above in order for special status to be granted in the continuing application.

If any of the documents identified in items (2), (6) and (7) above have already been filed in the U.S. application prior to the request for participation in the PPH pilot program, it will not be necessary for the applicant to resubmit these documents with the request for participation. The applicant may simply refer to these documents and indicate in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program when these documents were previously filed in the U.S. application.

IV. Special Examining Procedures

Once the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status have been granted to the U.S. application, the U.S. application will be taken up for examination by the U.S. examiner before all other categories of applications except those clearly in condition for allowance, those with set time limits, such as examiner’s answers, and those that have been granted special status for “accelerated examination.”

Any claims amended or added after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program must sufficiently correspond to one or more allowable/patentable claims in the IPAU application(s). The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table along with the amendment (see III.(3) above). If the amended or newly added claims do not sufficiently correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the IPAU application(s), the amendment will not be entered and will be treated as a non-responsive reply.

The PPH program does not absolve applicants of all their duties under 37 CFR 1.56 and 37 CFR 11.18. By complying with requirements III.(6) and (7) identified above, applicants would be considered to have complied with their duties to bring to the attention of the USPTO any material prior art cited in the corresponding foreign application(s) (see MPEP § 2001.06(a)). Applicants still have a duty of candor and good faith, including providing to the USPTO other information known to them to be material to patentability.

Any inquiries concerning this notice may be directed to Magdalen Greenlief, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, at 571-272-8140 or at magdalen.greenlief@uspto.gov.

  DAVID J. KAPPOS
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

ANNEX

(A) Case I - Paris route -

(B) Case I - PCT route -

(C) Case I - Paris route & Complex priority -

(D) Case I - Paris route & continuing application -

(E) Case II - Paris route -

(F) Case II - PCT route -

(G) Case II - Paris route & Complex priority -

(H) Case III - Paris route Domestic priority -

(I) Case III - Paris route, but the first application is from the third country -

(J) Case III - PCT route, but the first application is from the third country -

(K) Case III - PCT route -

(L) Case III - Direct PCT & PCT Route -

(M) Case III - Paris route & U.S. provisional application -

(N) Case III - PCT route & U.S. provisional application -

(O) Case IV - Direct PCT route -

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Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office

Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office

I. Background

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a patent prosecution highway (PPH) program on a permanent basis with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) on January 29, 2011. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2011/week07/TOC.htm#ref14.

In order to improve the PPH program and make it available to a wider range of applicants, the USPTO and CIPO have agreed to revise the requirements for requesting participation in the PPH program. The revised requirements and the trial period are set forth below and supersede all prior PPH notices between the USPTO and CIPO.

II. Trial Period for the PPH Program

The PPH program with the revised requirements will commence on July 15, 2011, for a period of one year ending on July 14, 2012. The revised requirements will apply to PPH requests filed in the USPTO on or after July 15, 2011, based on claims that have been determined allowable by CIPO in a corresponding application filed in CIPO. The trial period may be extended for up to an additional year if necessary to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH program. The USPTO and CIPO will evaluate the results of the PPH program to determine whether and how the program should be implemented after the trial period. The Offices may also terminate the PPH program early if the volume of participation exceeds a manageable level, or for any other reason. Notice will be published if the PPH program will be terminated before the July 14, 2012 date.

III. Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the PPH Program in the USPTO

In order to be eligible to participate in the PPH program in the USPTO, the following conditions must be met:

(1) The U.S. application for which participation in the PPH program is requested and the corresponding CIPO application must have the same priority/filing date. In particular, the U.S. application (including national stage entry of a PCT application and a so-called bypass application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) which validly claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 to a PCT application):

   

(Case I) – is an application that validly claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 37 CFR 1.55 to one or more applications filed with CIPO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures A, B, C and D),

or

(Case II) – is an application which is the basis of a valid priority claim under the Paris Convention for the application filed in CIPO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures E, F and G),

or

(Case III) – is an application which shares a common priority document with the application filed in CIPO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures H, I, J, K, L, M and N),

or

(Case IV) – and the CIPO application are derived from/related to a PCT application having no priority claim (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figure O).

Provisional applications, plant applications, design applications, reissue applications, reexamination proceedings, and applications subject to a secrecy order are excluded and not subject to participation in the PPH.

(2) At least one claim was determined by CIPO to be allowable/patentable. The applicant must submit a copy of the allowable/patentable claims from the CIPO application along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the claims are not in the English language. If the CIPO office action does not explicitly state that a particular claim is allowable, the applicant must include a statement in the request for participation in the PPH program or in the transmittal letter accompanying the request for participation that no rejection has been made in the CIPO office action regarding that claim, and therefore, the claim is deemed allowable by CIPO.

(3) All claims on file, as originally filed or as amended, for examination under the PPH must sufficiently correspond to one or more of those claims indicated as allowable in the CIPO. Claims are considered to "sufficiently correspond" where, accounting for differences due to translations and claim format, the claims in the USPTO are of the same or similar scope as the claims in the CIPO, or the claims in the USPTO are narrower in scope than the claims in the CIPO. In this regard, a claim that is narrower in scope occurs when a CIPO claim is amended to be further limited by an additional feature that is supported in the specification (description and/or claims). A claim in the USPTO which introduces a new/different category of claims to those claims indicated as allowable in the CIPO is not considered to sufficiently correspond. For example, if the CIPO claims only contain claims to a process of manufacturing a product, then the claims in the USPTO are not considered to sufficiently correspond if the USPTO claims introduce product claims that are dependent on the corresponding process claims.

The additional limitation that makes the claims in the U.S. application narrower in scope than the allowable/patentable claims in the CIPO application must have support in the written description of the U.S. application and the additional limitation must be presented in dependent form. The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table in English. The claims correspondence table must indicate how all the claims in the U.S. application correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the CIPO application(s). The dependent claims with the additional limitations must be clearly identified in the claims correspondence table.

(4) Examination of the U.S. application for which participation in the PPH program is requested has not begun.

(5) The applicant must file a request for participation in the PPH program and a request that the U.S. application be advanced out of turn for examination by order of the Director to expedite the business of the Office under 37 CFR 1.102(a). A revised request form (PTO/SB/20CA) will be available from the USPTO Web site at http://www.uspto.gov on July 15, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to use the USPTO request form. A petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(h) is NOT required. See Notice Regarding the Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs, 75 Fed. Reg. 29312 (May 25, 2010).

(6) The applicant must submit a copy of all the office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the CIPO application(s) containing the allowable/patentable claims that are the basis for the request, along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the office actions are not in the English language. In addition, the applicant must submit copies of any office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the CIPO application(s) issued after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH program in the USPTO (especially where CIPO might have reversed a prior holding of allowability).

(7) The applicant must submit an information disclosure statement (IDS) listing the documents cited by the CIPO examiner in the CIPO office action (unless such an IDS has already been filed in the U.S. application). The applicant must submit copies of all the documents cited in the CIPO office action (unless the copies have already been filed in the U.S. application) except U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications.

The request for participation in the PPH program and all the supporting documents must be submitted to the USPTO via EFS-Web and indexed with the following document description: “Petition to make special under Patent Pros Hwy.” Information regarding EFS-Web is available at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs_help.html. Any preliminary amendment or IDS submitted with the PPH documents must be separately indexed as a preliminary amendment or an IDS, respectively.

Where the request for participation in the PPH program and special status are granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. In those instances where the request for participation in the PPH program does not meet all the requirements set forth above, the applicant will be notified and the defects in the request will be identified. The applicant will be given one opportunity to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation (which must be submitted via EFS-Web and indexed accordingly as noted above). Note that action on the application by the examiner will NOT be suspended (37 CFR 1.103) awaiting a reply by the applicant to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation. That is, if the application is picked up for examination by the examiner after the applicant has been notified of the defects in the request, any renewed request will be dismissed. If the renewed request is perfected and examination has not begun, the request and special status will be granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. If not perfected, the applicant will be notified and the application will await action in its regular turn.

(8) Request for participation in the PPH program and special status granted in a parent application will not carry over to a continuing application. The applicant must fulfill all the conditions set forth above in order for special status to be granted in the continuing application.

If any of the documents identified in items (2), (6) and (7) above have already been filed in the U.S. application prior to the request for participation in the PPH program, it will not be necessary for the applicant to resubmit these documents with the request for participation. The applicant may simply refer to these documents and indicate in the request for participation in the PPH program when these documents were previously filed in the U.S. application.

IV. Special Examining Procedures

Once the request for participation in the PPH program and special status have been granted to the U.S. application, the U.S. application will be taken up for examination by the U.S. examiner before all other categories of applications except those clearly in condition for allowance, those with set time limits, such as examiner’s answers, and those that have been granted special status for “accelerated examination.”

Any claims amended or added after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH program must sufficiently correspond to one or more allowable/patentable claims in the CIPO application(s). The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table along with the amendment (see III.(3) above). If the amended or newly added claims do not sufficiently correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the CIPO application(s), the amendment will not be entered and will be treated as a non-responsive reply.

The PPH program does not absolve applicants of all their duties under 37 CFR 1.56 and 37 CFR 11.18. By complying with requirements III.(6) and (7) identified above, applicants would be considered to have complied with their duties to bring to the attention of the USPTO any material prior art cited in the corresponding foreign application(s) (see MPEP § 2001.06(a)). Applicants still have a duty of candor and good faith, including providing to the USPTO other information known to them to be material to patentability.

Any inquiries concerning this notice may be directed to Magdalen Greenlief, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, at 571-272-8140 or at magdalen.greenlief@uspto.gov.

  DAVID J. KAPPOS
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

ANNEX

(A) Case I - Paris route -

(B) Case I - PCT route -

(C) Case I - Paris route & Complex priority -

(D) Case I - Paris route & continuing application -

(E) Case II - Paris route -

(F) Case II - PCT route -

(G) Case II - Paris route & Complex priority -

(H) Case III - Paris route Domestic priority -

(I) Case III - Paris route, but the first application is from the third country -

(J) Case III - PCT route, but the first application is from the third country -

(K) Case III - PCT route -

(L) Case III - Direct PCT & PCT Route -

(M) Case III - Paris route & U.S. provisional application -

(N) Case III - PCT route & U.S. provisional application -

(O) Case IV - Direct PCT route -

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Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland

Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland

I. Background

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot program with the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR) on July 6, 2009. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2009/week29/TOC.htm#ref12. The USPTO and NBPR agreed to extend the PPH pilot program until further notice.

In order to improve the PPH program and make it available to a wider range of applicants, the USPTO and NBPR have agreed to revise the requirements for requesting participation in the PPH pilot program. The revised requirements and the trial period are set forth below and supersede all prior PPH notices between the USPTO and NBPR. The PCT-PPH pilot program is not affected by the current notice and remains available to the applicants under the existing guidelines. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2011/week07/TOC.htm#ref13.

II. Trial Period for the PPH Pilot Program

The PPH pilot program with the revised requirements will commence on July 15, 2011, for a period of one year ending on July 14, 2012. The revised requirements will apply to PPH requests filed in the USPTO on or after July 15, 2011, based on claims that have been determined allowable by NBPR in a corresponding application filed in NBPR. The trial period may be extended for up to an additional year if necessary to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH program. The USPTO and NBPR will evaluate the results of the pilot program to determine whether and how the program should be fully implemented after the trial period. The Offices may also terminate the PPH pilot program early if the volume of participation exceeds a manageable level, or for any other reason. Notice will be published if the PPH pilot program will be terminated before the July 14, 2012 date.

III. Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the PPH Program in the USPTO

In order to be eligible to participate in the PPH program in the USPTO, the following conditions must be met:

(1) The U.S. application for which participation in the PPH program is requested and the corresponding NBPR application must have the same priority/filing date. In particular, the U.S. application (including national stage entry of a PCT application and a so-called bypass application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) which validly claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 to a PCT application):

   

(Case I) – is an application that validly claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 37 CFR 1.55 to one or more applications filed with NBPR (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures A, B, C and D),

or

(Case II) – is an application which is the basis of a valid priority claim under the Paris Convention for the application filed in NBPR (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures E, F and G),

or

(Case III) – is an application which shares a common priority document with the application filed in NBPR (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures H, I, J, K, L, M and N),

or

(Case IV) – and the NBPR application are derived from/related to a PCT application having no priority claim (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figure O).

Provisional applications, plant applications, design applications, reissue applications, reexamination proceedings, and applications subject to a secrecy order are excluded and not subject to participation in the PPH.

(2) At least one claim was determined by NBPR to be allowable/patentable. The applicant must submit a copy of the allowable/patentable claims from the NBPR application along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the claims are not in the English language. If the NBPR office action does not explicitly state that a particular claim is allowable, the applicant must include a statement in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program or in the transmittal letter accompanying the request for participation that no rejection has been made in the NBPR office action regarding that claim, and therefore, the claim is deemed allowable by NBPR.

(3) All claims on file, as originally filed or as amended, for examination under the PPH must sufficiently correspond to one or more of those claims indicated as allowable in the NBPR. Claims are considered to "sufficiently correspond" where, accounting for differences due to translations and claim format, the claims in the USPTO are of the same or similar scope as the claims in the NBPR, or the claims in the USPTO are narrower in scope than the claims in the NBPR. In this regard, a claim that is narrower in scope occurs when a NBPR claim is amended to be further limited by an additional feature that is supported in the specification (description and/or claims). A claim in the USPTO which introduces a new/different category of claims to those claims indicated as allowable in the NBPR is not considered to sufficiently correspond. For example, if the NBPR claims only contain claims to a process of manufacturing a product, then the claims in the USPTO are not considered to sufficiently correspond if the USPTO claims introduce product claims that are dependent on the corresponding process claims.

The additional limitation that makes the claims in the U.S. application narrower in scope than the allowable/patentable claims in the NBPR application must have support in the written description of the U.S. application and the additional limitation must be presented in dependent form. The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table in English. The claims correspondence table must indicate how all the claims in the U.S. application correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the NBPR application(s). The dependent claims with the additional limitations must be clearly identified in the claims correspondence table.

(4) Examination of the U.S. application for which participation in the PPH pilot program is requested has not begun.

(5) The applicant must file a request for participation in the PPH pilot program and a request that the U.S. application be advanced out of turn for examination by order of the Director to expedite the business of the Office under 37 CFR 1.102(a). A revised request form (PTO/SB/20FI) will be available from the USPTO Web site at http://www.uspto.gov on July 15, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to use the USPTO request form. A petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(h) is NOT required. See Notice Regarding the Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs, 75 Fed. Reg. 29312 (May 25, 2010).

(6) The applicant must submit a copy of all the office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the NBPR application(s) containing the allowable/patentable claims that are the basis for the request, along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the office actions are not in the English language. In addition, the applicant must submit copies of any office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the NBPR application(s) issued after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program in the USPTO (especially where NBPR might have reversed a prior holding of allowability).

(7) The applicant must submit an information disclosure statement (IDS) listing the documents cited by the NBPR examiner in the NBPR office action (unless such an IDS has already been filed in the U.S. application). The applicant must submit copies of all the documents cited in the NBPR office action (unless the copies have already been filed in the U.S. application) except U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications.

The request for participation in the PPH pilot program and all the supporting documents must be submitted to the USPTO via EFS-Web and indexed with the following document description: “Petition to make special under Patent Pros Hwy.” Information regarding EFS-Web is available at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs_help.html. Any preliminary amendment or IDS submitted with the PPH documents must be separately indexed as a preliminary amendment or an IDS, respectively.

Where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status are granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. In those instances where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program does not meet all the requirements set forth above, the applicant will be notified and the defects in the request will be identified. The applicant will be given one opportunity to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation (which must be submitted via EFS-Web and indexed accordingly as noted above). Note that action on the application by the examiner will NOT be suspended (37 CFR 1.103) awaiting a reply by the applicant to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation. That is, if the application is picked up for examination by the examiner after the applicant has been notified of the defects in the request, any renewed request will be dismissed. If the renewed request is perfected and examination has not begun, the request and special status will be granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. If not perfected, the applicant will be notified and the application will await action in its regular turn.

(8) Request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status granted in a parent application will not carry over to a continuing application. The applicant must fulfill all the conditions set forth above in order for special status to be granted in the continuing application.

If any of the documents identified in items (2), (6) and (7) above have already been filed in the U.S. application prior to the request for participation in the PPH pilot program, it will not be necessary for the applicant to resubmit these documents with the request for participation. The applicant may simply refer to these documents and indicate in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program when these documents were previously filed in the U.S. application.

IV. Special Examining Procedures

Once the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status have been granted to the U.S. application, the U.S. application will be taken up for examination by the U.S. examiner before all other categories of applications except those clearly in condition for allowance, those with set time limits, such as examiner’s answers, and those that have been granted special status for “accelerated examination.”

Any claims amended or added after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program must sufficiently correspond to one or more allowable/patentable claims in the NBPR application(s). The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table along with the amendment (see III.(3) above). If the amended or newly added claims do not sufficiently correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the NBPR application(s), the amendment will not be entered and will be treated as a non-responsive reply.

The PPH program does not absolve applicants of all their duties under 37 CFR 1.56 and 37 CFR 11.18. By complying with requirements III.(6) and (7) identified above, applicants would be considered to have complied with their duties to bring to the attention of the USPTO any material prior art cited in the corresponding foreign application(s) (see MPEP § 2001.06(a)). Applicants still have a duty of candor and good faith, including providing to the USPTO other information known to them to be material to patentability.

Any inquiries concerning this notice may be directed to Magdalen Greenlief, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, at 571-272-8140 or at magdalen.greenlief@uspto.gov.

  DAVID J. KAPPOS
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

ANNEX

(A) Case I - Paris route -

(B) Case I - PCT route -

(C) Case I - Paris route & Complex priority -

(D) Case I - Paris route & continuing application -

(E) Case II - Paris route -

(F) Case II - PCT route -

(G) Case II - Paris route & Complex priority -

(H) Case III - Paris route Domestic priority -

(I) Case III - Paris route, but the first application is from the third country -

(J) Case III - PCT route, but the first application is from the third country -

(K) Case III - PCT route -

(L) Case III - Direct PCT & PCT Route -

(M) Case III - Paris route & U.S. provisional application -

(N) Case III - PCT route & U.S. provisional application -

(O) Case IV - Direct PCT route -

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Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office

Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office

I. Background

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a patent prosecution highway (PPH) program on a permanent basis with the Japan Patent Office (JPO) on January 4, 2008. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2008/week10/TOC.htm#ref14.

In order to improve the PPH program and make it available to a wider range of applicants, the USPTO and JPO have agreed to revise the requirements for requesting participation in the PPH program. The revised requirements and the trial period are set forth below and supersede all prior PPH notices between the USPTO and JPO. The PCT-PPH pilot program is not affected by the current notice and remains available to the applicants under the existing guidelines. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2010/week08/TOC.htm#ref17.

II. Trial Period for the PPH Program

The PPH program with the revised requirements will commence on July 15, 2011, for a period of one year ending on July 14, 2012. The revised requirements will apply to PPH requests filed in the USPTO on or after July 15, 2011, based on claims that have been determined allowable by JPO in a corresponding application filed in JPO. The trial period may be extended for up to an additional year if necessary to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH program. The USPTO and JPO will evaluate the results of the PPH program to determine whether and how the program should be implemented after the trial period. The Offices may also terminate the PPH program early if the volume of participation exceeds a manageable level, or for any other reason. Notice will be published if the PPH program will be terminated before the July 14, 2012 date.

III. Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the PPH Program in the USPTO

In order to be eligible to participate in the PPH program in the USPTO, the following conditions must be met:

(1) The U.S. application for which participation in the PPH program is requested and the corresponding JPO application must have the same priority/filing date. In particular, the U.S. application (including national stage entry of a PCT application and a so-called bypass application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) which validly claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 to a PCT application):

   

(Case I) – is an application that validly claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 37 CFR 1.55 to one or more applications filed with JPO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures A, B, C and D),

or

(Case II) – is an application which is the basis of a valid priority claim under the Paris Convention for the application filed in JPO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures E, F and G),

or

(Case III) – is an application which shares a common priority document with the application filed in JPO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures H, I, J, K, L, M and N),

or

(Case IV) – and the JPO application are derived from/related to a PCT application having no priority claim (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figure O).

Provisional applications, plant applications, design applications, reissue applications, reexamination proceedings, and applications subject to a secrecy order are excluded and not subject to participation in the PPH.

(2) At least one claim was determined by JPO to be allowable/patentable. The applicant must submit a copy of the allowable/patentable claims from the JPO application along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the claims are not in the English language. If the JPO office action does not explicitly state that a particular claim is allowable, the applicant must include a statement in the request for participation in the PPH program or in the transmittal letter accompanying the request for participation that no rejection has been made in the JPO office action regarding that claim, and therefore, the claim is deemed allowable by JPO.

(3) All claims on file, as originally filed or as amended, for examination under the PPH must sufficiently correspond to one or more of those claims indicated as allowable in the JPO. Claims are considered to "sufficiently correspond" where, accounting for differences due to translations and claim format, the claims in the USPTO are of the same or similar scope as the claims in the JPO, or the claims in the USPTO are narrower in scope than the claims in the JPO. In this regard, a claim that is narrower in scope occurs when a JPO claim is amended to be further limited by an additional feature that is supported in the specification (description and/or claims). A claim in the USPTO which introduces a new/different category of claims to those claims indicated as allowable in the JPO is not considered to sufficiently correspond. For example, if the JPO claims only contain claims to a process of manufacturing a product, then the claims in the USPTO are not considered to sufficiently correspond if the USPTO claims introduce product claims that are dependent on the corresponding process claims.

The additional limitation that makes the claims in the U.S. application narrower in scope than the allowable/patentable claims in the JPO application must have support in the written description of the U.S. application and the additional limitation must be presented in dependent form. The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table in English. The claims correspondence table must indicate how all the claims in the U.S. application correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the JPO application(s). The dependent claims with the additional limitations must be clearly identified in the claims correspondence table.

(4) Examination of the U.S. application for which participation in the PPH program is requested has not begun.

(5) The applicant must file a request for participation in the PPH program and a request that the U.S. application be advanced out of turn for examination by order of the Director to expedite the business of the Office under 37 CFR 1.102(a). A revised request form (PTO/SB/20JP) will be available from the USPTO Web site at http://www.uspto.gov on July 15, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to use the USPTO request form. A petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(h) is NOT required. See Notice Regarding the Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs, 75 Fed. Reg. 29312 (May 25, 2010).

(6) The applicant must submit a copy of the office action from the JPO application just prior to the “Decision to Grant a Patent” (e.g., the latest “Notification of Reasons for Refusal”) from each of the JPO application(s) containing the allowable/patentable claims that are the basis for the request, along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the office actions are not in the English language. It will not be necessary for applicant to submit a copy of the “Decision to Grant a Patent” and an English translation thereof. If the JPO application is a first action allowance, i.e., there is no office action just prior to the “Decision to Grant a Patent,” then applicant should indicate on the request form that no office action from the JPO application is submitted since the JPO application was a first action allowance.

The applicant must submit copies of any office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the JPO application(s) issued after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH program in the USPTO (especially where JPO might have reversed a prior holding of allowability).

(7) The applicant must submit an information disclosure statement (IDS) listing the documents cited by the JPO examiner in the JPO office action (unless such an IDS has already been filed in the U.S. application). The applicant must submit copies of all the documents cited in the JPO office action (unless the copies have already been filed in the U.S. application) except U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications.

The request for participation in the PPH program and all the supporting documents must be submitted to the USPTO via EFS-Web and indexed with the following document description: “Petition to make special under Patent Pros Hwy.” Information regarding EFS-Web is available at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs_help.html. Any preliminary amendment or IDS submitted with the PPH documents must be separately indexed as a preliminary amendment or an IDS, respectively.

Where the request for participation in the PPH program and special status are granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. In those instances where the request for participation in the PPH program does not meet all the requirements set forth above, the applicant will be notified and the defects in the request will be identified. The applicant will be given one opportunity to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation (which must be submitted via EFS-Web and indexed accordingly as noted above). Note that action on the application by the examiner will NOT be suspended (37 CFR 1.103) awaiting a reply by the applicant to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation. That is, if the application is picked up for examination by the examiner after the applicant has been notified of the defects in the request, any renewed request will be dismissed. If the renewed request is perfected and examination has not begun, the request and special status will be granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. If not perfected, the applicant will be notified and the application will await action in its regular turn.

(8) Request for participation in the PPH program and special status granted in a parent application will not carry over to a continuing application. The applicant must fulfill all the conditions set forth above in order for special status to be granted in the continuing application.

If any of the documents identified in items (2), (6) and (7) above have already been filed in the U.S. application prior to the request for participation in the PPH program, it will not be necessary for the applicant to resubmit these documents with the request for participation. The applicant may simply refer to these documents and indicate in the request for participation in the PPH program when these documents were previously filed in the U.S. application.

IV. Special Examining Procedures

Once the request for participation in the PPH program and special status have been granted to the U.S. application, the U.S. application will be taken up for examination by the U.S. examiner before all other categories of applications except those clearly in condition for allowance, those with set time limits, such as examiner’s answers, and those that have been granted special status for “accelerated examination.”

Any claims amended or added after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH program must sufficiently correspond to one or more allowable/patentable claims in the JPO application(s). The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table along with the amendment (see III.(3) above). If the amended or newly added claims do not sufficiently correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the JPO application(s), the amendment will not be entered and will be treated as a non-responsive reply.

The PPH program does not absolve applicants of all their duties under 37 CFR 1.56 and 37 CFR 11.18. By complying with requirements III.(6) and (7) identified above, applicants would be considered to have complied with their duties to bring to the attention of the USPTO any material prior art cited in the corresponding foreign application(s) (see MPEP § 2001.06(a)). Applicants still have a duty of candor and good faith, including providing to the USPTO other information known to them to be material to patentability.

Any inquiries concerning this notice may be directed to Magdalen Greenlief, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, at 571-272-8140 or at magdalen.greenlief@uspto.gov.

  DAVID J. KAPPOS
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

ANNEX

(A) Case I - Paris route -

(B) Case I - PCT route -

(C) Case I - Paris route & Complex priority -

(D) Case I - Paris route & continuing application -

(E) Case II - Paris route -

(F) Case II - PCT route -

(G) Case II - Paris route & Complex priority -

(H) Case III - Paris route Domestic priority -

(I) Case III - Paris route, but the first application is from the third country -

(J) Case III - PCT route, but the first application is from the third country -

(K) Case III - PCT route -

(L) Case III - Direct PCT & PCT Route -

(M) Case III - Paris route & U.S. provisional application -

(N) Case III - PCT route & U.S. provisional application -

(O) Case IV - Direct PCT route -

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Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia

Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia

I. Background

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot program with the Federal Service on Intellectual Property, Patents & Trademarks of Russia (Rospatent) on September 1, 2010. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2010/week36/TOC.htm#ref11. The PPH pilot program is set to expire on August 31, 2011.

In order to improve the PPH program and make it available to a wider range of applicants, the USPTO and Rospatent have agreed to revise the requirements for requesting participation in the PPH pilot program. The revised requirements and the trial period are set forth below and supersede all prior PPH notices between the USPTO and Rospatent. The PCT-PPH pilot program is not affected by the current notice and remains available to the applicants under the existing guidelines. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2010/week42/TOC.htm#ref14.

II. Trial Period for the PPH Pilot Program

The PPH pilot program with the revised requirements will commence on July 15, 2011, for a period of one year ending on July 14, 2012. The revised requirements will apply to PPH requests filed in the USPTO on or after July 15, 2011, based on claims that have been determined allowable by Rospatent in a corresponding application filed in Rospatent. The trial period may be extended for up to an additional year if necessary to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH program. The USPTO and Rospatent will evaluate the results of the pilot program to determine whether and how the program should be fully implemented after the trial period. The Offices may also terminate the PPH pilot program early if the volume of participation exceeds a manageable level, or for any other reason. Notice will be published if the PPH pilot program will be terminated before the July 14, 2012 date.

III. Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the PPH Program in the USPTO

In order to be eligible to participate in the PPH program in the USPTO, the following conditions must be met:

(1) The U.S. application for which participation in the PPH program is requested and the corresponding Rospatent application must have the same priority/filing date. In particular, the U.S. application (including national stage entry of a PCT application and a so-called bypass application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) which validly claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 to a PCT application):

   

(Case I) – is an application that validly claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 37 CFR 1.55 to one or more applications filed with Rospatent (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures A, B, C and D),

or

(Case II) – is an application which is the basis of a valid priority claim under the Paris Convention for the application filed in Rospatent (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures E, F and G),

or

(Case III) – is an application which shares a common priority document with the application filed in Rospatent (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures H, I, J, K, L, M and N),

or

(Case IV) – and the Rospatent application are derived from/related to a PCT application having no priority claim (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figure O).

Provisional applications, plant applications, design applications, reissue applications, reexamination proceedings, and applications subject to a secrecy order are excluded and not subject to participation in the PPH.

(2) At least one claim was determined by Rospatent to be allowable/patentable. The applicant must submit a copy of the allowable/patentable claims from the Rospatent application along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the claims are not in the English language. If the Rospatent office action does not explicitly state that a particular claim is allowable, the applicant must include a statement in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program or in the transmittal letter accompanying the request for participation that no rejection has been made in the Rospatent office action regarding that claim, and therefore, the claim is deemed allowable by Rospatent.

(3) All claims on file, as originally filed or as amended, for examination under the PPH must sufficiently correspond to one or more of those claims indicated as allowable in the Rospatent. Claims are considered to "sufficiently correspond" where, accounting for differences due to translations and claim format, the claims in the USPTO are of the same or similar scope as the claims in the Rospatent, or the claims in the USPTO are narrower in scope than the claims in the Rospatent. In this regard, a claim that is narrower in scope occurs when a Rospatent claim is amended to be further limited by an additional feature that is supported in the specification (description and/or claims). A claim in the USPTO which introduces a new/different category of claims to those claims indicated as allowable in the Rospatent is not considered to sufficiently correspond. For example, if the Rospatent claims only contain claims to a process of manufacturing a product, then the claims in the USPTO are not considered to sufficiently correspond if the USPTO claims introduce product claims that are dependent on the corresponding process claims.

The additional limitation that makes the claims in the U.S. application narrower in scope than the allowable/patentable claims in the Rospatent application must have support in the written description of the U.S. application and the additional limitation must be presented in dependent form. The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table in English. The claims correspondence table must indicate how all the claims in the U.S. application correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the Rospatent application(s). The dependent claims with the additional limitations must be clearly identified in the claims correspondence table.

(4) Examination of the U.S. application for which participation in the PPH pilot program is requested has not begun.

(5) The applicant must file a request for participation in the PPH pilot program and a request that the U.S. application be advanced out of turn for examination by order of the Director to expedite the business of the Office under 37 CFR 1.102(a). A revised request form (PTO/SB/20RU) will be available from the USPTO Web site at http://www.uspto.gov on July 15, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to use the USPTO request form. A petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(h) is NOT required. See Notice Regarding the Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs, 75 Fed. Reg. 29312 (May 25, 2010).

(6) The applicant must submit a copy of all the office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the Rospatent application(s) containing the allowable/patentable claims that are the basis for the request, along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the office actions are not in the English language. In addition, the applicant must submit copies of any office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the Rospatent application(s) issued after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program in the USPTO (especially where Rospatent might have reversed a prior holding of allowability).

(7) The applicant must submit an information disclosure statement (IDS) listing the documents cited by the Rospatent examiner in the Rospatent office action (unless such an IDS has already been filed in the U.S. application). The applicant must submit copies of all the documents cited in the Rospatent office action (unless the copies have already been filed in the U.S. application) except U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications.

The request for participation in the PPH pilot program and all the supporting documents must be submitted to the USPTO via EFS-Web and indexed with the following document description: “Petition to make special under Patent Pros Hwy.” Information regarding EFS-Web is available at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs_help.html. Any preliminary amendment or IDS submitted with the PPH documents must be separately indexed as a preliminary amendment or an IDS, respectively.

Where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status are granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. In those instances where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program does not meet all the requirements set forth above, the applicant will be notified and the defects in the request will be identified. The applicant will be given one opportunity to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation (which must be submitted via EFS-Web and indexed accordingly as noted above). Note that action on the application by the examiner will NOT be suspended (37 CFR 1.103) awaiting a reply by the applicant to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation. That is, if the application is picked up for examination by the examiner after the applicant has been notified of the defects in the request, any renewed request will be dismissed. If the renewed request is perfected and examination has not begun, the request and special status will be granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. If not perfected, the applicant will be notified and the application will await action in its regular turn.

(8) Request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status granted in a parent application will not carry over to a continuing application. The applicant must fulfill all the conditions set forth above in order for special status to be granted in the continuing application.

If any of the documents identified in items (2), (6) and (7) above have already been filed in the U.S. application prior to the request for participation in the PPH pilot program, it will not be necessary for the applicant to resubmit these documents with the request for participation. The applicant may simply refer to these documents and indicate in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program when these documents were previously filed in the U.S. application.

IV. Special Examining Procedures

Once the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status have been granted to the U.S. application, the U.S. application will be taken up for examination by the U.S. examiner before all other categories of applications except those clearly in condition for allowance, those with set time limits, such as examiner’s answers, and those that have been granted special status for “accelerated examination.”

Any claims amended or added after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program must sufficiently correspond to one or more allowable/patentable claims in the Rospatent application(s). The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table along with the amendment (see III.(3) above). If the amended or newly added claims do not sufficiently correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the Rospatent application(s), the amendment will not be entered and will be treated as a non-responsive reply.

The PPH program does not absolve applicants of all their duties under 37 CFR 1.56 and 37 CFR 11.18. By complying with requirements III.(6) and (7) identified above, applicants would be considered to have complied with their duties to bring to the attention of the USPTO any material prior art cited in the corresponding foreign application(s) (see MPEP § 2001.06(a)). Applicants still have a duty of candor and good faith, including providing to the USPTO other information known to them to be material to patentability.

Any inquiries concerning this notice may be directed to Magdalen Greenlief, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, at 571-272-8140 or at magdalen.greenlief@uspto.gov.

  DAVID J. KAPPOS
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

ANNEX

(A) Case I - Paris route -

(B) Case I - PCT route -

(C) Case I - Paris route & Complex priority -

(D) Case I - Paris route & continuing application -

(E) Case II - Paris route -

(F) Case II - PCT route -

(G) Case II - Paris route & Complex priority -

(H) Case III - Paris route Domestic priority -

(I) Case III - Paris route, but the first application is from the third country -

(J) Case III - PCT route, but the first application is from the third country -

(K) Case III - PCT route -

(L) Case III - Direct PCT & PCT Route -

(M) Case III - Paris route & U.S. provisional application -

(N) Case III - PCT route & U.S. provisional application -

(O) Case IV - Direct PCT route -

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Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office

Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office

I. Background

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot program with the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (SPTO) on October 1, 2010. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2010/week43/TOC.htm#ref15. The PPH pilot program is set to expire on September 30, 2011.

In order to improve the PPH program and make it available to a wider range of applicants, the USPTO and SPTO have agreed to revise the requirements for requesting participation in the PPH pilot program. The revised requirements and the trial period are set forth below and supersede all prior PPH notices between the USPTO and SPTO. The PCT-PPH pilot program is not affected by the current notice and remains available to the applicants under the existing guidelines. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2010/week43/TOC.htm#ref16.

II. Trial Period for the PPH Pilot Program

The PPH pilot program with the revised requirements will commence on July 15, 2011, for a period of one year ending on July 14, 2012. The revised requirements will apply to PPH requests filed in the USPTO on or after July 15, 2011, based on claims that have been determined allowable by SPTO in a corresponding application filed in SPTO. The trial period may be extended for up to an additional year if necessary to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH program. The USPTO and SPTO will evaluate the results of the pilot program to determine whether and how the program should be fully implemented after the trial period. The Offices may also terminate the PPH pilot program early if the volume of participation exceeds a manageable level, or for any other reason. Notice will be published if the PPH pilot program will be terminated before the July 14, 2012 date.

III. Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the PPH Program in the USPTO

In order to be eligible to participate in the PPH program in the USPTO, the following conditions must be met:

(1) The U.S. application for which participation in the PPH program is requested and the corresponding SPTO application must have the same priority/filing date. In particular, the U.S. application (including national stage entry of a PCT application and a so-called bypass application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) which validly claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 to a PCT application):

   

(Case I) – is an application that validly claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 37 CFR 1.55 to one or more applications filed with SPTO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures A, B, C and D),

or

(Case II) – is an application which is the basis of a valid priority claim under the Paris Convention for the application filed in SPTO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures E, F and G),

or

(Case III) – is an application which shares a common priority document with the application filed in SPTO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures H, I, J, K, L, M and N),

or

(Case IV) – and the SPTO application are derived from/related to a PCT application having no priority claim (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figure O).

Provisional applications, plant applications, design applications, reissue applications, reexamination proceedings, and applications subject to a secrecy order are excluded and not subject to participation in the PPH.

(2) At least one claim was determined by SPTO to be allowable/patentable. The applicant must submit a copy of the allowable/patentable claims from the SPTO application along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the claims are not in the English language. If the SPTO office action does not explicitly state that a particular claim is allowable, the applicant must include a statement in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program or in the transmittal letter accompanying the request for participation that no rejection has been made in the SPTO office action regarding that claim, and therefore, the claim is deemed allowable by SPTO.

(3) All claims on file, as originally filed or as amended, for examination under the PPH must sufficiently correspond to one or more of those claims indicated as allowable in the SPTO. Claims are considered to "sufficiently correspond" where, accounting for differences due to translations and claim format, the claims in the USPTO are of the same or similar scope as the claims in the SPTO, or the claims in the USPTO are narrower in scope than the claims in the SPTO. In this regard, a claim that is narrower in scope occurs when a SPTO claim is amended to be further limited by an additional feature that is supported in the specification (description and/or claims). A claim in the USPTO which introduces a new/different category of claims to those claims indicated as allowable in the SPTO is not considered to sufficiently correspond. For example, if the SPTO claims only contain claims to a process of manufacturing a product, then the claims in the USPTO are not considered to sufficiently correspond if the USPTO claims introduce product claims that are dependent on the corresponding process claims.

The additional limitation that makes the claims in the U.S. application narrower in scope than the allowable/patentable claims in the SPTO application must have support in the written description of the U.S. application and the additional limitation must be presented in dependent form. The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table in English. The claims correspondence table must indicate how all the claims in the U.S. application correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the SPTO application(s). The dependent claims with the additional limitations must be clearly identified in the claims correspondence table.

(4) Examination of the U.S. application for which participation in the PPH pilot program is requested has not begun.

(5) The applicant must file a request for participation in the PPH pilot program and a request that the U.S. application be advanced out of turn for examination by order of the Director to expedite the business of the Office under 37 CFR 1.102(a). A revised request form (PTO/SB/20ES) will be available from the USPTO Web site at http://www.uspto.gov on July 15, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to use the USPTO request form. A petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(h) is NOT required. See Notice Regarding the Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs, 75 Fed. Reg. 29312 (May 25, 2010).

(6) The applicant must submit a copy of all the office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the SPTO application(s) containing the allowable/patentable claims that are the basis for the request, along with an English translation thereof and a statement that the English translation is accurate if the office actions are not in the English language. In addition, the applicant must submit copies of any office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the SPTO application(s) issued after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program in the USPTO (especially where SPTO might have reversed a prior holding of allowability).

(7) The applicant must submit an information disclosure statement (IDS) listing the documents cited by the SPTO examiner in the SPTO office action (unless such an IDS has already been filed in the U.S. application). The applicant must submit copies of all the documents cited in the SPTO office action (unless the copies have already been filed in the U.S. application) except U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications.

The request for participation in the PPH pilot program and all the supporting documents must be submitted to the USPTO via EFS-Web and indexed with the following document description: “Petition to make special under Patent Pros Hwy.” Information regarding EFS-Web is available at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs_help.html. Any preliminary amendment or IDS submitted with the PPH documents must be separately indexed as a preliminary amendment or an IDS, respectively.

Where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status are granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. In those instances where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program does not meet all the requirements set forth above, the applicant will be notified and the defects in the request will be identified. The applicant will be given one opportunity to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation (which must be submitted via EFS-Web and indexed accordingly as noted above). Note that action on the application by the examiner will NOT be suspended (37 CFR 1.103) awaiting a reply by the applicant to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation. That is, if the application is picked up for examination by the examiner after the applicant has been notified of the defects in the request, any renewed request will be dismissed. If the renewed request is perfected and examination has not begun, the request and special status will be granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. If not perfected, the applicant will be notified and the application will await action in its regular turn.

(8) Request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status granted in a parent application will not carry over to a continuing application. The applicant must fulfill all the conditions set forth above in order for special status to be granted in the continuing application.

If any of the documents identified in items (2), (6) and (7) above have already been filed in the U.S. application prior to the request for participation in the PPH pilot program, it will not be necessary for the applicant to resubmit these documents with the request for participation. The applicant may simply refer to these documents and indicate in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program when these documents were previously filed in the U.S. application.

IV. Special Examining Procedures

Once the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status have been granted to the U.S. application, the U.S. application will be taken up for examination by the U.S. examiner before all other categories of applications except those clearly in condition for allowance, those with set time limits, such as examiner’s answers, and those that have been granted special status for “accelerated examination.”

Any claims amended or added after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program must sufficiently correspond to one or more allowable/patentable claims in the SPTO application(s). The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table along with the amendment (see III.(3) above). If the amended or newly added claims do not sufficiently correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the SPTO application(s), the amendment will not be entered and will be treated as a non-responsive reply.

The PPH program does not absolve applicants of all their duties under 37 CFR 1.56 and 37 CFR 11.18. By complying with requirements III.(6) and (7) identified above, applicants would be considered to have complied with their duties to bring to the attention of the USPTO any material prior art cited in the corresponding foreign application(s) (see MPEP § 2001.06(a)). Applicants still have a duty of candor and good faith, including providing to the USPTO other information known to them to be material to patentability.

Any inquiries concerning this notice may be directed to Magdalen Greenlief, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, at 571-272-8140 or at magdalen.greenlief@uspto.gov.

  DAVID J. KAPPOS
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

ANNEX

(A) Case I - Paris route -

(B) Case I - PCT route -

(C) Case I - Paris route & Complex priority -

(D) Case I - Paris route & continuing application -

(E) Case II - Paris route -

(F) Case II - PCT route -

(G) Case II - Paris route & Complex priority -

(H) Case III - Paris route Domestic priority -

(I) Case III - Paris route, but the first application is from the third country -

(J) Case III - PCT route, but the first application is from the third country -

(K) Case III - PCT route -

(L) Case III - Direct PCT & PCT Route -

(M) Case III - Paris route & U.S. provisional application -

(N) Case III - PCT route & U.S. provisional application -

(O) Case IV - Direct PCT route -

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Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office

Revised Requirements for the Patent Prosecution Highway Program between the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office

I. Background

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented a patent prosecution highway (PPH) pilot program with the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) on September 4, 2007. See http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2007/week39/patpros.htm. The USPTO and UKIPO agreed to extend the PPH pilot program until further notice.

In order to improve the PPH program and make it available to a wider range of applicants, the USPTO and UKIPO have agreed to revise the requirements for requesting participation in the PPH pilot program. The revised requirements and the trial period are set forth below and supersede all prior PPH notices between the USPTO and UKIPO.

II. Trial Period for the PPH Pilot Program

The PPH pilot program with the revised requirements will commence on July 15, 2011, for a period of one year ending on July 14, 2012. The revised requirements will apply to PPH requests filed in the USPTO on or after July 15, 2011, based on claims that have been determined allowable by UKIPO in a corresponding application filed in UKIPO. The trial period may be extended for up to an additional year if necessary to adequately assess the feasibility of the PPH program. The USPTO and UKIPO will evaluate the results of the pilot program to determine whether and how the program should be fully implemented after the trial period. The Offices may also terminate the PPH pilot program early if the volume of participation exceeds a manageable level, or for any other reason. Notice will be published if the PPH pilot program will be terminated before the July 14, 2012 date.

III. Revised Requirements for Requesting Participation in the PPH Program in the USPTO

In order to be eligible to participate in the PPH program in the USPTO, the following conditions must be met:

(1) The U.S. application for which participation in the PPH program is requested and the corresponding UKIPO application must have the same priority/filing date. In particular, the U.S. application (including national stage entry of a PCT application and a so-called bypass application filed under 35 U.S.C. § 111(a) which validly claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. § 120 to a PCT application):

   

(Case I) – is an application that validly claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a) and 37 CFR 1.55 to one or more applications filed with UKIPO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures A, B, C and D),

or

(Case II) – is an application which is the basis of a valid priority claim under the Paris Convention for the application filed in UKIPO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures E, F and G),

or

(Case III) – is an application which shares a common priority document with the application filed in UKIPO (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figures H, I, J, K, L, M and N),

or

(Case IV) – and the UKIPO application are derived from/related to a PCT application having no priority claim (examples are provided in the ANNEX, Figure O).

Provisional applications, plant applications, design applications, reissue applications, reexamination proceedings, and applications subject to a secrecy order are excluded and not subject to participation in the PPH.

(2) At least one claim was determined by UKIPO to be allowable/patentable. The applicant must submit a copy of the allowable/patentable claims from the UKIPO. If the UKIPO office action does not explicitly state that a particular claim is allowable, the applicant must include a statement in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program or in the transmittal letter accompanying the request for participation that no rejection has been made in the UKIPO office action regarding that claim, and therefore, the claim is deemed allowable by UKIPO.

(3) All claims on file, as originally filed or as amended, for examination under the PPH must sufficiently correspond to one or more of those claims indicated as allowable in the UKIPO. Claims are considered to "sufficiently correspond" where, accounting for differences due to translations and claim format, the claims in the USPTO are of the same or similar scope as the claims in the UKIPO, or the claims in the USPTO are narrower in scope than the claims in the UKIPO. In this regard, a claim that is narrower in scope occurs when a UKIPO claim is amended to be further limited by an additional feature that is supported in the specification (description and/or claims). A claim in the USPTO which introduces a new/different category of claims to those claims indicated as allowable in the UKIPO is not considered to sufficiently correspond. For example, if the UKIPO claims only contain claims to a process of manufacturing a product, then the claims in the USPTO are not considered to sufficiently correspond if the USPTO claims introduce product claims that are dependent on the corresponding process claims.

The additional limitation that makes the claims in the U.S. application narrower in scope than the allowable/patentable claims in the UKIPO application must have support in the written description of the U.S. application and the additional limitation must be presented in dependent form. The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table in English. The claims correspondence table must indicate how all the claims in the U.S. application correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the UKIPO application(s). The dependent claims with the additional limitations must be clearly identified in the claims correspondence table.

(4) Examination of the U.S. application for which participation in the PPH pilot program is requested has not begun.

(5) The applicant must file a request for participation in the PPH pilot program and a request that the U.S. application be advanced out of turn for examination by order of the Director to expedite the business of the Office under 37 CFR 1.102(a). A revised request form (PTO/SB/20UK) will be available from the USPTO Web site at http://www.uspto.gov on July 15, 2011. Applicants are encouraged to use the USPTO request form. A petition fee under 37 CFR 1.17(h) is NOT required. See Notice Regarding the Elimination of the Fee for Petitions To Make Special Filed Under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Programs, 75 Fed. Reg. 29312 (May 25, 2010).

(6) The applicant must submit a copy of all the office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the UKIPO application(s) containing the allowable/patentable claims that are the basis for the request. In addition, the applicant must submit copies of any office actions (which are relevant to patentability) from the UKIPO application(s) issued after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program in the USPTO (especially where SPTO might have reversed a prior holding of allowability).

(7) The applicant must submit an information disclosure statement (IDS) listing the documents cited by the UKIPO examiner in the UKIPO office action (unless such an IDS has already been filed in the U.S. application). The applicant must submit copies of all the documents cited in the UKIPO office action (unless the copies have already been filed in the U.S. application) except U.S. patents or U.S. patent application publications.

The request for participation in the PPH pilot program and all the supporting documents must be submitted to the USPTO via EFS-Web and indexed with the following document description: “Petition to make special under Patent Pros Hwy.” Information regarding EFS-Web is available at http://www.uspto.gov/ebc/efs_help.html. Any preliminary amendment or IDS submitted with the PPH documents must be separately indexed as a preliminary amendment or an IDS, respectively.

Where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status are granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. In those instances where the request for participation in the PPH pilot program does not meet all the requirements set forth above, the applicant will be notified and the defects in the request will be identified. The applicant will be given one opportunity to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation (which must be submitted via EFS-Web and indexed accordingly as noted above). Note that action on the application by the examiner will NOT be suspended (37 CFR 1.103) awaiting a reply by the applicant to perfect the request in a renewed request for participation. That is, if the application is picked up for examination by the examiner after the applicant has been notified of the defects in the request, any renewed request will be dismissed. If the renewed request is perfected and examination has not begun, the request and special status will be granted, the applicant will be notified and the U.S. application will be advanced out of turn for examination. If not perfected, the applicant will be notified and the application will await action in its regular turn.

(8) Request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status granted in a parent application will not carry over to a continuing application. The applicant must fulfill all the conditions set forth above in order for special status to be granted in the continuing application.

If any of the documents identified in items (2), (6) and (7) above have already been filed in the U.S. application prior to the request for participation in the PPH pilot program, it will not be necessary for the applicant to resubmit these documents with the request for participation. The applicant may simply refer to these documents and indicate in the request for participation in the PPH pilot program when these documents were previously filed in the U.S. application.

IV. Special Examining Procedures

Once the request for participation in the PPH pilot program and special status have been granted to the U.S. application, the U.S. application will be taken up for examination by the U.S. examiner before all other categories of applications except those clearly in condition for allowance, those with set time limits, such as examiner’s answers, and those that have been granted special status for “accelerated examination.”

Any claims amended or added after the grant of the request for participation in the PPH pilot program must sufficiently correspond to one or more allowable/patentable claims in the UKIPO application(s). The applicant is required to submit a claims correspondence table along with the amendment (see III.(3) above). If the amended or newly added claims do not sufficiently correspond to the allowable/patentable claims in the UKIPO application(s), the amendment will not be entered and will be treated as a non-responsive reply.

The PPH program does not absolve applicants of all their duties under 37 CFR 1.56 and 37 CFR 11.18. By complying with requirements III.(6) and (7) identified above, applicants would be considered to have complied with their duties to bring to the attention of the USPTO any material prior art cited in the corresponding foreign application(s) (see MPEP § 2001.06(a)). Applicants still have a duty of candor and good faith, including providing to the USPTO other information known to them to be material to patentability.

Any inquiries concerning this notice may be directed to Magdalen Greenlief, Office of the Associate Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, at 571-272-8140 or at magdalen.greenlief@uspto.gov.

  DAVID J. KAPPOS
  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and
  Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

ANNEX

(A) Case I - Paris route -

(B) Case I - PCT route -

(C) Case I - Paris route & Complex priority -

(D) Case I - Paris route & continuing application -

(E) Case II - Paris route -

(F) Case II - PCT route -

(G) Case II - Paris route & Complex priority -

(H) Case III - Paris route Domestic priority -

(I) Case III - Paris route, but the first application is from the third country -

(J) Case III - PCT route, but the first application is from the third country -

(K) Case III - PCT route -

(L) Case III - Direct PCT & PCT Route -

(M) Case III - Paris route & U.S. provisional application -

(N) Case III - PCT route & U.S. provisional application -

(O) Case IV - Direct PCT route -

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Errata
                                    Errata

   "All reference to Patent No. RE. 42,554 to Norman R. Wild, et al of
Nashua, NH for OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM appearing in the Official Gazette
of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,980,651 to Moriyoshi Inaba of Tokyo,
Japan for INK JET PRINTING METHOD AND INK JET PRINTING APPARATUS appearing
in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,981,079 to Tom Alheidt, et al of Lake
Stockholm, NJ for SAFETY SHIELD SYSTEM FOR A SYRINGE appearing in the
Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,981,178 to John Neiderman, et al of
Camdenton, MI for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM A
REFLOW APPARATUS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,981,813 to Shunpei Yamazaki, et al of
Tokyo, Japan for A METHOD OF FABRICATING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES appearing
in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,981,934 to Zhiyun Kang, et al of Bejing,
China for CSI-1,2-SUBSTITUTED STILBENE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN
PREPARATION OF DRUGS FOR TREATMENT AND/OR PREVENTION OF DIABETES appearing
in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,982,176 to Kouji Morimoto of Kawasaki-Shi,
Japan for ABSOLUTE POSITION LENGTH MEASUREMENT TYPE ENCODER appearing in
the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,982,193 to Shigeki Matsuura, et al of
Shizuoka, Japan for IONIZING DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of
July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,982,419 to Makoto Kuwamura of Kyoto,
Japan for MOTOR DRIVE CIRUIT AND DISC DEVICE USING THE SAME appearing in
the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,982,440 to Tae Kyung Kang, et al of
Guro-Gu Korea, Republic Of for DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ZERO
CROSSING AND VOLTAGE AMPLITUDE FROM SINGLE PULSE SIGNAL appearing in the
Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,982,449 to Jia Wei, et al of Cary, NC for
INDUCTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A CORE WITH MAGNETICALLY ISOLATED FORMS appearing
in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,982,592 to Johan Engstrom, et al of
Goteborg, Sweden for METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTION BETWEEN A VEHICLE
DRIVER AND PLURALITY OF APPLICATIONS appearing in the Official Gazette of
July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,982,811 to Tomoko Maruyama, et al of
Kanagawa, Japan for LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING PARTICULAR
OPTICAL COMPENSATION LAYERS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19,
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2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,982,891 to Deane A. Gardner, et al of
Cuppertino, CA for PRINTING DEVICE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL appearing in the
Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,983,031 to Ikki Tatsukami of Kawasaki,
Japan for ELECTRONIC PART-MOUNTING COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,983,191 to Xiaolin Lu of Middletown, NJ
for COMMUNICATION NETWORK APPARATUS AND METHOD appearing in the Official
Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,983,336 to Alexandros Tourapis, et al of
West Wndsor, NJ for METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING NUMBER OF REFERENCE
PICTURES USED FOR INTER-CODING appearing in the Official Gazette of July
19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,983,518 to Noriyuki Juni of Ibaraki-Shi,
Japan for OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FOR TOUGH PANEL AND TOUGH PANEL USING THE SAME
appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,983,709 to Hideto Furukawa, et al of
Kawsaki, Japan for RADIO CHANNEL CONTROL METHOD AND RECEIVING APPARATUS
appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,983,731 to Philipp Lang, et al of Redwood
City, CA for ASSESSING THE CONDITION OF A JOINT AND DEVISING TREAMENT
appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,983,861 to Mario Bilac, et al of
Lawrenceville, GA for DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ENERGY
SYSTEMS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,983,905 to Masahiro Oshikiri, et al of
Kanagawa, Japan for ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD
appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since
no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,984,046 to Ashutosh Garg, et al of
Sunnyvale, CA for SESSION-BASED DYNAMIC SEARCH SNIPPETS appearing in the
Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,984,176 to James J. Fallon of Armonk, NY
for SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATED DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL appearing
in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent
was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,984,299 to Arthur C. Leonard, et al of
Redmond, WA for DIGITAL SIGNATURES FOR EMBEDDED CODE appearing in the
Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,984,451 to Richard Williamson, et al of
San Francisco, CA for METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING DATA BEARING OBJECTS WITH USER
INTERFACE OBJECTS appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19, 2011 should
be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,984,480 to Heikki Waris of Helsinki,
Finland for POLICY EXECUTION appearing in the Official Gazette of July 19,
2011 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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Erratum
                                    Erratum

   In the notice of Certificate of Correction appearing in April 19, 2011,
delete all reference to Patent No. 7,387,041, issue of March 29, 2011. The
petition adding inventor was deemed improper by examiner of record. The
certificate of correction should not have been issued changing inventorship
in patent.

                                    Erratum

   In the notice of Certificate of Correction appearing in July 5, 2011,
delete all reference to Patent No. 6,117,932, issue of June 14, 2011. The
incorrect patent number was mentioned and certificate of correction should
not have been issued. No certificate of correction was filed for this
patent.
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Certificates of Correction
                          Certificates of Correction
                               for July 26, 2011

5,859,636             7,725,367             7,847,062            7,924,940
5,891,459             7,725,565             7,849,672            7,925,068
6,064,662             7,725,730             7,851,296            7,925,366
6,175,752C1           7,727,527             7,857,335            7,925,430
6,268,898             7,729,373             7,857,453            7,925,523
6,317,505             7,734,505             7,858,296            7,927,457
6,362,997             7,735,074             7,859,537            7,927,834
6,425,122             7,735,089             7,860,314            7,928,266
6,441,877             7,736,051             7,860,881            7,930,206
6,611,092             7,736,693             7,861,151            7,930,603
6,620,814             7,737,205             7,862,298            7,930,744
6,654,757             7,737,724             7,863,703            7,930,781
6,714,340             7,737,809             7,863,704            7,931,189
6,820,173             7,738,269             7,863,706            7,931,401
6,821,456             7,738,457             7,863,726            7,931,531
6,867,253C1           7,739,158             7,864,686            7,932,297
6,912,365             7,739,456             7,865,965            7,933,239
6,922,776             7,740,860             7,866,026            7,933,419
6,936,306             7,742,071             7,867,257            7,933,434
6,953,886             7,742,198             7,867,592            7,933,688
6,990,365             7,742,902             7,867,725            7,933,803
7,078,591             7,743,167             7,867,992            7,933,862
7,169,146             7,743,225             7,868,327            7,934,210
7,192,935             7,743,378             7,868,586            7,934,452
7,195,916             7,743,524             7,868,634            7,934,521
7,207,922             7,746,970             7,868,890            7,935,781
7,240,273             7,747,601             7,869,133            7,935,863
7,264,613             7,750,002             7,870,285            7,935,906
7,314,160             7,758,495             7,871,251            7,936,276
7,325,317             7,760,834             7,871,615            7,936,673
7,332,518             7,762,156             7,871,767            7,936,715
7,342,118             7,762,633             7,872,242            7,936,815
7,376,573             7,767,332             7,874,478            7,936,872
7,380,267             7,767,670             7,875,022            7,936,993
7,405,706             7,768,117             7,876,838            7,938,144
7,405,842             7,771,275             7,876,973            7,938,167
7,407,311             7,771,372             7,877,212            7,938,743
7,420,481             7,771,612             7,881,763            7,939,721
7,427,638             7,772,497             7,882,073            7,940,275
7,452,984             7,772,845             7,884,117            7,940,557
7,470,688             7,774,132             7,886,024            7,941,672
7,472,031             7,775,292             7,886,074            7,941,741
7,475,293             7,776,154             7,886,311            7,941,770
7,508,483             7,776,545             7,887,541            7,942,139
7,517,965             7,777,654             7,887,831            7,942,751
7,521,418             7,778,169             7,889,789            7,944,325
7,521,444             7,781,590             7,889,866            7,944,373
7,523,185             7,786,104             7,889,991            7,944,655
7,533,506             7,786,874             7,890,315            7,944,884
7,539,178             7,788,225             7,890,353            7,944,930
7,545,845             7,788,305             7,890,483            7,945,042
7,550,454             7,788,340             7,890,508            7,945,351
7,557,586             7,788,366             7,890,512            7,945,473
7,563,584             7,788,386             7,890,521            7,945,615
7,563,908             7,788,660             7,891,636            7,945,653
7,564,041             7,788,716             7,892,299            7,946,225
7,564,541             7,789,855             7,892,387            7,946,481
7,569,850             7,791,348             7,892,693            7,947,057
7,579,800             7,792,274             7,892,778            7,947,117
7,585,590             7,793,359             7,893,085            7,947,874
7,587,445             7,794,206             7,893,144            7,947,901
7,587,669             7,794,320             7,894,699            7,948,047
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7,591,218             7,795,033             7,895,513            7,948,134
7,593,880             7,800,875             7,896,734            7,948,384
7,600,626             7,803,640             7,897,201            7,949,093
7,620,663             7,805,771             7,897,564            7,949,473
7,627,171             7,808,231             7,897,678            7,949,539
7,630,109             7,810,025             7,900,259            7,950,181
7,636,036             7,810,816             7,901,683            7,951,138
7,639,092             7,811,815             7,901,690            7,953,295
7,644,979             7,811,819             7,902,156            7,953,642
7,648,290             7,813,059             7,902,162            7,953,891
7,648,801             7,813,166             7,902,344            7,954,017
7,651,589             7,813,840             7,902,605            7,954,131
7,651,990             7,814,179             7,904,113            7,954,664
7,655,358             7,815,369             7,904,318            7,954,706
7,655,465             7,815,876             7,905,976            7,955,301
7,662,255             7,815,903             7,907,051            7,955,360
7,662,257             7,817,331             7,907,290            7,955,396
7,666,655             7,817,652             7,907,842            7,955,987
7,670,457             7,821,473             7,908,151            7,956,571
7,673,145             7,821,896             7,908,296            7,956,808
7,679,033             7,822,452             7,908,654            7,957,179
7,683,988             7,822,699             7,908,964            7,957,234
7,696,319             7,824,679             7,909,965            7,957,492
7,696,905             7,824,827             7,910,215            7,957,714
7,705,870             7,827,332             7,910,512            7,957,791
7,707,207             7,829,163             7,910,589            7,957,792
7,708,699             7,829,708             7,912,097            7,958,224
7,708,835             7,830,924             7,912,588            7,960,393
7,711,735             7,833,340             7,912,920            7,960,419
7,715,409             7,834,244             7,913,058            7,962,684
7,716,006             7,834,256             7,913,279            7,963,411
7,716,023             7,836,094             7,914,026            7,963,486
7,716,109             7,837,291             7,915,002            7,963,753
7,716,218             7,837,925             7,915,221            7,964,450
7,716,260             7,838,759             7,915,481            7,964,608
7,716,335             7,840,237             7,915,925            7,964,689
7,716,449             7,840,288             7,916,529            D. 615,459
7,716,460             7,840,322             7,916,845            D. 628,942
7,716,492             7,840,328             7,916,920            D. 632,499
7,716,577             7,840,585             7,920,663            D. 638,698
7,720,077             7,840,634             7,921,096            D. 639,246
7,720,101             7,840,752             7,921,111            RE. 39,326
7,720,745             7,840,963             7,921,367            RE. 41,750
7,720,877             7,840,979             7,922,000            RE. 41,803
7,720,891             7,842,164             7,922,390            RE. 42,212
7,721,195             7,842,359             7,923,257            RE. 42,329
7,725,292             7,842,394             7,924,024
7,725,319             7,842,909             7,924,174
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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
July 11 – July 15, 2011
 

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 Issued as Precedent of TTAB
7-11 EX 77639815 A-Fab, LLC 2(d) Refusal Reversed   DYNATECH
[engine exhaust system components, namely, pipes, collectors and mufflers ordered through specialty racing product ordering services]
DYNATEK [ignition systems for motor vehicles comprising, ignition coils and fuel injection controllers for motor vehicles; crank sensor ignition triggers for motor vehicles] No
7-12 EX 77605955 The HMC Group Marketing, Inc. 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   CHELSEA FARMS [fresh fruits and vegetables] CHELSEA MARKET BASKETS [processed fruits, nuts and vegetables; fruit preserves, jams and jellies; fish; milk, cream, cheese, and yogurt; olive oil; nuts; potato chips] No
7-12 OPP 91190785 Health Plus, Inc. v. Tran Enterprises, LLC 2(d); 43(c) Opposition Sustained on Section 2(d) claim COLON CLEANSE [bulk forming fiber laxative] and SUPER COLON CLEANSE, SUPER COLON CLEANSE DAY and SUPER COLON CLEANSE NIGHT [all three for: vitamins, nutritional supplements and herbal supplements for use as beauty aids] COLON CLEANSE MOVE IT [dietary food supplements]   No
7-13 CANC (R) 92047438 Productos Lacteos Tocumbo S.A. de C.V. v. Paleteria La Michoacana, Inc. 2(d) Request for Reconsideration Denied "LA MICHOACANA NATURAL" (and design); "LA FLOR DE MICHOACAN" [ice cream, fruit ice bars and retail store services featuring the same] "LA INDITA MICHOACANA" (and design) [ice cream and fruit products, namely fruit bars]   No
7-15 EX 77579817 TreeRadar, Inc. 2(e)(1); 2(f); res judicata (genericness, descriptiveness, lack of acquired distinctiveness; res judicata as to descriptiveness) Refusal Affirmed on all grounds   TREERADAR [Class 9: Radar imaging systems for non-invasive assessment of tree and root health, comprised of radars, image processors, software, mobile mounts, carriages, printed instructions and carrying cases, sold as a unit] [Class 42: Scientific and technological services, namely, measuring, imaging and analyzing internal and sub-surface wood structure, viability and decay and root masses, and quantitative analysis of tree health and structural integrity]   No
7-15 EX 77781288 Janney Montgomery Scott, LLC 2(d) Refusal Affirmed   BONDSTAR [financial research, information and advisory services; financial information by electronic means; financial investment infixed income securities; portfolio management for transferable securities] TIB BONDSTAR [accounting services] No
7-15 EX 76680117 Lorillard Licensing Company, LLC Whether drawing is a substantially exact representation of mark; Fails to function as mark; Lack of acquired distinctiveness Refusals Affirmed   "Combination of colors green and orange" (as applied to packaging for goods) [cigarettes]   Yes

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



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                        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 a non-publication request, corrected
                        patent application publication, and 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 as
                        attorney or agent 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      Original requests for Ex Parte Reexamination
 Reexam                 and 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         Original requests for Inter Partes Reexamination
 Partes Reexam          and all subsequent correspondence other than
                        correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
                        (see 37 CFR 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.

Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/mail.jsp.


            MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS

   Please address trademark-related correspondence 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 Dulany Street
        MDE-7B87
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Deputy Commissioner for
Trademark Policy regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to:

        Letter of Protest
        ATTN: Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Policy
        600 Dulany Street
        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 Dulany 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:

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

Do NOT send any of the following via USPS certified mail or with a
"signature required" option: submissions to the Madrid Processing Unit,
Letters of Protest, applications for recordal of insignia under the
Fastener Quality Act, notifications of Native American Tribal Insignia.

   Trademark-related mail to be delivered by hand or other private courier
or delivery service (e.g., UPS, Federal Express) to the Trademark Operation,
the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be delivered to:

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

Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/mail.jsp.


           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.

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 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 External      Mail for the Office of External Affairs.
 Affairs

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

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, or by
facsimile, payments of maintenance fees in patents should be mailed through
the United States Postal Service.

   Mailing address if paying with a check or money order:

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

   Mailing address if paying by credit card or deposit account (or by hand-
delivery):

        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn.: Maintenance Fees
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, Virginia 22314

   Information about the Maintenance Fee Branch may also be found on the
USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/about/offices/cfo/finance/receipts_
division.jsp.

                        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

        Or

        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn.: Deposit Accounts
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, VA 22314

   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 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
        Attn.: Deposit Accounts
        2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
        Alexandria, VA 22314

   Information abount deposit account replenishments may also be found on
the USPTO's web site at
http://www.uspto.gov/about/offices/cfo/finance/Deposit_Account_
Replenishments.jsp
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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                  Fairbanks: Keith B. Mather Library,
                        Geophysical Institute,
                        University of Alaska, Fairbanks     (907) 474-2636
Arkansas                Little Rock: Arkansas State
                        Library                             (501) 682-2053
California              Los Angeles Public Library          (213) 228-7220
                        Riverside: University of
                        California, Riverside, Orbach
                        Science Library                     (951) 827-3316
                        Sacramento: California State
                        Library                             (916) 654-0261
                        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
Connecticut             Fairfield: Ryan-Matura Library
                        Sacred Heart University             (203) 371-7726
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: Library and Information
                        Center, Georgia Institute of
                        Technology                          (404) 385-7185
Hawaii                  Honolulu: Hawaii State Library      (808) 586-3477
Illinois                Chicago Public Library              (312) 747-4450
Indiana                 Indianapolis-Marion County Public
                        Library                             (317) 269-1741
                        West Lafayette Siegesmund
                        Engineering Library,
                        Purdue University                   (765) 494-2872
Iowa                    Davenport: Davenport Public Library (563) 326-7832
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: Art, Architecture &
                        Engineering Library,
                        University of Michigan              (734) 647-5735
                        Big Rapids: Ferris Library for
                        Information, Technology &
                        Education, Ferris State
                        University                          (231) 592-3602
                        Detroit: Public Library             (313) 481-1391
Minnesota               Hennepin County Library
                        Minneapolis Central Library         (952) 847-8000
Mississippi             Jackson: Mississippi Library
                        Commission                          (601) 961-4111
Missouri                Kansas City: Linda Hall Library     (816) 363-4600
                                                                  Ext. 724
                        St. Louis Public Library            (314) 352-2900
Montana                 Butte: Montana Tech Library of
                        the University of Montana           (406) 496-4281
Nebraska                Lincoln: Engineering Library,
                        University of Nebraska-Lincoln      (402) 472-3411
Nevada                  Reno: University of Nevada, Reno,
                        Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center      (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: New York Public Library,
                        Science Industry & Business Library (212) 592-7000
                        Stony Brook: Engineering Library,
                        State University of New York at
                        Stony Brook                         (631) 632-7148
North Carolina          Charlotte: J. Murrey Atkins
                        Library,                            (704) 687-2241
                        University of North Carolina at
                        Charlotte                           (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 Edmon Low Library        (405) 744-6546
Oregon                  Portland: Paul L. Boley Law Library,
                        Lewis & Clark College               (503) 768-6786
Pennsylvania            Philadelphia, The Free Library of   (215) 686-5394
                        Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of     (412) 622-3138
                        University Park: PAMS Library,
                        Pennsylvania State University       (814) 865-7617
Puerto Rico             Bayamon: Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 993-0000
                                                                 Ext. 3222
                        Mayaquez General Library,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 832-4040
                                                                 Ext. 2023
                        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 and
                        Engineering Library, Vanderbilt
                        University                          (615) 322-2717
Texas                   Austin: McKinney Engineering
                        Library, University of Texas at
                        Austin                              (512) 495-4511
                        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
Washington              Seattle: Engineering Library,
                        University of Washington            (206) 543-0740
West Virginia           Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
                        West Virginia University            (304) 293-4695
Wisconsin               Wendt Commons Library,
                        University of Wisconsin-Madison     (608) 262-0696
                        Milwaukee Public Library            (414) 286-3051
Wyoming                 Cheyenne: Wyoming State Library     (307) 777-7281
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Patent Technology Centers
PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
AVERAGE FILING DATE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVING A FIRST OFFICE ACTION IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS1
Technology
Center
GAU Avg Filing Date
1600 BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  1610 03/18/2009
  1620 06/11/2009
  1630 09/04/2009
  1640 12/20/2009
  1650 05/24/2009
  1660 06/20/2010
  TOTAL 07/15/2009
     
1700 CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS
  1710 01/31/2009
  1720 01/25/2009
  1730 09/01/2009
  1740 06/30/2009
  1750 01/31/2009
  1760 10/17/2009
  1770 05/24/2009
  1780 04/05/2009
  1790 05/18/2009
  TOTAL 05/21/2009
     
2100 COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE
  2110 03/18/2009
  2120 02/07/2009
  2150 05/09/2009
  2160 05/27/2009
  2170 11/10/2008
  2180 05/09/2009
  2190 12/12/2007
  TOTAL 01/10/2009
     
2400 NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY
  2420 07/06/2008
  2430 09/07/2008
  2440 02/19/2009
  2450 01/25/2009
  2460 08/17/2008
  2470 12/20/2008
  2480 10/18/2007
  2490 10/05/2008
  TOTAL 09/26/2008
     
2600 COMMUNICATIONS
  2610 11/13/2008
  2620 11/26/2008
  TOTAL 11/19/2008
     
2800   SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING
  2810 09/17/2009
  2820 08/14/2009
  2830 07/09/2009
  2840 09/26/2009
  2850 04/08/2009
  2860 05/27/2009
  2870 07/15/2009
  2880 07/15/2009
  2890 09/11/2009
  TOTAL 07/15/2009
     
     
2900    
  2910 10/11/2010
  TOTAL 10/11/2010
     
     
3600     TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW
  3610 08/02/2009
  3620 12/26/2008
  3630 06/14/2009
  3640 07/30/2009
  3650 03/15/2009
  3660 01/31/2009
  3670 08/17/2009
  3680 12/23/2008
  3690 05/27/2009
  TOTAL 04/30/2009
     
3700   MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS
  3710 02/16/2009
  3720 04/18/2009
  3730 01/31/2009
  3740 12/11/2008
  3750 10/29/2008
  3760 04/05/2009
  3770 11/19/2008
  3780 01/13/2009
  TOTAL 01/28/2009
     
  1 Report last updated on 06-30-11.
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