United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 29 July 2003

                   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   4,728,721, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,673, Requested Date: June
23, 2003, Cl. 528/361, Title: POLYMER, PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF,
Inventor: Masaki Yamamoto, et. al., Owner of Record: Takeda
Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan; Wako Pure Chemical Industries,
Ltd., Osaka, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Harold C. Wegner, Foley and
Lardner, Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 1711, Requester: Susan P. Petraglia,
Esq., Washington, DC

   4,849,228, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,674, Requested
Date: June 23, 2003, Cl. 424/457, Title: POLYMER, PRODUCTION AND USE
THEREOF, Inventor: Masaki Yamamoto, et. al., Owner of Record:
Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan; Wako Pure
Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan, Attorney or Agent: Harold
C. Wegner, Foley and Lardner, Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 1615, Requester:
Susan P. Petraglia, Esq., Washington, DC

   5,653,767, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,671, Requested
Date: June 23, 2003, Cl. 257/204, Title: PROGRAMMABLE PACEMAKER FOR
NONINVASIVE EP TESTING FOR ATRIAL TACHYCARDIAS WITH VENTRICULAR
SUPPORT, Inventor: Paul van Lake, Owner of Record: Pacesetter,
Inc., Sylmar, CA, Attorney or Agent: Jonathan T. Losk, Pacesetter,
Inc., Sylmar, CA, Ex. Gp.: 2811, Requester: Owner

   6,287,704, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,672, Requested
Date: June 20, 2003, Cl. 428/472.1, Title: CHROMATE-FREE CONVERSION
LAYER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, Inventor: Patricia
Preikschat, et. al., Owners of Record: Surtec Produkte und System
fur die Oberflachenbehandlung, GmbH, Trebur, Germany, Attorney or
Agent: Pearne, Gordon, McCoy and Granger, Cleveland, OH, Ex. Gp.: 1775,
Requester: Arthur G. Schaier, Carmel, NY