United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 07 October 2003

                                  Disclaimers

   D342,437 - Ronald L. Prezner, Valhalla, N.Y. BRACKET FOR A STAIR
CARPET RETAINING ROD. Patent dated Dec. 21, 1993. Disclaimer filed Jun.
18, 2003, by the assignee, The Decorative Hardware Studio, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to the claim of said patent.


   5,374,726 - Joseph I. DeGraw, 880 Hanover Ave., Sunnyvale,
Calif. 94087; William T. Colwell, 1055 Del Norte, Menlo Park, Calif.
94025; James R. Piper, 3128 Dolly Ridge Dr., Birmingham, Ala. 35243.
PROCESS FOR PREPARING 10-DEAZAAMINOPTERINS AND 5,10- AND
8,10-DIDEAZAAMINOPTERINS FROM PTEROIC DICARBOXYLIC ACID DIESTERS.
Patent dated Dec. 20, 1994. Disclaimer filed Jun 13, 2003, by the
inventors.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-12, of said patent.


   5,680,327 - Robert L. Cook, San Anselmo; Eric M. Herrmann,
Larkspur; Nelson Offner, Kensington, all of Calif.; Edward M. Granger,
Rochester, N.Y.; Akin Dirik; Lawrence D. Baca, both of San Francisco,
Calif. APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR A DIGITAL SWATCHBOOK. Patent dated
Oct. 21, 1997. Disclaimer filed Aug. 1, 2003, by the assignee, Light
Source Computer Images, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 7, of said patent.


   5,798,943 - Robert L. Cook, San Anselmo; Eric M. Herrmann,
Larkspur; Nelson Offner, Kensington, all of Calif.; Edward M. Granger,
Rochester, N.Y.; Akin Dirik; Lawrence D. Baca, both of San Francisco,
Calif. APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR A DIGITAL SWATCHBOOK. Patent dated
Aug. 25, 1998. Disclaimer filed Aug. 1, 2003, by the assignee, Light
Source Computer Images.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-9, 16-22, and 24, of
said patent.


   5,967,763 - Ching-Shen Horng, No. 3, Lane 45, Yi-Yung
Road, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. POSITIONING DEVICES FOR A SENSOR ELEMENT OF A
MINIATURE FAN. Patent dated Oct. 19, 1999. Disclaimer filed Dec. 9,
2002, by the inventor.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-7, of said patent.


   6,022,687 -  Michelle Letarte, Toronto, Canada; Douglas A.
Marchuk, Chapel Hill; Kimberly McAllister, Durham, both of N.C.
DIAGNOSIS OF AND THERAPY FOR HEREDITARY HAEMORRHAGIC TELANGIECTASIA.
Patent dated Feb. 8, 2000. Disclaimer filed Jul. 21, 2003, by the
Assignee, Duke University.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-12, of said patent.


   6,109,892 - Ching-Shen Horng, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
POSITIONING DEVICE FOR A SENSOR ELEMENT OF A MINIATURE FAN. Patent
dated Aug. 29, 2000. Disclaimer filed Dec. 9, 2002, by the assignee,
Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-4, of said patent.


   6,114,785 - Ching-Shen Horng, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. POSITIONING
DEVICE FOR A SENSOR ELEMENT OF A MINIATURE FAN. Patent dated Sept. 5,
2000. Disclaimer filed Dec. 9, 2002, by the assignee, Sunonwealth
Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-5, of said patent.


   6,181,056 - Zvi Yaniv; Richard Lee Fink; Zhidan Li Tolt,
all of Austin, TX (US). COLD CATHODE CARBON FILM. Patent dated Jan. 30,
2001. Disclaimer filed Feb. 28, 2003, by the assignee, SI Diamond
Technology, Inc.

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


   6,209,763 - Jack Rahmey, 220 Monmouth Rd., Oakhurst, NJ (US)
07755. HANGING PACKAGE DISPLAY UNIT. Patent dated Apr. 3, 2001.
Disclaimer filed Jun. 6, 2003, by the Inventor.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-7, of said patent.


   6,452,791 - Stanley A. Kim. 1808 Barnstable Rd.,
Wellington, FL (US) 33414. WRIST SUPPORT. Patent dated Sep.17, 2002.
Disclaimer filed Jul. 21, 2003, by the inventor.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 15-19, of said patent.


   6,475,139 - Gary H. Miller, Milpitas, CA (US). VISUALLY-DIRECTED
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR TREATING FEMALE URINARY
INCONTINENCE. Patent dated Nov. 5, 2002. Disclaimer filed Jul. 14,
2003, by the assignee, Ethicon, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-16, of said patent.


   6,562,957 - Michelle Letarte, Toronto (CA); Douglas A.
Marchuk, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Kimberly McAllister, Durham, NC (US).
GENOMIC SEQUENCE ENCODING ENDOGLIN AND FRAGMENTS THEREOF. Patent dated
May 13, 2003. Disclaimer filed July 17, 2003, by the assignee, HSC
Research & Development Limited Partnership (CA); Duke University.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-3, of said patent.


   6,568,678 - John G. Breeding, Sedona, AZ (US); Attila Grauzer,
Las Vegas, NV (US); Paul K. Scheper, Eden Prairie, MN (US); James B.
Stasson, Chanhassen, MN (US); Nick W. Kukuczka, Zimmerman, MN (US).
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CUTTING AND SHUFFLING PLAYING
CARDS. Patent dated May 27, 2003. Disclaimer filed Jul 7, 2003, by the
Assignee, Shuffle Master, Inc.

   Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 4, of said patent.