PATENT EXAMINING CORPS

                        BRUCE A. LEHMAN, Commissioner
          LAWRENCE J. GOFFNEY, Jr., Assistant Commissioner for Patents
         EDWARD R. KAZENSKE, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patents
       STEPHEN G. KUNIN, Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patent Policy
  J.O. THOMAS, JR., Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patent Process Services



                                                     Phone Number      New Case
PATENT  EXAMINING GROUPS                             Area Code 703       Date*

CHEMICAL EXAMINING GROUPS

GENERAL METALLURGICAL, INORGANIC, PETROLEUM AND
   ELECTRICAL CHEMISTRY, AND ENGINEERING AND
   DESIGNS, GROUP 1100-JOHN E. KITTLE, Director         308-0661       03/24/94
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, DRUG, BIO-AFFECTING AND BODY
   TREATING COMPOSITION, GROUP 1200-RICHARD V.
   FISHER, Director                                     308-1235       06/14/94
SPECIALIZED CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES AND CHEMICAL
   ENGINEERING, GROUP 1300-BARRY S. RICHMAN, Director   308-0651       08/13/94
HIGH POLYMER CHEMISTRY, PLASTICS, COATING, PHOTOGRAPHY
   STOCK MATERIALS AND COMPOSITIONS, GROUP 1500-
   THEODORE MORRIS, Director                            308-2351       07/07/94
BIOTECHNOLOGY, GROUP 1800-JOHN J. DOLL, Director        308-0196       01/11/94

ELECTRICAL EXAMINING GROUPS

INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, PHYSICS AND RELATED ELEMENTS,
   GROUP 2100-STEWART LEVY, Director                    308-1782       08/30/93
SPECIAL LAWS AND ADMINISTRATION, GROUP 2200-ROBERT E.
   GARRETT, Director                                    308-0511       01/11/94
COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER APPLICATION, GROUP 2300-
   BOBBY R. GRAY, Director                              305-9600       04/14/93
SPECIAL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS: COMPUTER GRAPHICS,
   BUSINESS PRACTICES, DIAGNOSTIC TESTING,
   GROUP 2400-GERALD GOLDBERG, Director                 308-0771       03/17/94
ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND DEVICES,
   GROUP  2500-JANICE A. HOWELL, Director               308-0956       02/01/94
COMMUNICATIONS, MEASURING, TESTING AND LAMP/DISCHARGE
   GROUP, GROUP 2600-NICHOLAS P. GODICI, Director       305-4700       11/30/93
DESIGN, GROUP 2900-JOHN E. KITTLE, Director             308-0661       01/10/94

MECHANICAL EXAMINING GROUPS

HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION MEDIA, GROUP 3100-F.R.
   SCHMIDT,  Director                                   308-1113       04/25/94
MATERIAL SHAPING, ARTICLE MANUFACTURING AND TOOLS,
   GROUP 3200-CARLTON R. CROYLE, Director               308-1148       02/22/94
MECHANICAL INSTRUMENTS, DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND
   TREATMENT DEVICES; SURGERY AND SURGICAL
   SUPPLIES; AMUSEMENT AND EXERCISING DEVICES;
   ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; SPORTING GOODS; TOBACCO
   PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT; AND
   PRINTING, GROUP 3300-J.J. LOVE, Director             308-0858       05/30/94
SOLAR, HEAT, POWER, AND FLUID ENGINEERING DEVICES,
   GROUP 3400-DONALD G. KELLY, Director                 308-0861       04/07/94
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING,
   GROUP 3500-A.L. SMITH, Director                      308-1021       04/11/94


    *A communication from the examiner should have been received in most
applications filed prior to this date.