United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 12 August 2003

                   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   4,985,153, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,682, Requested Date: June 24, 2003,
Cl. 210/782, Title: METHOD FOR SEPARATING BLOOD INTO BLOOD COMPONENTS,
AND BLOOD COMPONENTS SEPARATOR UNIT, Inventor: Toru Kurode, et. al.,
Owners of Record: Asahi Medical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, Attorney or
Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch, Falls Church, VA, Ex. Gp.: 1723,
Requester: Owner


   5,288,393, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,683, Requested Date: June 25, 2003,
Cl. 208/016, Title: GASOLINE FUEL, Inventor: Peter J. Jessup, et. al.,
Owners of Record: Union Oil Company of California, Los Angeles, CA,
Attorney or Agent: William O. Jacobson, Union Oil Company of California,
Brea, CA, Ex. Gp.: 1764, Requester: Michael S. Marcus, Esq., Morgan &
Finnegan, Washington, DC

   5,819,172, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,687, Requested Date: June 30, 2003,
Cl. 166/381, Title: COILED TUBING SCREEN AND METHOD OF WELL COMPLEXION,
Inventor: Bennett M. Richard, et. al., Owners of Record: Baker Hughes
Incorporated, Houston, TX, Attorney or Agent: Baker Hughes Incorporated,
Houston, TX, Ex. Gp.: 3672, Requester: Owner

   5,840,834, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,684, Requested Date: June 25, 2003,
Cl. 530/323, Title: TECHNIQUE FOR JOINING AMINO ACID SEQUENCES AND NOVEL
COMPOSITION USEFUL IN IMMUNOASSAYS, Inventor: Darrell L. Peterson,
Owner of Record: Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA,
Attorney or Agent: Michael E. Whitham, Whitham Curtis & Christofferson,
Reston, VA, Ex. Gp.: 1646, Requester: Joseph M. Skerpon, Banner & Witcoff,
Ltd., Washington, DC

   5,887,243, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,688, Requested Date: June 30, 2003,
Cl. 725/136, Title: SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS, Inventor:
John C. Harvey, Owners of Record: Personalized Media Communications LLC,
New York, NY, Attorney or Agent: Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC,
Ex. Gp.: 2611, Requester: Thomson, Inc., Indianapolis, IN; c/o Arthur J.
Ushur, Esquire, Woodard Emhardt Moriarty & McNett, LLP, Indianapolis, IN

   6,039,641, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,685, Requested Date: June 25, 2003,
Cl. 451/540, Title: BRAZED DIAMOND TOOLS BY INFILTRATION, Inventor:
Chien-Min Sung, Owner of Record: Chien-Min Sung, Tansui, Taipei County,
Taiwan, Attorney or Agent: Thorpe North & Western, Sandy, UT, Ex. Gp.:
3723, Requester: Patricia D. Granados, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe,
LLP, Washington, DC

   6,258,918, Reexam. C.N. 90/006,686, Requested Date: June 27, 2003,
Cl. 528/066, Title: FLEXIBLE POLYURETHANE MATERIAL, Inventor: Chia-Tie
Ho, et. al., Owners of Record: 3M Inovative Properties Company, St. Paul,
MN, Attorney or Agent: Jean A. Lown, Office of Intellectual Property
Counsel, 3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN, Ex. Gp.: 1711,
Requester: Owner