United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 19 December 2006
Disclaimer 6,781,920 B2 - Cary Lee Bates, Rochester, MN (US); Robert James Crenshaw, Apex, NC (US); Paul Reuben Day, Rochester, MN (US); John Matthew Santosuosso, Rochester, MN (US). METHOD FOR RESOLVING MEETING CONFLICTS WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR APPLICATION. Patent dated August 24, 2004. Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-8 of said patent. 6,817,538 B2 - Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); Claudius Feger, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US); Marco Martens, Chappaqua, NY (US); Paul Andrew Moskowitz, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); Alejandro Gabriel Schrott, New York, NY (US); Charles P. Tresser, Mamaroneck, NY (US); Robert Jacob von Gutfeld, New York, NY (US). METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING PARALLEL MARKETING OF WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ITEMS. Patent dated November 16, 2004. Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-8 of said patent. 6,715,670 B1 - Edward Raymond Swiatek, Concord, NC (US); Stephen Wesley Linn, Concord, NC (US). INTERACTIVE DISPENSE DENOMINATION ADJUSTMENT. Patent dated April 6, 2004. Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-6 of said patent. 7,014,116 B2 - Ronald E. Craig, Pittsboro, NC (US); Haley L. Wilson Gray, Cary, NC (US); David L. Kaminsky, Chapel Hill, NC (US). PRICE VERIFICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND PROGRAM PRODUCT. Patent dated March 21, 2006. Disclaimer filed October 6, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-28 of said patent. 6,574,585 B2 - Joe Caruso, Staatsburg, NY (US); Aliza R. Heching, Bronx, NY (NY). METHOD FOR IMPROVING ROBUSTNESS OF WEIGHTED ESTIMATES IN A STATISTICAL SURVEY ANALYSIS. Patent dated June 3, 2003. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-11 of said patent. 6,556,963 B1 - Linda S. Tetzlaff, Mt. Kisco, NY (US). USER STATE SENSITIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NUTRIENT ANALYSIS USING NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE. Patent dated April 29, 2003. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-10 of said patent. 5,970,465 - Brenda Lynn Dietrich, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); Grace Yuh-Jiun Lin, Goldens Bridge, NY (US); Ramesh Srinivasan, Yorktown Heights, NY (US). METHOD FOR PART PROCUREMENT IN A PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH CONSTRAINED RESOURCES. Patent dated October 19, 1999. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-9 of said patent. 5,950,217 - Philip David Heinlein, Binghamton, NY (US); Carl Frank Ingersoll, Endwell, NY (US); Gary Lee Mack, Vestal, NY (US). COMPUTER NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT (PSM) INCLUDING FACILITATOR DISPLAY AND MULTIPLE PARTICIPANT WORKSTATIONS. Patent dated September 7, 1999. Disclaimer filed October 6, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-5 of said patent. 6,604,079 B1 - Joann Ruvolo, San Jose, CA (US); Stefan B. Edlund, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Daniel Alexander ford, Los Gatos, CA (US). SYSTEM AN DMETHOD FOR FEEDING E-MAIL WITH CALENDAR DATA. Patent dated August 5, 2003. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-17 of said patent. 6,390,097 B1 - Arun Chandra, Austin, TX (US). METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PLANNING AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL PATHS. Patent dated May 21, 2002. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-28 of said patent. 6,829,583 B1 - Kenneth C. Knapp, Austin, TX (US); Michael Daniel Santivenere, Austin, TX (US); Michael Joseph Sullivan, Austin, TX (US); Jonathan Mark Wagner, Round Rock, TX (US). METHOD FOR RESOLVING MEETING CONFLICTS WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR APPLICATION. Patent dated December 7, 2004. Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-21 of said patent. 6,618,062 B1 - Michael Wayne Brown, Georgetown, TX (US); Kevin Roderick Lawrence, Round Rock, TX (US); Michael A. Paolini, Round Rock, TX (US). METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM FOR SPECIFYING AN ELECTRONIC MENU WITH FOOD PREFERENCES FROM A PERSONAL STORAGE DEVICE. Patent dated September 9, 2003. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-77 of said patent. 6,829,597 B1 - Thomas Schaeck, Boeblingen (DE); Roland Weber, Karlsruhe (DE); Horst Henn, Boeblingen (DE). METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING CASHLESS PAYMENTS. Patent dated December 7, 2004. Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1 and 2 of said patent. 6,681,141 B2 - Anthony V. Ferreri, Hyde Park, NY (US); Barun Gupta, Shelton, CT (US); George W. Reiche, Pleasant Valley, NY (US). MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS PLANNING SIMULATION ANALYSIS. Patent dated January 20, 2004. Disclaimer filed October 5, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-26 of said patent. 6,640,230 B1 - Geoffrey D. Alexander, Chapel Hill, NC (US); J. Smith Doss, Raleigh, NC (US); Renee M. Kovales, Cary, NC (US); David M. Ogle, Cary, NC (US); Diane P. Pozefsky, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Robert J. Sundstrom, Cary, NC (US). CALENDAR-DRIVEN APPLICATION TECHNIQUE FOR PREPARING RESPONSES TO INCOMING EVENTS. Patent dated October 28, 2003. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-49 of said patent. 6,009,379 - Jerome M. Kurtzberg, Yorktown Heights, NY (US); Menachem Levanoni, Yorktown Heights, NY (US). METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MANUFACTURING PROCESSES VIA EFFICIENT EXPERIMENTAL. Patent dated December 28, 1999. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-11 of said patent. 5,920,824 - Dana L. Beatty, Boca Raton, FL (US); Michael A. Pitts, Delray Beach, FL (US); Robert V. Jenness, Boca Raton, FL (US). METHOD FOR COMPUTING CURRENT TIME ON A CELLULAR MOBILE SYSTEM. Patent dated July 6, 1999. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-16 of said patent. 6,275,810 B1 - David James Hetherington, Austin, TX (US); David Bruce Kumhyr, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US). METHOD FOR SCHEDULING HOLIDAYS IN DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER ENTERPRISE LOCALES. Patent dated August 14, 2001. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-25 of said patent. 5,870,717 - Charles Francis Wiecha, New York, NY (US). SYSTEM FOR ORDERING ITEMS OVER COMPUTER NETWORK USING AN ELECTRONIC CATALOG. Patent dated February 9, 1999. Disclaimer filed October 4, 2006, by the assignee, International Business Machines Corporation. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-6 of said patent. 5,922,578 - Kazuhiko Maruta, Okayama, Japan; Michio Kubota, Okayama, Japan; Toshiyuki Sugimoto, Okayama, Japan. RECOMBINANT THERMOSTABLE ENZYME WHICH FORMS NON-REDUCING SACCHARIDE FROM REDUCING AMYLACEOUS SACCHARIDE. Patent dated July 13, 1999. Disclaimer filed August 16, 2006, by the inventors. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-7 of said patent. 5,644,034 - Deborah Ann Rathjen, New South Wales, Australia; Roger Aston, Gloucester, Great Britain. TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR BINDING LIGANDS. Patented July 1, 1997. Disclaimer filed June 17, 2004, by the assignee, Peptech Limited. The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of Patent Nos. 5,959,087, 6,416,757 B1, 6,448,380 B2, 6,451,983 B2 and 6,498,237 B2. 6,723,173 B1 - Ralph Golladay, Stuarts Draft, VA (US). TRUCK BODY FOR COMBINED TRANSPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF PORTABLE TOILETS. Patent dated April 20, 2004. Disclaimer filed August 18, 2006, by the inventor. Hereby enters this disclaimer to the remaining term of said patent. 6,141,000 - David A. Martin, Calgary, Canada. PROJECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH TOUCH SENSING ON SCREEN, COMPUTER ASSISTED ALIGNMENT CORRECTION AND NETWORK CONFERENCING. Patent dated October 31, 2000. Disclaimer filed September 30, 2005, by the inventor. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claims 1-26 and 29-41 of said patent. 6,205,707 B1 - Juha Salopelto, Tuusula, (FI). METHOD FOR THE FERTILIZATION OF SOIL FOR CULTIVATED PLANTS. Patent dated March 27, 2001. Disclaimer filed April 3, 2003 by the assignee, Suomen Rehu Oy. Hereby enters this disclaimer to the remaining term of said patent. 5,813,187 - Ming-Kun Lee, Taipei City, Taiwan. METAL BARRIER FOR A WINDOW OR DOOR FOR PROHIBITING BURGLARS FROM BREAKING IN. Patent dated September 29, 1998. Disclaimer filed March 6, 2002 by the inventor. Hereby enters this disclaimer to claim 1 of said patent. 5,590,615 - John Wong, Cote St. Luc, Canada. PUCKER FREE GARMENT SEAM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE. Patent dated January 7, 1997. Disclaimer filed August 7, 2006, by the assignee, TALTECH, Ltd. The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of Patent No. 5,568,779.