United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 16 March 2004

                       Patent Cooperation Treaty Update

   The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization
has informed the United States Patent and Trademark Office, that due to
changes in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with regard to the Swiss
franc, the dollar amount of certain fees for international application
filed in the United States Receiving Office will be increased, effective
April 1, 2004.

   The amount of these fees will be:

   Basic fee (first 30 pages)           $1,134.00

   Supplement per sheet over 30            $12.00

   Handling fee                           $162.00

   PCT-EASY reduction                     $-81.00

   The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization
has also informed the United States Patent and Trademark Office that due to
changes in currency exchange rates, an increased dollar amount has been
established for the search fee required by the European Patent Office, with
effect from April 1, 2004.  The dollar amount of the search fee required
by the European Patent Office when acting as International Searching
Authority will be $1,920 beginning April 1, 2004.

Feb. 13, 2004                                                  JON W. DUDAS
                                                  Acting Under Secretary of
                                     Commerce for Intellectual Property and
                                                     Acting Director of the
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office