United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 30 May 2006

                  Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   6,325,424, Reexam. C.N. 90/007,854, Requested Date: Dec. 21, 2005,
Cl. 285/305, Title: COUPLING ASSEMBLY HAVING ENHANCED AXIAL TENSION
STRENGTH, Inventor: Paul Metcalfe, et. al., Owners of Record: The Lamson
& Sessions Co., Cleveland, OH, Attorney or Agent: Jones Day, Cleveland,
OH, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester: IPEX, Inc., Ile-des-Soeurs, Verdun, Quebec,
Canada; Attny. Is: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Nicholson & Graham, LLP,
Pittsburgh, PA