United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 04 March 2003

                             Notice of Suspension

   Chrispin M. Rivera, of Las Vegas, NV, a patent attorney,
registration number 33,446. In settlement of a reciprocal matter from
the Supreme Court of Nevada, the Director has suspended Rivera for two
years from practice before the United States Patent and Trademark
Office in patent, trademark, and other non-patent law cases. Per the
Conditional Guilty Pleas In Exchange For a Stated Form Of Discipline,
the Nevada Supreme Court suspended Rivera for two years for violating
ethical rules involving competence, diligence, communication,
safekeeping property, and engaging in conduct involving dishonesty,
fraud, deceit or misrepresentation, and Rivera agreed to pay
restitution to his clients in the amount of $56,730.49. The suspension
imposed by the Director begins April 9, 2002 and ends April 8, 2004.
This action by the Director is taken pursuant to the provisions of 35
U.S.C.   32, and 37 C.F.R.   10.133(g).

February 4, 2003                                             HARRY I. MOATZ
                                      Director of Enrollment and Discipline


                             Notice of Suspension

   Michael J. Colitz, Jr., of Largo, Florida, a patent attorney,
registration number 22,822. The General Counsel, on behalf of the
Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, has ordered
the suspension of Colitz from practice before the USPTO for five years
under the conditions set forth in 37 CFR   10.158, but two years are
stayed. The suspension is for violating USPTO Disciplinary Rules
("DR") 10.40 (withdrawing from employment without taking reasonable
steps to avoid foreseeable prejudice to the rights of the
practitioner's client(s); DR 10.47(a) and/or (c) (aiding
non-practitioner in the unauthorized practice of law before the USPTO);
DR 10.48 and/or 10.49 (sharing legal fees with a non-practitioner
and/or forming a partnership with a non-practitioner to practice law
before the USPTO); DR 10.68 (permitting a party which recommended or
paid the practitioner to render legal services for others to direct
and/or regulate the practitioner's professional judgment in rendering
such legal services); and DR 10.77(b) and/or (c) (handling a legal
matter without preparation adequate under the circumstances and/or
neglecting an entrusted legal matter). The suspension runs from
February 2, 2003. This action is taken pursuant to the provisions of 35
U.S.C.   32, and 37 C.F.R.    10.156 and 10.159.

February 4, 2003                                             HARRY I. MOATZ
                                      Director of Enrollment and Discipline