United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 21 May 2002

                   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   4,564,154, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,252, Requested Date: Mar.
21, 2002, Cl. 242/383.4, Title: SAFETY BELT RETRACTOR, Inventor:
Koutaro Kitai, Shiga, Japan, Owner of Record: Takata Corporation,
Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or Agent: George E. Quillin, Foley and
Lardner, Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3653, Requester: Robert C. J. Tuttle,
Brooks and Cushman, P. C., Southfield, MI

   5,744,161, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,249, Requested Date: Mar.
19, 2002, Cl. 424/464, Title: USE OF PIPERLINE AS A BIOAVAILABILITY
ENHANCER, Inventor: Muhammed Majeed, et. al., Owner of Record:
Sami Chemical & Extraces (P), Ltd., Bangalore, India,
Attorney or Agent: Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC,
Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 1615, Requester: Owners

   5,972,382, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,250, Requested Date: Mar.
19, 2002, Cl. 424/464, Title: USE OF PIPERLINE AS A BIOAVAILABILITY
ENHANCER, Inventor: Muhammed Majeed, et. al., Owner of Record:
Sami Chemical & Extraces (P), Ltd., Bangalore, India,
Attorney or Agent: Arent, Fox, Kintner, Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC,
Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 1615, Requester: Owners

   6,051,006, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,253, Requested Date: Mar.
22, 2002, Cl. 606/148, Title: SUTURE-PASSING FORCEPTS, Inventor: Alan
E. Shluzas, et. al., Owner of Record: Smith & Nephew, Inc.,
Memphis, TN, Attorney or Agent: Joel R. Petrow, Esq., Smith &
Nephew North America, Memphis, TN, Ex. Gp.: 3741, Requester: Owners

   6,085,852, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,251, Requested Date: Mar.
19, 2002, Cl. 175/052, Title: PIPE HANDLING DEVICE, Inventor: Darrel W.
Sparks, et. al., Owner of Record: The Charles Machine Works,
Perry, OK, Attorney or Agent: Sean O'Connell, McKinney & Stringer,
Oklahoma City, OK, Ex. Gp.: 3672, Requester: Vermeer Manufacturing
Company, Pella, IA; c/o David G. Schmaltz, Merchant & Gould,
Minneapolis, MN

   6,196,681, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,254, Requested Date: Mar.
26, 2002, Cl. 351/106, Title: EYE COVERING, Inventor: Richard W.
Canavan, Owner of Record: Bacou USA Safety, Inc., Smithfield, RI,
Attorney or Agent: Charles Hieken, Fish and Richardson, Boston,
MA, Ex. Gp.: 2873, Requester: Aearo Company, Southbridge, MA; c/o
Michael A. Cantor, Cantor Colburn LLP, Bloomfield, CT

   6,322,651, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,255, Requested Date: Mar.
22, 2002, Cl. 156/197, Title: METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY PRODUCING
EXPANDED THERMOFORMABLE MATERIALS, Inventor: Edwin E. Phelps, Owner of
Record: Edwin E. Phelps, New Cannan, CT, Attorney or Agent:
Paul D. Greeley, Esq., Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, Stamford,
CT, Ex. Gp.: 1733, Requester: Laminations, Inc., Scranton, PA; c/o
Larson & Taylor, Alexandria, VA