United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 15 July 2003

                                  Disclaimers

   6,417,477 - Lawrence E. Brown, Indianapolis; Stephen N.
Hammond, Brownsburg; Mark C. Nordin, Indianapolis, all of IN. METHOD
AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROSPARK ALLOYING. Patent dated July 9, 2002.
Disclaimer filed April 16, 2003, by the assignee, Rolls-Royce
Corporation.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-26 of said patent.

   Des. 407,966 - William J. Pestone., Cohasset, Mass.
OVERHEAD STORAGE HOOK. Patent dated April 13, 1999. Disclaimer filed
July 9, 2002, by the inventor.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to the only claim of said patent.

   Des. 411,002 - Mike Farmer, Sioux Falls, S. Dak. AIR
FRESHENER FOR PLACEMENT IN A VENT. Patent dated July 15, 1999.
Disclaimer filed March 11, 2003, by the inventor.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to the only claim of said patent.

   6,312,299 - Yasuhiko Henmi, Iwata, Japan. INDUCTION SYSTEM
FOR WATERCRAFT ENGINE. Patent dated November 6, 2001. Disclaimer filed
April 8, 2003 by assignee, Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha.

   Herby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-29 of said patent.

   6,331,529 - Benjamin R. Yerxa; Janet L. Rideout, both of
Raleigh; Arthur C. Jones, Durham, all of NC. METHOD OF PROMOTING
MUCOSAL HYDRATION WITH CERTAIN URIDINE, ADENINE AND CYTIDINE
DIPHOSPHATES AND ANALOGS THEROF. Patent dated December 18, 2001.
Disclaimer filed February 22, 2002 by assignee, Inspire
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1 and 2 of said patent.

   6,131,095 - Colin Low, Wootton-Under-Edge; Andrew Franklin
Seaborne, Bristol both of United Kingdom. METHOD OF ACCESSING A TARGET
ENTITY OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK. Patent dated October 10, 2000.
Disclaimer filed April 17, 2003 by the assignee, Hewlett Packard
Company.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1, 6 and 11 of said patent.

   5,513,135 - Timothy J. Dell Colchester; Lina S. Farah,
Burlington; George C. Feng; Mark W. Kellogg, both of Essex Junction,
all of Vt. SYNCHROUNOUS MEMORY PACKAGED IN SINGLE/DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY
MODULE AND METHOD OF FABRICAITON. Patent dated April 30, 1996.
Disclaimer filed February 11, 2003 by assignee, International Business
Machines Corporation.

   Herby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-25 of said patent.

   5,946,088 - Paul K. Aldridge, Groton, Conn. APPARATUS FOR
MIXING AND DETECTING ON-LINE HOMOGENEITY. Patent dated August 31, 1999.
Disclaimer filed April 9, 2003 by assignee, Pfizer Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-18 of said patent.

   6,391,410 - Herbert Peiffer, Mainz; Cynthia Bennett, Alzey;
Guenther Crass, Taunusstein-Wehen; Gottfried Hilkert, Saulheim; Werner
Roth, Eppstein, all of DE. USE OF A TRANSPARENT POLYESTER FILM AS A
GAS/FLAVOR BARRIER FILM. Patent dated May 21, 2002. Disclaimer filed by
the assignee September 10, 2002, Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbH.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration
date of Pat. No. 6,149,995.

   5,511,212 - Todd E. Rockoff Eden Hills, Adelaide,
Australia. MULTI-CLOCK SIMD COMPUTER AND INSTRUCTION-CACHE-ENHANCEMENT
THEREOF. Patent dated April 23, 1996. Disclaimer filed January 22,
2003, by inventor.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-24 of said patent.

   Des. 442,601 - Teiyu Goto, Tokyo, Japan. SUPPORT BASE FOR
AN ELECTRIC DEVICE SUCH AS A COMPUTER, TV CONTROLLER, VIDEO GAME
MACHINE, OR AUDIO OR VIDEO DISC PLAYER. Patent dated May 22, 2001.
Disclaimer filed February 11, 2003, by the assignee, Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration
date of Pat. Nos. D. 452,867 and D. 441,759.

   6,278,198 - Jeffrey O. Willis, Blair; Anthony J. Hansen,
Elkhorn, both of NE. METHOD AND MEANS FOR MOUNTING A WIND TURBINE, ON A
TOWER. Patent dated August 21, 2001. Disclaimer filed February 11,
2003, by the assignee, Valmont Industries, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 2 and 3 of said patent.

   6,357,448 - Daniel S. Sinclair, Jr., Covington, LA. TOBACCO
PRODUCT. Patent dated March 19, 2002. Disclaimer filed February 21,
2003, by the assignee, Blunt Wrap U.S.A., Inc.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration
date of Pat. No. 6,321,755.

   6,020,012 - Robert G. Kauffman, Madison; Marion L. Greaser;
Middleton, both of Wis.; Edward Pospiech, Paznan, Poland; Ronald L.
Russell, Brooklyn, Wis. METHOD OF IMPROVING THE WATER-HOLDING CAPACITY,
COLOR, AND ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF BEEF, PORK, AND POULTRY. Patent
dated February 1, 2000. Disclaimer filed March 19, 2003, by the
assignee, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, Wis.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration
date of Pat. No. 6,020,012.

   5,687,066 - James C. Cook, II, Marshall, Mich. POWER
CONVERTER WITH OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION. Patent dated November 11, 1997.
Disclaimer filed April 14, 2003, by the assignee, Progressive Dynamics,
Inc.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration
date of Pat. No. 5,600,550.

   6,212,096 - Luigi Pascucci, Sesto San Giovanni, It. DATA
READING PATH MANAGEMENT ARCHITECTURE FOR A MEMORY DEVICE, PARTICULARLY
FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES. Patent dated April 3, 2001. Disclaimer filed
April 7, 2003, by the assignee, SGS-Thomson Microelectronics S.r.l.,
Agrate Brianza, IT.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration
date of Pat. No. 5,946,237.

   6,348,589 - William Pendergast, Durham; Benjamin R. Yerxa,
Raleigh; Janet L. Rideout, Raleigh; Suhaib M. Siddiqi, Raleigh, all of
NC. CERTAIN DINUCLEOTIDES AND THEIR USE AS MODULATORS OF MUCOCILIARY
CLEARANCE AND CILLIARY BEAT FREQUENCY. Patent dated February 19, 2002.
Disclaimer filed April 1, 2003, by the assignee, Inspire
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration
date of Pat. No. 5,837,861.

   6,487,441 - David K. Swanson, Mountain View; James G.
Whayne, Saratoga; Dorin Panescu, Sunnyvale, all of CA. SYSTEMS AND
METHODS FOR ACQUIRING AND ANALYZING ELECTROGRAMS IN MYOCARDIAL TISSUE.
Patent dated November 26, 2002. Disclaimer filed December 2, 2002, by
the assignee, EP Technologies, Inc.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration
date of Pat. No. 5,954,662.

   6,001,862 - Toshio Maeda; Masahiro Nomura, both of Nogi-machi;
Katsuya Awano, Oyama; Susumu Kinoshita, Shiraoka-machi; Hiroya Satoh,
Nogi-machi; Koji Murakami, Nogi-machi; Masaki Tsunoda, Nogi-machi, all
of Japan. N-BENZYLDIOXOTHIAZOLIDYL-BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVES AND PROCESSES
FOR PREPARING THE SAME. Patent dated Dec. 14, 1999. Disclaimer filed
Dec. 15, 2000, by the assignee, Kyorin Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 6-10, of said patent.