United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 31 December 2002

                  Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   D. 427,044, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,453, Requested Date: Nov.
18, 2002, Cl. D08/107, Title: HANDLE, Inventor: Carly R. White, et.
al., Owner of Record: WKI Holding Company, Inc., Big Flats, NY,
Attorney or Agent: Seyfarth Shaw, Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 2913,
Requester: Owners

   4,702,808, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,451, Requested Date: Nov.
19, 2002, Cl. 204/157.41, Title: CHEMICAL REACTION APPARATUS AND
METHOD, Inventor: Jerome H. Lemelson, Owner of Record: Syndia
Corporation, Chicago, IL, Attorney or Agent: Allan A. Fanucci,
Winston & Strawn, New York, NY, Ex. Gp.: 1741, Requester: George E.
Oram, Jr., Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, PLLC, Washington, DC

   4,850,960, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,446, Requested Date: Nov.
06, 2002, Cl. 604/510, Title: DIAGONALLY TAPERED, BEVELLED TIP
INTRODUCING CATHETER AND SHEATH AND METHOD FOR INSERTION, Inventor:
Joseph Grayzel, Owner of Record: Joseph Grayzel, Englewood, NJ,
Attorney or Agent: Barry Evans, Kramer Levin Naftalisand Frankel,
New York, NJ, Ex. Gp.: 3763, Requester: Owners

   5,697,028, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,447, Requested Date: Nov.
08, 2002, Cl. 399/281, Title: DEVELOPER-SUPPLYING ROLLER HAVING A
SURFACE-MODIFYING POWDER, Inventor: Tetsuya Kobayashi, et. al., Owner
of Record: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or
Agent: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto, New York, NY, Ex. Gp.:
2852, Requester: Owners

   6,003,847, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,448, Requested Date: Nov.
12, 2002, Cl. 261/114, Title: DOWNCOMER FOR CHEMICAL PROCESS TOWER,
Inventor: Adam T. Lee, et. al., Owner of Record: Koch-Glitsch,
LP, Wichita, KS, Attorney or Agent: Michael B. Hurd, Shook Hardy &
Bacon, Kansas City, MO, Ex. Gp.: 1724, Requester: Michael Locklar,
Baker Botts, LLP, Houston, TX

   6,013,687, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,449, Requested Date: Nov.
07, 2002, Cl. 521/060, Title: PRE-EXPANDED POLYOLEFIN FOAM BEADS,
Inventor: Reinhard Wirobski, Owner of Record: Huels
Aktiengesellschaft, Marl, Germany, Attorney or Agent: Oblon Spivak
McClelland Maier & Neustadt, Arlington, VA, Ex. Gp.: 1711, Requester:
George A. Loud, Lorusso & Loud, Alexandria, VA

   6,179,133, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,450, Requested Date: Nov.
13, 2002, Cl. 211/026, Title: SEISMIC RACK WITH EXTENSION SUBASSEMBLY,
Inventor: Gil W. Reese, Owner of Record: Newton Instrument
Company, Butner, NC, Attorney or Agent: Jenkins and Wilson,
Durham, NC, Ex. Gp.: 3634, Requester: Hendry Mechanical Works, Santa
Barbara, CA, c/o Koppel Jacobs Patrick and Heybl, Attn: Jaye G. Heybl,
Thousand Oaks, CA

   6,188,295, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,452, Requested Date: Nov.
18, 2002, Cl. 331/108D, Title: FREQUENCY ADJUSTMENTS BY PATTERNING
MICRO-STRIPS TO FORM SERIALLY CONNECTED CAPACITORS OR
INDUCTOR-CAPACITOR (LC) CIRCUIT, Inventor: Yu-Yuan Tsai, Owner of
Record: Delta Electronics, Inc., Taipei, Taiwan, Attorney or
Agent: Bo-In Lin, Los Altos Hills, CA, Ex. Gp.: 2817, Requester:
Wei-Hung Yeh, c/o Jiawei Huang (JC Patents) Irvine, CA