United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 22 February 2005

                       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 applications filed in the United States Receiving Office
will be increased, effective March 1, 2005.

   The amount of these fees will be:

   Basic fee (first 30 pages).................................$1,211.00

   Supplement per sheet over 30..................................$13.00

   Handling fee.................................................$173.00

   PCT-EASY reduction...........................................$-87.00

   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 March 15, 2005. The dollar
amount of the search fee required by the European Patent Office when
acting as International Searching Authority will be $2,075 beginning
March 15, 2005.

January 24, 2005                                               JON W. DUDAS
                                            Under Secretary of Commerce for
                                  Intellectual Property and Director of the
                                  United States Patent and Trademark Office