United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 23 April 2002

                          OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the
                 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

April 23, 2002                   Volume 1257                  Number 4

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Patent and Trademark Office Notices
   Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
   Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
   Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay
      Maintenance Fee
   Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
      Late Maintenance Fee from 3/18/2002
   Reissue Applications Filed
   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed
   Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations
      Due To Failure to Renew
   Service by Publication
   37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication
   Notice of Petition for Reinstatement
   Reinstatement of Cancelled or Expired Registrations
   Status of Office of Public Records Services
   Errata
   Erratum
   Certificates of Correction
   Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Special Boxes for Mail
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in
   Patent Depository Libraries
Patent Technology Centers
Condition of Trademark Applications
Reexaminations
Reissue Patents Granted (37,666)
Plant Patents Granted (12,557)
Patents Granted
   General and Mechanical (6,374,407)
   Chemical (6,375,685)
   Electrical (6,376,755)
Design Patents Granted (455,890)
Index of Patentees
Indices of Reissue, Reexaminations, Design and Plant Patents
Classification of
   Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)
   Designs and Plants Applications
Geographical Index of Residence of Inventors
   Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)
   Designs and Plant Applications
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