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OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

July 20, 2010 Volume 1356 Number 3

CONTENTS

 Patent and Trademark Office NoticesPage 
• Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information1356 OG 128
• Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable1356 OG 131
• Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee1356 OG 132
• Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 06/21/20101356 OG 162
• Reissue Applications Filed1356 OG 163
• Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed1356 OG 164
• Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed1356 OG 165
• Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew1356 OG 166
• 37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication1356 OG 170
• Registration to Practice1356 OG 171
• Expansion and Extension of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan1356 OG 173
• Correspondence With the United States Patent and Trademark Office1356 OG 176
• Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments1356 OG 180
• Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial New Question of Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings1356 OG 190
• Disclaimers1356 OG 193
• Errata1356 OG 194
• Certificates of Correction1356 OG 196
• Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board1356 OG 198

• Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent Depository Libraries
• Patent Technology Centers
• Subscription/Copy Information


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Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information 
		  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information

   For information concerning PCT member countries, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1350 O.G. 73, on January 12, 2010.

   For information on subject matter under Rule 39 that a particular
International Searching Authority will not search, see Annex D of the PCT
Applicants' Guide.

European Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The European Patent Office (EPO) may act as the International Searching
Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the	United
States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as Receiving
Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or
resident of the United States of America. However, the EPO is no longer
a competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Article 16(3), for
international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals on or
after March 1, 2002, in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office, and where
the application contains one or more claims directed to the field of
business methods. For the definition of what the EPO considers to be
precluded subject matter in the field of business methods, applicants
should see the "Notice from the President of the European Patent
Office", dated November 26, 2001, and which was published as Annex A in
the "Notice Concerning EPO Competence to Act as PCT Authority" in
the Official Gazette at 1255 O.G. 878, on February 19, 2002.

   The European Patent Office may act as the International Preliminary
Examining Authority (IPEA) for an international application filed in the
United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau as Receiving
Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national or
resident of the United States of America, provided that the European
Patent Office acted as the International Searching Authority. However,
the EPO is no longer a competent IPEA, within the meaning of PCT Article
32(3), for international applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals
in the USPTO or IB as a Receiving Office where the corresponding demand is
filed with the EPO on or after March 1, 2002, and where the application
contains one or more claims directed to the field of business methods.

   The search fee of the European Patent Office was decreased, effective
April 1, 2010, and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1354 O.G. 2,
on May 4, 2010.

Korean Intellectual Property Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   For use of the Korean Intellectual Property Office as an International
Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority for
international applications filed in the United States Receiving Office,
see the notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1302 O.G. 1261 on
January 17, 2006.

   The search fee of the Korean Intellectual Property Office was increased,
effective January 1, 2010, and was announced in the Official Gazette at
1350 O.G. 72, on January 12, 2010.

Australian Patent Office as Searching and Examining Authority

   The Australian Patent Office (IP Australia) may act as the International
Searching Authority (ISA) for an international application filed with the
United States Receiving Office or the International Bureau (IB) as
Receiving Office where at least one of the applicants is either a national
or resident of the United States of America. However, IP Australia is not a
competent ISA, within the meaning of PCT Artical 16(3), for international
applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a
Receiving Office, and where the application contains one or more claims
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directed to the field of business methods or mechanical inventions.

   IP Australia may act as the International Preliminary Examining
Authority (IPEA) for an international application filed in the United
States Receiving Office or the International Bureau as Receiving Office
where at least one of the applicants is either a national or resident of
the United States of America, provided that IP Australia acted as the
International Searching Authority. However, IP Australia is not a competent
IPEA, within the meaning of PCT Article 32(3), for international
applications filed by U.S. residents or nationals in the USPTO or IB as a
Receiving Office where the corresponding demand is filed with IP Australia
and where the application contains one or more claims directed to the
fields of business methods or mechanical engineering or analogous fields of
technology as defined by specified areas of the International Patent
Classification System, as indicated in Annex A to the agreement between the
USPTO and IP Australia. See the notice appearing in the Official Gazette
at 1337 O.G. 261 on December 23, 2008.

   For use of IP Australia as an International Searching Authority and
International Preliminary Examining Authority for international
applications filed in the United States Receiving Office, see the notice
appearing in the Official Gazette at 1337 O.G. 265 on December 23, 2008.

   The search fee of IP Australia was increased, effective January 1, 2010,
and was announced in the Official Gazette at 1350 O.G. 72, on January 12,
2010.

Fees

   The transmittal fee and search fees for the USPTO were changed,
effective January 12, 2009, and were announced in the Federal Register on
November 12, 2008. The fee for filing a request for the restoration of the
right of priority was established, effective November 9, 2007, and was
announced in the Federal Register on September 10, 2007.

   International filing fees were increased, effective January 1, 2010, and
were announced in the Official Gazette at 1350 O.G. 72, on January 12, 2010.

   The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), as of April 1, 2010, is
as follows:

International Application (PCT Chapter I) fees:

   Transmittal fee                                                  $240.00

   Search fee

      U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as
      International Searching Authority (ISA)
         - Search fee 						  $2,080.00
         - Supplemental search fee, per additional
            invention (payable only upon invitation)              $2,080.00

      European Patent Office as ISA                               $2,485.00

      Korean Intellectual Property Office as ISA
	 - for international applications filed in English	  $1,092.00

      IP Australia as ISA					  $1,397.00

   International fees

      International filing fee                                    $1,300.00
      International filing fee-filed in paper
         with PCT EASY zip file or
         electronically without PCT EASY zip file		  $1,202.00
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      International filing fee-filed
         electronically with PCT EASY zip files			  $1,105.00
      Supplemental fee for each page over 30                         $15.00

   Restoration of Priority

      Filing a request for the restoration of the
      right of priority under § 1.452				  $1,410.00

   International Application (PCT Chapter II) fees associated
   with filing a Demand for Preliminary Examination:

      Handling fee                                                  $195.00
      Handling fee-90% reduction, if applicants meet criteria
      specified at:
        http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/fees/fee_reduction.pdf	     $19.50
      Preliminary Examination Fee
         USPTO as International Preliminary
         Examining Authority (IPEA)
            - USPTO was ISA in PCT Chapter I                        $600.00
	    - USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I                    $750.00
	    - Additional preliminary examination fee,
              per additional invention
              (payable only upon invitation) 			    $600.00

   U.S. National Stage fees (for international applications entering
the U.S. national phase under 35 U.S.C. 371) can be found on the USPTO's
Web site (www.uspto.gov).

April 9, 2010  	      	                                    DAVID J. KAPPOS
		  			    Under Secretary of Commerce for
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable 
  		      Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable

   Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) provides
that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge for the six-month
period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the date of issue of patents
based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980. An additional
six-month grace period is provided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e)
for payment of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR
1.20(h), as amended effective Dec. 16, 1991. If the maintenance fee is
not paid in the patent requiring such payment the patent will expire on
the 4th, 8th, or 12th anniversary of the grant.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on July 10, 2007
for which maintenance fees due at 3 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

   	Utility Patents 7,240,370 through 7,243,374
	Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on July 8, 2003
for which maintenance fees due at 7 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

      	Utility Patents 6,588,019 through 6,591,423
   	Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   Attention is drawn to the patents that were issued on July 6, 1999
for which maintenance fees due at 11 years and six months may now be paid.
The patents have patent numbers within the following ranges:

	Utility Patents 5,918,309 through 5,920,900
        Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.

   No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents may be submitted electronically
over the Internet at www.uspto.gov. Click on the "Site Index" link at the
top of the homepage (www.uspto.gov), and then scroll down and click on the
"Maintenance Fees" link for more information.

   Payments of maintenance fees in patents not submitted electronically
over the Internet should be mailed to "United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 979070, St. Louis, MO 63197-9000".

  Correspondence related to maintenance fees other than payments of
maintenance fees in patents is not to be mailed to P.O. Box 979070,
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000, but must be mailed to "Mail Stop M
Correspondence, Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, P.O.
Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450".

   Patent owners must establish small entity status according to 37 CFR
1.27 if they have not done so and if they wish to pay the small entity
amount.

   The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years and six
months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six months are set forth
in the most recently amended provisions in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g). To obtain
the current maintenance fee amounts, please call the USPTO Contact Center
at (800)-786-9199 or see the current USPTO fee schedule posted on the USPTO
Internet web site. At the top of the USPTO homepage at www.uspto.gov, click
on the "Site Index" link and then scroll down and click on the "Fees,
USPTO" link to find the current USPTO fee schedule.
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Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee 
			Notice of Expiration of Patents
		     Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee

   35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the required
maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are not paid in a patent
requiring such payment, the patent will expire at the end of the 4th, 8th
or 12th anniversary of the grant of the patent depending on the first
maintenance fee which was not paid.
   According to the records of the Office, the patents listed below have
expired due to failure to pay the required maintenance fee and any
applicable surcharge.

		     PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON June 2, 2010
		    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent  	                Application                         Issue
Number          	           Number                            Date

5,758,362                       08/540,486                       06/02/98
5,758,369                       08/864,003                       06/02/98
5,758,370                       08/887,733                       06/02/98
5,758,372                       08/874,939                       06/02/98
5,758,384                       08/795,141                       06/02/98
5,758,387                       08/707,388                       06/02/98
5,758,402                       08/716,278                       06/02/98
5,758,408                       08/704,984                       06/02/98
5,758,421                       08/431,961                       06/02/98
5,758,425                       08/859,294                       06/02/98
5,758,436                       08/603,903                       06/02/98
5,758,439                       08/803,990                       06/02/98
5,758,442                       08/742,930                       06/02/98
5,758,443                       08/586,830                       06/02/98
5,758,449                       08/706,257                       06/02/98
5,758,450                       08/752,708                       06/02/98
5,758,456                       08/760,409                       06/02/98
5,758,458                       08/690,846                       06/02/98
5,758,459                       08/741,107                       06/02/98
5,758,465                       08/786,919                       06/02/98
5,758,466                       08/833,934                       06/02/98
5,758,468                       08/703,702                       06/02/98
5,758,471                       08/743,177                       06/02/98
5,758,472                       08/743,760                       06/02/98
5,758,476                       08/725,893                       06/02/98
5,758,485                       08/689,110                       06/02/98
5,758,491                       08/651,558                       06/02/98
5,758,496                       08/603,511                       06/02/98
5,758,497                       08/649,573                       06/02/98
5,758,499                       08/714,046                       06/02/98
5,758,517                       08/685,187                       06/02/98
5,758,524                       08/621,783                       06/02/98
5,758,528                       08/621,132                       06/02/98
5,758,529                       08/733,000                       06/02/98
5,758,530                       08/681,983                       06/02/98
5,758,546                       08/640,470                       06/02/98
5,758,548                       08/673,303                       06/02/98
5,758,553                       08/625,397                       06/02/98
5,758,555                       08/639,529                       06/02/98
5,758,564                       08/662,993                       06/02/98
5,758,572                       08/866,697                       06/02/98
5,758,577                       08/683,713                       06/02/98
5,758,585                       08/788,282                       06/02/98
5,758,587                       08/682,230                       06/02/98
5,758,596                       08/500,225                       06/02/98
5,758,597                       08/931,393                       06/02/98
5,758,598                       08/609,102                       06/02/98
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5,758,610                       08/747,396                       06/02/98
5,758,620                       08/822,693                       06/02/98
5,758,621                       08/794,737                       06/02/98
5,758,627                       08/816,423                       06/02/98
5,758,641                       08/748,020                       06/02/98
5,758,663                       08/628,822                       06/02/98
5,758,670                       08/683,627                       06/02/98
5,758,677                       08/869,175                       06/02/98
5,758,683                       08/592,127                       06/02/98
5,758,687                       08/645,289                       06/02/98
5,758,692                       08/613,907                       06/02/98
5,758,695                       08/543,757                       06/02/98
5,758,702                       08/692,872                       06/02/98
5,758,703                       08/736,692                       06/02/98
5,758,709                       08/567,094                       06/02/98
5,758,716                       08/623,781                       06/02/98
5,758,719                       08/636,757                       06/02/98
5,758,725                       08/643,800                       06/02/98
5,758,734                       08/587,742                       06/02/98
5,758,737                       08/762,602                       06/02/98
5,758,749                       08/826,517                       06/02/98
5,758,756                       08/721,693                       06/02/98
5,758,763                       08/696,227                       06/02/98
5,758,764                       08/711,767                       06/02/98
5,758,765                       08/780,162                       06/02/98
5,758,767                       08/721,042                       06/02/98
5,758,770                       08/695,653                       06/02/98
5,758,771                       08/707,627                       06/02/98
5,758,772                       08/457,332                       06/02/98
5,758,773                       08/775,001                       06/02/98
5,758,782                       08/721,131                       06/02/98
5,758,788                       08/729,974                       06/02/98
5,758,797                       08/670,325                       06/02/98
5,758,798                       08/684,494                       06/02/98
5,758,806                       08/749,272                       06/02/98
5,758,810                       08/688,863                       06/02/98
5,758,811                       08/751,172                       06/02/98
5,758,817                       08/618,649                       06/02/98
5,758,819                       08/727,713                       06/02/98
5,758,826                       08/627,707                       06/02/98
5,758,827                       08/543,419                       06/02/98
5,758,833                       08/701,797                       06/02/98
5,758,835                       08/771,427                       06/02/98
5,758,838                       08/733,512                       06/02/98
5,758,842                       08/648,141                       06/02/98
5,758,843                       08/821,048                       06/02/98
5,758,853                       08/675,726                       06/02/98
5,758,857                       08/701,523                       06/02/98
5,758,858                       08/616,403                       06/02/98
5,758,865                       08/699,052                       06/02/98
5,758,869                       08/687,359                       06/02/98
5,758,874                       08/622,942                       06/02/98
5,758,876                       08/853,357                       06/02/98
5,758,880                       08/703,949                       06/02/98
5,758,881                       08/769,771                       06/02/98
5,758,889                       08/667,652                       06/02/98
5,758,890                       08/618,031                       06/02/98
5,758,895                       08/729,644                       06/02/98
5,758,900                       08/746,503                       06/02/98
5,758,904                       08/661,103                       06/02/98
5,758,908                       08/651,140                       06/02/98
5,758,917                       08/793,177                       06/02/98
5,758,927                       08/895,340                       06/02/98
5,758,932                       08/911,211                       06/02/98
5,758,935                       08/727,372                       06/02/98
5,758,946                       08/811,004                       06/02/98
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5,758,947                       08/325,108                       06/02/98
5,758,948                       08/677,832                       06/02/98
5,758,951                       08/884,378                       06/02/98
5,758,963                       08/745,424                       06/02/98
5,758,965                       08/767,127                       06/02/98
5,758,970                       08/647,886                       06/02/98
5,758,974                       08/711,022                       06/02/98
5,758,977                       08/792,309                       06/02/98
5,758,986                       08/754,017                       06/02/98
5,758,992                       08/723,687                       06/02/98
5,758,996                       08/707,869                       06/02/98
5,758,999                       08/651,815                       06/02/98
5,759,000                       08/838,232                       06/02/98
5,759,003                       08/681,291                       06/02/98
5,759,012                       08/768,008                       06/02/98
5,759,013                       08/786,024                       06/02/98
5,759,018                       08/645,683                       06/02/98
5,759,021                       08/912,006                       06/02/98
5,759,039                       08/843,989                       06/02/98
5,759,043                       08/540,191                       06/02/98
5,759,047                       08/653,214                       06/02/98
5,759,058                       08/876,233                       06/02/98
5,759,065                       08/588,312                       06/02/98
5,759,066                       08/647,041                       06/02/98
5,759,071                       08/549,645                       06/02/98
5,759,075                       08/824,763                       06/02/98
5,759,077                       08/643,879                       06/02/98
5,759,083                       08/786,743                       06/02/98
5,759,088                       08/492,110                       06/02/98
5,759,100                       08/699,442                       06/02/98
5,759,101                       08/226,073                       06/02/98
5,759,110                       08/808,487                       06/02/98
5,759,112                       08/868,533                       06/02/98
5,759,113                       08/670,792                       06/02/98
5,759,115                       08/782,818                       06/02/98
5,759,116                       08/806,774                       06/02/98
5,759,147                       08/472,671                       06/02/98
5,759,157                       08/750,820                       06/02/98
5,759,160                       08/560,832                       06/02/98
5,759,165                       08/597,667                       06/02/98
5,759,166                       08/689,358                       06/02/98
5,759,169                       08/615,651                       06/02/98
5,759,177                       08/809,757                       06/02/98
5,759,194                       08/735,565                       06/02/98
5,759,204                       08/789,597                       06/02/98
5,759,212                       08/693,290                       06/02/98
5,759,214                       08/704,738                       06/02/98
5,759,219                       08/532,506                       06/02/98
5,759,220                       08/410,268                       06/02/98
5,759,221                       08/847,987                       06/02/98
5,759,231                       08/653,969                       06/02/98
5,759,233                       08/565,022                       06/02/98
5,759,244                       08/723,464                       06/02/98
5,759,245                       08/806,077                       06/02/98
5,759,246                       08/767,938                       06/02/98
5,759,248                       08/873,706                       06/02/98
5,759,250                       08/697,297                       06/02/98
5,759,251                       08/863,629                       06/02/98
5,759,253                       08/760,030                       06/02/98
5,759,258                       08/404,680                       06/02/98
5,759,260                       08/589,901                       06/02/98
5,759,265                       08/434,281                       06/02/98
5,759,266                       08/538,451                       06/02/98
5,759,278                       08/589,562                       06/02/98
5,759,283                       08/645,702                       06/02/98
5,759,299                       08/682,800                       06/02/98
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5,759,309                       08/704,202                       06/02/98
5,759,310                       08/523,451                       06/02/98
5,759,312                       08/523,707                       06/02/98
5,759,318                       08/761,409                       06/02/98
5,759,323                       08/687,455                       06/02/98
5,759,324                       08/608,816                       06/02/98
5,759,325                       08/626,771                       06/02/98
5,759,333                       08/621,528                       06/02/98
5,759,334                       08/512,092                       06/02/98
5,759,335                       08/773,341                       06/02/98
5,759,343                       08/812,440                       06/02/98
5,759,344                       08/835,637                       06/02/98
5,759,347                       08/687,324                       06/02/98
5,759,349                       08/899,697                       06/02/98
5,759,350                       08/686,314                       06/02/98
5,759,357                       08/745,942                       06/02/98
5,759,358                       08/537,368                       06/02/98
5,759,365                       08/609,421                       06/02/98
5,759,367                       08/747,287                       06/02/98
5,759,370                       08/309,595                       06/02/98
5,759,373                       08/704,680                       06/02/98
5,759,381                       08/705,663                       06/02/98
5,759,383                       08/702,268                       06/02/98
5,759,392                       08/631,700                       06/02/98
5,759,393                       08/751,838                       06/02/98
5,759,395                       08/676,167                       06/02/98
5,759,400                       08/749,584                       06/02/98
5,759,404                       08/648,108                       06/02/98
5,759,414                       08/745,043                       06/02/98
5,759,418                       08/663,966                       06/02/98
5,759,424                       08/409,077                       06/02/98
5,759,428                       08/616,395                       06/02/98
5,759,433                       08/687,962                       06/02/98
5,759,442                       08/813,716                       06/02/98
5,759,449                       08/792,219                       06/02/98
5,759,451                       08/609,467                       06/02/98
5,759,456                       08/609,375                       06/02/98
5,759,458                       08/687,887                       06/02/98
5,759,460                       08/820,133                       06/02/98
5,759,471                       08/816,957                       06/02/98
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5,759,539                       08/470,738                       06/02/98
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5,759,608                       08/615,512                       06/02/98
5,759,610                       08/815,679                       06/02/98
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 136  

5,759,616                       08/401,770                       06/02/98
5,759,617                       08/825,628                       06/02/98
5,759,619                       08/772,805                       06/02/98
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5,759,893                       08/759,615                       06/02/98
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5,759,941                       08/387,413                       06/02/98
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5,759,954                       08/544,257                       06/02/98
5,759,957                       08/581,537                       06/02/98
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 137  

5,759,960                       08/648,721                       06/02/98
5,759,963                       08/116,483                       06/02/98
5,759,968                       08/708,542                       06/02/98
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5,760,141                       08/672,045                       06/02/98
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5,760,154                       08/392,791                       06/02/98
5,760,156                       08/764,816                       06/02/98
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5,760,175                       08/708,893                       06/02/98
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5,760,185                       08/436,463                       06/02/98
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5,760,215                       08/659,461                       06/02/98
5,760,217                       08/672,524                       06/02/98
5,760,219                       08/717,136                       06/02/98
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 138  

5,760,226                       08/765,456                       06/02/98
5,760,227                       08/690,695                       06/02/98
5,760,229                       08/597,906                       06/02/98
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5,760,293                       08/730,924                       06/02/98
5,760,297                       08/823,087                       06/02/98
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5,760,368                       08/596,213                       06/02/98
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5,760,390                       08/831,602                       06/02/98
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5,760,462                       08/820,183                       06/02/98
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5,760,508                       08/920,873                       06/02/98
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5,760,536                       08/347,133                       06/02/98
5,760,539                       08/619,503                       06/02/98
5,760,546                       08/716,081                       06/02/98
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 139  

5,760,547                       08/707,677                       06/02/98
5,760,548                       08/674,825                       06/02/98
5,760,550                       08/706,224                       06/02/98
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5,760,678                       08/650,636                       06/02/98
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5,760,687                       08/803,747                       06/02/98
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5,760,741                       08/629,860                       06/02/98
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5,760,932                       08/520,853                       06/02/98
5,760,936                       08/674,113                       06/02/98
5,760,941                       08/609,017                       06/02/98
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 140  

5,760,944                       08/791,983                       06/02/98
5,760,946                       08/835,790                       06/02/98
5,760,948                       08/713,486                       06/02/98
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5,761,213                       08/603,963                       06/02/98
5,761,217                       08/678,790                       06/02/98
5,761,219                       08/679,657                       06/02/98
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 141  

5,761,239                       08/432,913                       06/02/98
5,761,245                       08/604,959                       06/02/98
5,761,248                       08/684,155                       06/02/98
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5,761,569                       08/812,666                       06/02/98
5,761,591                       08/703,406                       06/02/98
5,761,599                       08/837,130                       06/02/98
5,761,600                       08/915,930                       06/02/98
5,761,607                       08/612,345                       06/02/98
5,761,636                       08/798,013                       06/02/98
5,761,639                       08/295,170                       06/02/98
5,761,647                       08/653,436                       06/02/98
5,761,664                       08/075,241                       06/02/98
5,761,666                       08/610,631                       06/02/98
5,761,680                       08/919,752                       06/02/98
5,761,683                       08/600,623                       06/02/98
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 142  

5,761,692                       08/441,566                       06/02/98
5,761,698                       08/581,855                       06/02/98
5,761,702                       08/683,913                       06/02/98
5,761,715                       08/694,303                       06/02/98
5,761,721                       08/678,336                       06/02/98
5,761,728                       08/777,184                       06/02/98
5,761,730                       08/697,563                       06/02/98
5,761,732                       08/672,679                       06/02/98
5,761,737                       08/412,303                       06/02/98
5,761,740                       08/566,116                       06/02/98

		     PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON May 28, 2010
		    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

Patent  	                Application                         Issue
Number          	           Number                            Date

6,393,609                       09/870,079                       05/28/02
6,393,611                       09/795,523                       05/28/02
6,393,619                       09/884,545                       05/28/02
6,393,621                       09/554,482                       05/28/02
6,393,627                       09/251,986                       05/28/02
6,393,636                       09/582,008                       05/28/02
6,393,637                       09/520,036                       05/28/02
6,393,640                       09/552,789                       05/28/02
6,393,643                       08/979,103                       05/28/02
6,393,647                       09/505,496                       05/28/02
6,393,650                       09/772,769                       05/28/02
6,393,652                       09/360,355                       05/28/02
6,393,653                       09/443,675                       05/28/02
6,393,655                       09/255,068                       05/28/02
6,393,656                       09/619,799                       05/28/02
6,393,660                       09/594,825                       05/28/02
6,393,664                       09/657,964                       05/28/02
6,393,667                       09/700,045                       05/28/02
6,393,669                       09/627,120                       05/28/02
6,393,671                       09/579,433                       05/28/02
6,393,675                       08/990,945                       05/28/02
6,393,678                       09/827,367                       05/28/02
6,393,679                       09/447,324                       05/28/02
6,393,680                       09/971,394                       05/28/02
6,393,682                       09/605,820                       05/28/02
6,393,685                       09/095,417                       05/28/02
6,393,689                       09/478,353                       05/28/02
6,393,690                       09/358,167                       05/28/02
6,393,692                       09/283,840                       05/28/02
6,393,693                       09/576,542                       05/28/02
6,393,694                       09/510,159                       05/28/02
6,393,707                       09/380,191                       05/28/02
6,393,708                       09/631,905                       05/28/02
6,393,711                       09/739,415                       05/28/02
6,393,713                       09/642,456                       05/28/02
6,393,715                       09/480,528                       05/28/02
6,393,716                       09/563,932                       05/28/02
6,393,717                       09/768,738                       05/28/02
6,393,719                       09/563,594                       05/28/02
6,393,721                       09/673,821                       05/28/02
6,393,723                       09/636,234                       05/28/02
6,393,724                       09/510,296                       05/28/02
6,393,728                       09/719,092                       05/28/02
6,393,730                       09/509,682                       05/28/02
6,393,734                       09/791,642                       05/28/02
6,393,742                       09/517,868                       05/28/02
6,393,746                       09/514,712                       05/28/02
6,393,750                       09/614,743                       05/28/02
6,393,751                       09/494,319                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 143  

6,393,752                       09/411,198                       05/28/02
6,393,753                       09/677,236                       05/28/02
6,393,757                       09/465,778                       05/28/02
6,393,758                       09/163,364                       05/28/02
6,393,759                       09/759,279                       05/28/02
6,393,761                       09/379,886                       05/28/02
6,393,778                       08/887,879                       05/28/02
6,393,783                       09/791,098                       05/28/02
6,393,784                       09/602,526                       05/28/02
6,393,788                       09/723,583                       05/28/02
6,393,790                       09/540,943                       05/28/02
6,393,791                       09/523,479                       05/28/02
6,393,799                       09/756,948                       05/28/02
6,393,803                       09/434,904                       05/28/02
6,393,804                       09/638,628                       05/28/02
6,393,815                       09/659,345                       05/28/02
6,393,819                       09/689,485                       05/28/02
6,393,826                       09/643,751                       05/28/02
6,393,827                       09/929,347                       05/28/02
6,393,831                       09/722,194                       05/28/02
6,393,833                       09/773,483                       05/28/02
6,393,834                       09/570,413                       05/28/02
6,393,837                       09/606,272                       05/28/02
6,393,845                       09/698,051                       05/28/02
6,393,848                       09/759,522                       05/28/02
6,393,857                       09/780,154                       05/28/02
6,393,859                       09/236,343                       05/28/02
6,393,860                       09/486,093                       05/28/02
6,393,861                       09/661,984                       05/28/02
6,393,864                       09/613,334                       05/28/02
6,393,865                       09/671,073                       05/28/02
6,393,867                       09/762,271                       05/28/02
6,393,871                       09/437,292                       05/28/02
6,393,876                       09/555,856                       05/28/02
6,393,877                       09/602,299                       05/28/02
6,393,880                       09/512,681                       05/28/02
6,393,883                       09/518,152                       05/28/02
6,393,887                       09/762,171                       05/28/02
6,393,889                       09/854,741                       05/28/02
6,393,897                       09/668,115                       05/28/02
6,393,902                       09/107,086                       05/28/02
6,393,915                       09/363,350                       05/28/02
6,393,923                       09/844,414                       05/28/02
6,393,933                       09/405,225                       05/28/02
6,393,935                       09/612,951                       05/28/02
6,393,943                       09/643,917                       05/28/02
6,393,951                       09/297,582                       05/28/02
6,393,952                       09/918,125                       05/28/02
6,393,955                       09/344,482                       05/28/02
6,393,958                       09/373,730                       05/28/02
6,393,960                       09/697,045                       05/28/02
6,393,961                       09/591,214                       05/28/02
6,393,968                       09/736,174                       05/28/02
6,393,983                       09/571,380                       05/28/02
6,393,984                       09/786,927                       05/28/02
6,393,988                       09/509,955                       05/28/02
6,393,989                       09/285,468                       05/28/02
6,393,991                       09/592,826                       05/28/02
6,393,994                       09/696,437                       05/28/02
6,394,000                       09/806,128                       05/28/02
6,394,006                       09/749,327                       05/28/02
6,394,014                       09/659,984                       05/28/02
6,394,017                       09/791,649                       05/28/02
6,394,020                       09/932,017                       05/28/02
6,394,022                       09/648,068                       05/28/02
6,394,023                       09/536,263                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 144  

6,394,025                       09/027,774                       05/28/02
6,394,033                       09/500,761                       05/28/02
6,394,034                       09/902,204                       05/28/02
6,394,037                       09/707,785                       05/28/02
6,394,038                       09/555,896                       05/28/02
6,394,040                       09/584,941                       05/28/02
6,394,046                       09/864,550                       05/28/02
6,394,048                       09/761,156                       05/28/02
6,394,053                       09/753,224                       05/28/02
6,394,065                       09/720,336                       05/28/02
6,394,067                       09/665,578                       05/28/02
6,394,070                       09/740,477                       05/28/02
6,394,071                       09/901,768                       05/28/02
6,394,073                       09/383,877                       05/28/02
6,394,074                       09/978,582                       05/28/02
6,394,078                       09/606,060                       05/28/02
6,394,092                       09/497,262                       05/28/02
6,394,095                       09/720,875                       05/28/02
6,394,099                       09/712,450                       05/28/02
6,394,109                       09/290,282                       05/28/02
6,394,113                       09/607,741                       05/28/02
6,394,114                       09/442,312                       05/28/02
6,394,115                       09/678,843                       05/28/02
6,394,118                       09/056,488                       05/28/02
6,394,121                       09/824,159                       05/28/02
6,394,125                       09/800,852                       05/28/02
6,394,133                       09/701,253                       05/28/02
6,394,146                       09/855,616                       05/28/02
6,394,152                       09/756,806                       05/28/02
6,394,156                       09/673,572                       05/28/02
6,394,165                       09/435,951                       05/28/02
6,394,166                       09/735,259                       05/28/02
6,394,167                       09/524,089                       05/28/02
6,394,173                       09/844,806                       05/28/02
6,394,203                       10/003,424                       05/28/02
6,394,210                       09/326,601                       05/28/02
6,394,212                       09/367,713                       05/28/02
6,394,213                       09/610,353                       05/28/02
6,394,216                       09/571,193                       05/28/02
6,394,219                       09/595,836                       05/28/02
6,394,226                       09/523,965                       05/28/02
6,394,228                       09/627,469                       05/28/02
6,394,229                       09/648,774                       05/28/02
6,394,239                       08/959,775                       05/28/02
6,394,240                       09/234,180                       05/28/02
6,394,247                       09/583,838                       05/28/02
6,394,248                       09/583,844                       05/28/02
6,394,260                       09/617,477                       05/28/02
6,394,263                       09/364,802                       05/28/02
6,394,264                       09/504,861                       05/28/02
6,394,272                       08/617,829                       05/28/02
6,394,273                       09/580,760                       05/28/02
6,394,274                       09/149,655                       05/28/02
6,394,278                       09/518,257                       05/28/02
6,394,279                       09/595,214                       05/28/02
6,394,280                       09/762,500                       05/28/02
6,394,287                       09/842,066                       05/28/02
6,394,289                       09/748,272                       05/28/02
6,394,292                       09/233,275                       05/28/02
6,394,293                       09/460,776                       05/28/02
6,394,298                       09/567,101                       05/28/02
6,394,300                       09/551,214                       05/28/02
6,394,302                       09/706,905                       05/28/02
6,394,304                       09/597,546                       05/28/02
6,394,306                       09/602,314                       05/28/02
6,394,309                       09/928,709                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 145  

6,394,311                       09/800,452                       05/28/02
6,394,312                       09/752,825                       05/28/02
6,394,313                       09/949,365                       05/28/02
6,394,318                       09/926,119                       05/28/02
6,394,319                       09/717,774                       05/28/02
6,394,321                       10/027,596                       05/28/02
6,394,322                       09/588,794                       05/28/02
6,394,324                       09/849,359                       05/28/02
6,394,325                       09/698,960                       05/28/02
6,394,328                       09/437,191                       05/28/02
6,394,331                       09/589,275                       05/28/02
6,394,333                       09/448,379                       05/28/02
6,394,338                       09/929,327                       05/28/02
6,394,343                       09/418,059                       05/28/02
6,394,347                       09/189,787                       05/28/02
6,394,353                       09/078,609                       05/28/02
6,394,361                       09/830,711                       05/28/02
6,394,369                       09/470,135                       05/28/02
6,394,376                       09/505,568                       05/28/02
6,394,377                       09/634,587                       05/28/02
6,394,380                       09/885,088                       05/28/02
6,394,381                       09/635,842                       05/28/02
6,394,386                       09/657,590                       05/28/02
6,394,389                       09/479,287                       05/28/02
6,394,391                       09/814,648                       05/28/02
6,394,392                       09/691,930                       05/28/02
6,394,394                       09/567,816                       05/28/02
6,394,401                       09/499,869                       05/28/02
6,394,402                       09/388,334                       05/28/02
6,394,410                       09/610,965                       05/28/02
6,394,417                       09/568,425                       05/28/02
6,394,419                       09/497,615                       05/28/02
6,394,421                       09/578,860                       05/28/02
6,394,422                       09/611,647                       05/28/02
6,394,426                       09/612,076                       05/28/02
6,394,433                       09/762,273                       05/28/02
6,394,438                       09/853,490                       05/28/02
6,394,447                       09/662,815                       05/28/02
6,394,451                       09/496,177                       05/28/02
6,394,455                       09/819,155                       05/28/02
6,394,472                       09/786,978                       05/28/02
6,394,473                       09/643,390                       05/28/02
6,394,476                       09/636,404                       05/28/02
6,394,479                       09/634,266                       05/28/02
6,394,489                       09/599,932                       05/28/02
6,394,490                       09/814,904                       05/28/02
6,394,491                       09/770,920                       05/28/02
6,394,493                       09/617,873                       05/28/02
6,394,498                       09/666,515                       05/28/02
6,394,499                       09/080,602                       05/28/02
6,394,504                       09/542,814                       05/28/02
6,394,513                       09/753,440                       05/28/02
6,394,518                       09/917,411                       05/28/02
6,394,519                       09/438,552                       05/28/02
6,394,522                       09/532,312                       05/28/02
6,394,523                       09/653,920                       05/28/02
6,394,527                       09/771,622                       05/28/02
6,394,532                       09/961,724                       05/28/02
6,394,538                       09/751,131                       05/28/02
6,394,544                       09/612,364                       05/28/02
6,394,556                       09/524,258                       05/28/02
6,394,557                       09/079,917                       05/28/02
6,394,559                       09/664,211                       05/28/02
6,394,567                       09/767,596                       05/28/02
6,394,577                       09/377,482                       05/28/02
6,394,595                       09/141,981                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 146  

6,394,597                       08/382,806                       05/28/02
6,394,604                       09/599,247                       05/28/02
6,394,611                       09/634,028                       05/28/02
6,394,614                       09/968,534                       05/28/02
6,394,618                       09/893,835                       05/28/02
6,394,624                       09/817,709                       05/28/02
6,394,631                       09/666,500                       05/28/02
6,394,634                       09/790,130                       05/28/02
6,394,635                       09/584,377                       05/28/02
6,394,636                       09/521,683                       05/28/02
6,394,637                       09/645,180                       05/28/02
6,394,641                       09/828,944                       05/28/02
6,394,649                       09/651,761                       05/28/02
6,394,676                       09/501,868                       05/28/02
6,394,682                       09/552,020                       05/28/02
6,394,691                       09/621,224                       05/28/02
6,394,693                       09/526,517                       05/28/02
6,394,699                       09/628,982                       05/28/02
6,394,700                       09/621,311                       05/28/02
6,394,703                       09/720,837                       05/28/02
6,394,704                       09/423,563                       05/28/02
6,394,705                       09/481,474                       05/28/02
6,394,710                       09/403,607                       05/28/02
6,394,713                       09/797,619                       05/28/02
6,394,714                       09/798,702                       05/28/02
6,394,716                       09/548,146                       05/28/02
6,394,717                       09/671,014                       05/28/02
6,394,718                       09/705,864                       05/28/02
6,394,727                       09/402,192                       05/28/02
6,394,729                       09/733,249                       05/28/02
6,394,730                       09/665,861                       05/28/02
6,394,736                       09/469,380                       05/28/02
6,394,738                       09/495,766                       05/28/02
6,394,740                       09/587,334                       05/28/02
6,394,741                       09/508,063                       05/28/02
6,394,743                       09/467,454                       05/28/02
6,394,751                       09/563,822                       05/28/02
6,394,754                       09/629,107                       05/28/02
6,394,756                       09/560,210                       05/28/02
6,394,757                       09/643,585                       05/28/02
6,394,761                       09/543,537                       05/28/02
6,394,776                       09/760,993                       05/28/02
6,394,780                       09/743,734                       05/28/02
6,394,789                       09/622,129                       05/28/02
6,394,796                       09/706,939                       05/28/02
6,394,797                       09/526,460                       05/28/02
6,394,804                       09/826,184                       05/28/02
6,394,807                       09/832,491                       05/28/02
6,394,820                       09/685,480                       05/28/02
6,394,821                       09/572,910                       05/28/02
6,394,823                       09/580,316                       05/28/02
6,394,831                       09/632,420                       05/28/02
6,394,832                       09/719,776                       05/28/02
6,394,852                       09/985,199                       05/28/02
6,394,856                       09/477,587                       05/28/02
6,394,858                       09/786,776                       05/28/02
6,394,866                       09/925,132                       05/28/02
6,394,877                       09/685,182                       05/28/02
6,394,879                       09/779,999                       05/28/02
6,394,881                       09/573,168                       05/28/02
6,394,882                       09/349,846                       05/28/02
6,394,885                       09/756,224                       05/28/02
6,394,887                       09/552,282                       05/28/02
6,394,889                       09/610,823                       05/28/02
6,394,890                       09/878,606                       05/28/02
6,394,899                       09/430,812                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 147  

6,394,910                       09/617,734                       05/28/02
6,394,922                       09/484,384                       05/28/02
6,394,924                       09/676,712                       05/28/02
6,394,925                       09/485,774                       05/28/02
6,394,926                       09/667,708                       05/28/02
6,394,928                       09/610,898                       05/28/02
6,394,935                       09/653,731                       05/28/02
6,394,938                       09/603,986                       05/28/02
6,394,941                       09/816,137                       05/28/02
6,394,950                       09/978,604                       05/28/02
6,394,971                       09/772,441                       05/28/02
6,394,973                       09/507,266                       05/28/02
6,394,975                       08/863,883                       05/28/02
6,394,979                       09/590,681                       05/28/02
6,394,985                       09/904,907                       05/28/02
6,394,987                       09/328,093                       05/28/02
6,394,994                       09/384,765                       05/28/02
6,395,001                       09/546,697                       05/28/02
6,395,002                       09/483,993                       05/28/02
6,395,014                       09/447,458                       05/28/02
6,395,023                       09/309,949                       05/28/02
6,395,036                       09/287,174                       05/28/02
6,395,041                       09/538,538                       05/28/02
6,395,042                       09/443,141                       05/28/02
6,395,051                       09/356,271                       05/28/02
6,395,052                       09/554,046                       05/28/02
6,395,057                       09/581,158                       05/28/02
6,395,066                       09/511,407                       05/28/02
6,395,067                       09/663,827                       05/28/02
6,395,068                       09/678,282                       05/28/02
6,395,074                       09/858,773                       05/28/02
6,395,080                       09/179,715                       05/28/02
6,395,083                       09/793,700                       05/28/02
6,395,084                       09/250,373                       05/28/02
6,395,086                       08/445,590                       05/28/02
6,395,087                       09/359,625                       05/28/02
6,395,089                       09/729,160                       05/28/02
6,395,091                       09/563,056                       05/28/02
6,395,094                       09/548,602                       05/28/02
6,395,112                       09/497,874                       05/28/02
6,395,116                       09/632,725                       05/28/02
6,395,123                       09/286,394                       05/28/02
6,395,127                       09/295,102                       05/28/02
6,395,131                       09/665,010                       05/28/02
6,395,132                       09/512,662                       05/28/02
6,395,135                       09/937,253                       05/28/02
6,395,144                       09/614,695                       05/28/02
6,395,151                       09/703,029                       05/28/02
6,395,152                       09/346,699                       05/28/02
6,395,155                       09/714,718                       05/28/02
6,395,156                       09/681,962                       05/28/02
6,395,158                       09/706,954                       05/28/02
6,395,161                       09/509,270                       05/28/02
6,395,163                       09/170,601                       05/28/02
6,395,169                       09/412,319                       05/28/02
6,395,184                       09/555,975                       05/28/02
6,395,187                       09/165,238                       05/28/02
6,395,188                       09/659,055                       05/28/02
6,395,189                       09/717,594                       05/28/02
6,395,193                       09/564,124                       05/28/02
6,395,194                       09/216,679                       05/28/02
6,395,201                       09/498,392                       05/28/02
6,395,203                       09/385,888                       05/28/02
6,395,207                       09/317,569                       05/28/02
6,395,211                       09/554,550                       05/28/02
6,395,214                       09/443,564                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 148  

6,395,215                       09/547,261                       05/28/02
6,395,217                       09/450,430                       05/28/02
6,395,219                       09/566,938                       05/28/02
6,395,229                       09/575,278                       05/28/02
6,395,231                       09/331,221                       05/28/02
6,395,240                       09/555,381                       05/28/02
6,395,242                       09/410,102                       05/28/02
6,395,243                       09/445,302                       05/28/02
6,395,254                       09/308,103                       05/28/02
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6,395,440                       09/706,864                       05/28/02
6,395,450                       09/583,547                       05/28/02
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6,395,456                       09/342,895                       05/28/02
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6,395,463                       09/320,615                       05/28/02
6,395,464                       09/705,038                       05/28/02
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6,395,473                       09/743,570                       05/28/02
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6,395,500                       09/358,258                       05/28/02
6,395,512                       09/430,010                       05/28/02
6,395,521                       09/786,771                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 149  

6,395,522                       08/178,343                       05/28/02
6,395,526                       09/091,889                       05/28/02
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6,395,806                       09/743,214                       05/28/02
6,395,828                       09/965,711                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 150  

6,395,837                       09/909,239                       05/28/02
6,395,844                       09/387,996                       05/28/02
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6,396,095                       09/869,522                       05/28/02
6,396,120                       09/527,191                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 151  

6,396,123                       09/548,617                       05/28/02
6,396,128                       09/672,792                       05/28/02
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6,396,487                       09/046,222                       05/28/02
6,396,517                       09/261,313                       05/28/02
6,396,525                       09/708,335                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 152  

6,396,528                       09/120,342                       05/28/02
6,396,529                       09/556,522                       05/28/02
6,396,543                       09/475,257                       05/28/02
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6,396,899                       09/826,846                       05/28/02
6,396,902                       09/766,373                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 153  

6,396,910                       09/259,612                       05/28/02
6,396,911                       09/292,270                       05/28/02
6,396,922                       09/001,065                       05/28/02
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6,397,320                       09/344,061                       05/28/02
6,397,339                       09/239,958                       05/28/02
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 154  

6,397,340                       09/756,838                       05/28/02
6,397,348                       08/685,269                       05/28/02
6,397,355                       09/280,375                       05/28/02
6,397,356                       09/323,120                       05/28/02
6,397,364                       09/189,244                       05/28/02
6,397,380                       08/634,515                       05/28/02

		     PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED ON May 30, 2010
		    DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES

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7,051,372                       10/488,991                       05/30/06
7,051,375                       10/953,331                       05/30/06
7,051,376                       11/042,046                       05/30/06
7,051,377                       10/944,950                       05/30/06
7,051,378                       11/065,010                       05/30/06
7,051,379                       10/831,536                       05/30/06
7,051,380                       10/287,237                       05/30/06
7,051,383                       11/130,127                       05/30/06
7,051,385                       10/975,655                       05/30/06
7,051,387                       11/026,814                       05/30/06
7,051,392                       10/697,134                       05/30/06
7,051,396                       10/195,496                       05/30/06
7,051,400                       10/295,803                       05/30/06
7,051,401                       10/369,631                       05/30/06
7,051,403                       10/467,759                       05/30/06
7,051,405                       10/952,745                       05/30/06
7,051,406                       10/757,004                       05/30/06
7,051,407                       10/956,099                       05/30/06
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7,051,449                       10/969,209                       05/30/06
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7,051,459                       10/701,736                       05/30/06
7,051,466                       10/997,133                       05/30/06
7,051,476                       11/068,926                       05/30/06
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7,051,481                       10/120,308                       05/30/06
7,051,483                       10/445,281                       05/30/06
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7,051,487                       10/656,410                       05/30/06
7,051,488                       10/281,374                       05/30/06
7,051,507                       10/396,867                       05/30/06
7,051,508                       10/873,162                       05/30/06
7,051,512                       10/732,932                       05/30/06
7,051,521                       11/041,296                       05/30/06
7,051,548                       10/629,121                       05/30/06
7,051,564                       10/932,033                       05/30/06
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7,051,568                       10/664,284                       05/30/06
7,051,572                       10/498,608                       05/30/06
7,051,574                       10/990,941                       05/30/06
7,051,578                       10/382,961                       05/30/06
7,051,601                       11/045,369                       05/30/06
7,051,606                       10/768,277                       05/30/06
7,051,607                       10/808,708                       05/30/06
7,051,608                       10/487,120                       05/30/06
7,051,616                       10/419,074                       05/30/06
7,051,619                       10/334,031                       05/30/06
7,051,620                       11/148,025                       05/30/06
7,051,622                       11/029,588                       05/30/06
7,051,626                       11/051,366                       05/30/06
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 155  

7,051,634                       10/283,628                       05/30/06
7,051,638                       10/954,158                       05/30/06
7,051,643                       10/822,157                       05/30/06
7,051,645                       10/881,928                       05/30/06
7,051,646                       10/490,281                       05/30/06
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7,051,652                       10/109,476                       05/30/06
7,051,664                       10/794,944                       05/30/06
7,051,675                       10/859,931                       05/30/06
7,051,676                       11/032,988                       05/30/06
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7,051,691                       10/680,821                       05/30/06
7,051,698                       10/399,357                       05/30/06
7,051,701                       11/038,645                       05/30/06
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7,051,728                       10/824,031                       05/30/06
7,051,730                       10/638,325                       05/30/06
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7,051,760                       10/769,329                       05/30/06
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7,051,768                       10/337,994                       05/30/06
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7,051,780                       10/397,916                       05/30/06
7,051,781                       10/886,012                       05/30/06
7,051,795                       10/846,384                       05/30/06
7,051,796                       10/847,255                       05/30/06
7,051,805                       10/301,229                       05/30/06
7,051,817                       10/914,026                       05/30/06
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7,051,828                       10/765,195                       05/30/06
7,051,838                       10/818,600                       05/30/06
7,051,841                       09/581,292                       05/30/06
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7,051,853                       10/770,084                       05/30/06
7,051,854                       10/826,647                       05/30/06
7,051,870                       10/722,775                       05/30/06
7,051,871                       10/272,158                       05/30/06
7,051,877                       10/294,155                       05/30/06
7,051,878                       10/286,785                       05/30/06
7,051,887                       10/643,559                       05/30/06
7,051,899                       10/673,607                       05/30/06
7,051,901                       10/708,718                       05/30/06
7,051,903                       10/675,034                       05/30/06
7,051,905                       10/068,714                       05/30/06
7,051,909                       10/635,090                       05/30/06
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7,051,920                       10/782,066                       05/30/06
7,051,921                       10/911,428                       05/30/06
7,051,934                       10/915,563                       05/30/06
7,051,947                       10/481,241                       05/30/06
7,051,953                       10/450,980                       05/30/06
7,051,955                       10/835,840                       05/30/06
7,051,956                       10/804,949                       05/30/06
7,051,957                       10/983,116                       05/30/06
7,051,958                       10/474,681                       05/30/06
7,051,959                       10/731,180                       05/30/06
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 156  

7,051,964                       10/745,635                       05/30/06
7,051,969                       10/679,570                       05/30/06
7,051,970                       10/879,601                       05/30/06
7,051,981                       11/044,308                       05/30/06
7,051,991                       10/917,451                       05/30/06
7,051,992                       10/647,568                       05/30/06
7,051,994                       10/186,456                       05/30/06
7,052,004                       10/250,386                       05/30/06
7,052,022                       10/436,550                       05/30/06
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7,052,024                       10/720,228                       05/30/06
7,052,034                       10/868,081                       05/30/06
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7,052,063                       10/889,556                       05/30/06
7,052,066                       10/771,799                       05/30/06
7,052,068                       10/711,760                       05/30/06
7,052,069                       10/834,520                       05/30/06
7,052,070                       11/201,964                       05/30/06
7,052,077                       09/592,751                       05/30/06
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7,052,093                       10/893,510                       05/30/06
7,052,095                       10/475,787                       05/30/06
7,052,148                       10/959,271                       05/30/06
7,052,153                       10/206,333                       05/30/06
7,052,155                       10/641,175                       05/30/06
7,052,156                       10/701,510                       05/30/06
7,052,158                       11/032,953                       05/30/06
7,052,159                       10/348,096                       05/30/06
7,052,163                       10/491,577                       05/30/06
7,052,174                       10/941,958                       05/30/06
7,052,180                       10/337,246                       05/30/06
7,052,193                       10/911,779                       05/30/06
7,052,198                       11/043,133                       05/30/06
7,052,201                       10/477,010                       05/30/06
7,052,208                       10/855,084                       05/30/06
7,052,209                       10/402,414                       05/30/06
7,052,211                       11/122,876                       05/30/06
7,052,216                       11/032,956                       05/30/06
7,052,222                       11/000,057                       05/30/06
7,052,224                       10/279,434                       05/30/06
7,052,225                       10/012,342                       05/30/06
7,052,226                       10/650,662                       05/30/06
7,052,229                       10/865,328                       05/30/06
7,052,242                       10/719,346                       05/30/06
7,052,246                       09/000,008                       05/30/06
7,052,252                       10/461,152                       05/30/06
7,052,259                       10/377,215                       05/30/06
7,052,262                       09/789,195                       05/30/06
7,052,269                       11/023,338                       05/30/06
7,052,271                       10/655,534                       05/30/06
7,052,273                       10/764,570                       05/30/06
7,052,275                       10/646,443                       05/30/06
7,052,282                       10/952,566                       05/30/06
7,052,289                       10/537,926                       05/30/06
7,052,291                       10/730,970                       05/30/06
7,052,301                       10/463,244                       05/30/06
7,052,312                       10/795,865                       05/30/06
7,052,321                       10/965,884                       05/30/06
7,052,335                       10/508,935                       05/30/06
7,052,344                       10/963,212                       05/30/06
7,052,345                       11/248,973                       05/30/06
7,052,346                       10/998,442                       05/30/06
7,052,347                       11/085,535                       05/30/06
7,052,353                       10/476,489                       05/30/06
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 157  

7,052,357                       10/838,604                       05/30/06
7,052,364                       10/867,087                       05/30/06
7,052,368                       10/861,254                       05/30/06
7,052,385                       10/656,548                       05/30/06
7,052,386                       10/395,826                       05/30/06
7,052,399                       10/690,247                       05/30/06
7,052,401                       10/477,428                       05/30/06
7,052,404                       10/688,523                       05/30/06
7,052,407                       09/977,331                       05/30/06
7,052,408                       11/055,273                       05/30/06
7,052,412                       10/434,254                       05/30/06
7,052,420                       10/381,764                       05/30/06
7,052,427                       10/257,152                       05/30/06
7,052,435                       10/868,926                       05/30/06
7,052,436                       10/490,692                       05/30/06
7,052,443                       10/386,727                       05/30/06
7,052,449                       10/803,702                       05/30/06
7,052,463                       10/254,249                       05/30/06
7,052,465                       11/121,305                       05/30/06
7,052,469                       10/707,070                       05/30/06
7,052,477                       10/683,989                       05/30/06
7,052,491                       10/115,115                       05/30/06
7,052,503                       10/115,970                       05/30/06
7,052,507                       10/168,791                       05/30/06
7,052,514                       09/844,257                       05/30/06
7,052,521                       10/874,275                       05/30/06
7,052,525                       10/639,500                       05/30/06
7,052,533                       10/473,866                       05/30/06
7,052,558                       11/101,510                       05/30/06
7,052,563                       10/732,760                       05/30/06
7,052,585                       10/384,797                       05/30/06
7,052,589                       10/100,549                       05/30/06
7,052,592                       10/876,073                       05/30/06
7,052,618                       10/766,639                       05/30/06
7,052,625                       09/819,787                       05/30/06
7,052,627                       09/856,361                       05/30/06
7,052,634                       10/750,943                       05/30/06
7,052,637                       10/276,683                       05/30/06
7,052,640                       10/847,758                       05/30/06
7,052,641                       10/626,635                       05/30/06
7,052,642                       10/458,841                       05/30/06
7,052,654                       10/358,760                       05/30/06
7,052,660                       10/169,143                       05/30/06
7,052,661                       10/348,112                       05/30/06
7,052,675                       11/027,139                       05/30/06
7,052,680                       10/816,567                       05/30/06
7,052,681                       10/047,987                       05/30/06
7,052,683                       10/719,841                       05/30/06
7,052,692                       09/145,379                       05/30/06
7,052,697                       10/018,290                       05/30/06
7,052,707                       10/466,824                       05/30/06
7,052,708                       10/758,123                       05/30/06
7,052,738                       10/945,095                       05/30/06
7,052,740                       10/255,827                       05/30/06
7,052,741                       10/847,765                       05/30/06
7,052,748                       10/758,720                       05/30/06
7,052,753                       07/456,616                       05/30/06
7,052,774                       10/471,921                       05/30/06
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7,052,792                       10/204,381                       05/30/06
7,052,794                       09/837,480                       05/30/06
7,052,806                       10/220,973                       05/30/06
7,052,840                       10/114,929                       05/30/06
7,052,842                       10/258,344                       05/30/06
7,052,849                       09/991,627                       05/30/06
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 158  

7,052,850                       10/084,507                       05/30/06
7,052,858                       09/877,933                       05/30/06
7,052,874                       10/415,166                       05/30/06
7,052,880                       10/837,334                       05/30/06
7,052,885                       10/325,922                       05/30/06
7,052,886                       10/311,944                       05/30/06
7,052,891                       10/667,494                       05/30/06
7,052,893                       10/224,413                       05/30/06
7,052,894                       10/673,885                       05/30/06
7,052,895                       10/781,102                       05/30/06
7,052,896                       09/971,536                       05/30/06
7,052,902                       10/690,962                       05/30/06
7,052,914                       09/984,299                       05/30/06
7,052,933                       10/510,874                       05/30/06
7,052,937                       10/429,758                       05/30/06
7,052,941                       10/873,969                       05/30/06
7,052,947                       10/632,154                       05/30/06
7,052,952                       10/779,494                       05/30/06
7,052,967                       10/394,139                       05/30/06
7,052,978                       10/649,958                       05/30/06
7,052,995                       10/176,666                       05/30/06
7,052,996                       10/722,801                       05/30/06
7,053,006                       10/408,630                       05/30/06
7,053,008                       10/652,314                       05/30/06
7,053,014                       10/476,876                       05/30/06
7,053,020                       10/668,592                       05/30/06
7,053,026                       10/399,995                       05/30/06
7,053,030                       10/780,865                       05/30/06
7,053,038                       10/214,695                       05/30/06
7,053,045                       10/837,624                       05/30/06
7,053,059                       10/628,065                       05/30/06
7,053,060                       10/432,905                       05/30/06
7,053,068                       10/487,721                       05/30/06
7,053,069                       10/437,103                       05/30/06
7,053,070                       10/182,178                       05/30/06
7,053,073                       10/896,612                       05/30/06
7,053,074                       10/051,662                       05/30/06
7,053,078                       10/030,188                       05/30/06
7,053,086                       10/648,810                       05/30/06
7,053,090                       10/472,555                       05/30/06
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7,053,095                       10/667,183                       05/30/06
7,053,097                       09/707,548                       05/30/06
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7,053,107                       10/737,655                       05/30/06
7,053,109                       10/192,543                       05/30/06
7,053,112                       10/668,920                       05/30/06
7,053,113                       10/743,909                       05/30/06
7,053,114                       10/816,957                       05/30/06
7,053,122                       10/636,406                       05/30/06
7,053,131                       10/308,938                       05/30/06
7,053,133                       10/475,908                       05/30/06
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7,053,158                       10/668,850                       05/30/06
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7,053,177                       09/079,678                       05/30/06
7,053,178                       10/997,989                       05/30/06
7,053,182                       11/109,077                       05/30/06
7,053,196                       10/261,942                       05/30/06
7,053,197                       10/263,666                       05/30/06
7,053,199                       10/363,057                       05/30/06
7,053,203                       09/979,432                       05/30/06
7,053,212                       10/666,811                       05/30/06
7,053,213                       10/233,160                       05/30/06
7,053,217                       10/041,384                       05/30/06
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 159  

7,053,219                       10/732,988                       05/30/06
7,053,220                       10/355,700                       05/30/06
7,053,231                       10/830,737                       05/30/06
7,053,234                       10/877,408                       05/30/06
7,053,246                       10/731,095                       05/30/06
7,053,262                       10/347,718                       05/30/06
7,053,265                       09/969,263                       05/30/06
7,053,268                       10/009,570                       05/30/06
7,053,271                       10/795,001                       05/30/06
7,053,287                       10/440,004                       05/30/06
7,053,291                       10/935,051                       05/30/06
7,053,292                       10/253,773                       05/30/06
7,053,298                       10/970,183                       05/30/06
7,053,301                       10/918,734                       05/30/06
7,053,304                       11/012,268                       05/30/06
7,053,305                       11/033,742                       05/30/06
7,053,321                       10/410,811                       05/30/06
7,053,323                       11/121,722                       05/30/06
7,053,335                       10/451,607                       05/30/06
7,053,351                       10/813,503                       05/30/06
7,053,359                       11/121,809                       05/30/06
7,053,375                       10/627,983                       05/30/06
7,053,380                       10/503,267                       05/30/06
7,053,385                       10/684,184                       05/30/06
7,053,387                       10/639,165                       05/30/06
7,053,389                       10/917,458                       05/30/06
7,053,391                       10/920,402                       05/30/06
7,053,426                       10/953,070                       05/30/06
7,053,427                       10/816,006                       05/30/06
7,053,428                       10/479,520                       05/30/06
7,053,433                       10/135,488                       05/30/06
7,053,436                       10/752,668                       05/30/06
7,053,438                       10/972,159                       05/30/06
7,053,447                       10/940,414                       05/30/06
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7,053,492                       10/632,623                       05/30/06
7,053,499                       10/289,612                       05/30/06
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7,053,523                       10/774,645                       05/30/06
7,053,535                       10/479,090                       05/30/06
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7,053,551                       10/648,539                       05/30/06
7,053,566                       10/963,789                       05/30/06
7,053,589                       10/344,442                       05/30/06
7,053,603                       10/807,406                       05/30/06
7,053,604                       11/067,578                       05/30/06
7,053,616                       10/533,991                       05/30/06
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7,053,640                       10/331,714                       05/30/06
7,053,643                       10/811,128                       05/30/06
7,053,646                       10/695,245                       05/30/06
7,053,653                       10/916,811                       05/30/06
7,053,685                       11/194,828                       05/30/06
7,053,709                       10/129,860                       05/30/06
7,053,721                       10/717,895                       05/30/06
7,053,736                       10/260,598                       05/30/06
7,053,748                       10/637,369                       05/30/06
7,053,750                       10/156,896                       05/30/06
7,053,756                       10/036,914                       05/30/06
7,053,759                       10/974,624                       05/30/06
7,053,765                       10/979,985                       05/30/06
7,053,769                       10/498,129                       05/30/06
7,053,818                       10/248,162                       05/30/06
7,053,829                       10/501,221                       05/30/06
7,053,840                       10/506,284                       05/30/06
 July 20, 2010 US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1356 OG 160  

7,053,855                       10/747,208                       05/30/06
7,053,859                       10/450,192                       05/30/06
7,053,860                       11/068,457                       05/30/06
7,053,870                       10/126,583                       05/30/06
7,053,873                       10/253,884                       05/30/06
7,053,876                       10/608,027                       05/30/06
7,053,882                       10/622,448                       05/30/06
7,053,884                       10/135,074                       05/30/06
7,053,894                       09/756,951                       05/30/06
7,053,898                       10/101,165                       05/30/06
7,053,905                       11/081,629                       05/30/06
7,053,920                       11/133,127                       05/30/06
7,053,937                       09/573,567                       05/30/06
7,053,946                       10/091,406                       05/30/06
7,053,947                       10/067,153                       05/30/06
7,053,959                       10/406,290                       05/30/06
7,053,962                       09/914,977                       05/30/06
7,053,963                       10/090,980                       05/30/06
7,053,971                       10/617,871                       05/30/06
7,053,978                       10/489,531                       05/30/06
7,053,997                       10/053,744                       05/30/06
7,054,001                       10/362,257                       05/30/06
7,054,003                       10/954,160                       05/30/06
7,054,009                       10/698,589                       05/30/06
7,054,012                       10/735,142                       05/30/06
7,054,015                       09/346,354                       05/30/06
7,054,048                       11/070,141                       05/30/06
7,054,055                       10/873,333                       05/30/06
7,054,058                       10/095,382                       05/30/06
7,054,074                       10/462,770                       05/30/06
7,054,077                       10/816,201                       05/30/06
7,054,078                       10/263,966                       05/30/06
7,054,082                       10/163,370                       05/30/06
7,054,084                       10/652,727                       05/30/06
7,054,089                       10/691,612                       05/30/06
7,054,101                       10/065,485                       05/30/06
7,054,102                       11/038,600                       05/30/06
7,054,111                       10/299,513                       05/30/06
7,054,112                       10/678,069                       05/30/06
7,054,117                       10/826,945                       05/30/06
7,054,123                       10/368,074                       05/30/06
7,054,125                       10/419,117                       05/30/06
7,054,138                       11/084,101                       05/30/06
7,054,141                       11/155,351                       05/30/06
7,054,151                       10/663,012                       05/30/06
7,054,155                       10/390,369                       05/30/06
7,054,167                       10/982,246                       05/30/06
7,054,189                       11/147,270                       05/30/06
7,054,199                       11/021,181                       05/30/06
7,054,225                       10/614,955                       05/30/06
7,054,233                       10/459,793                       05/30/06
7,054,243                       10/496,486                       05/30/06
7,054,251                       10/800,559                       05/30/06
7,054,258                       10/006,619                       05/30/06
7,054,260                       10/255,027                       05/30/06
7,054,261                       10/030,472                       05/30/06
7,054,286                       09/829,092                       05/30/06
7,054,292                       09/833,720                       05/30/06
7,054,295                       09/589,086                       05/30/06
7,054,329                       09/896,716                       05/30/06
7,054,331                       09/660,909                       05/30/06
7,054,333                       09/918,331                       05/30/06
7,054,334                       09/918,537                       05/30/06
7,054,341                       10/505,070                       05/30/06
7,054,347                       09/899,840                       05/30/06
7,054,348                       10/011,217                       05/30/06
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7,054,351                       09/830,624                       05/30/06
7,054,354                       10/078,952                       05/30/06
7,054,357                       09/869,897                       05/30/06
7,054,360                       10/095,557                       05/30/06
7,054,361                       09/585,803                       05/30/06
7,054,363                       09/808,192                       05/30/06
7,054,364                       10/058,406                       05/30/06
7,054,377                       09/534,696                       05/30/06
7,054,380                       09/913,809                       05/30/06
7,054,395                       09/853,682                       05/30/06
7,054,429                       10/086,391                       05/30/06
7,054,455                       10/917,051                       05/30/06
7,054,474                       10/206,031                       05/30/06
7,054,477                       10/294,216                       05/30/06
7,054,495                       11/038,091                       05/30/06
7,054,510                       09/914,262                       05/30/06
7,054,514                       11/052,731                       05/30/06
7,054,524                       10/929,930                       05/30/06
7,054,525                       10/529,201                       05/30/06
7,054,540                       09/773,918                       05/30/06
7,054,542                       11/073,323                       05/30/06
7,054,549                       10/722,398                       05/30/06
7,054,551                       10/885,331                       05/30/06
7,054,558                       09/771,664                       05/30/06
7,054,575                       10/601,211                       05/30/06
7,054,576                       10/662,100                       05/30/06
7,054,598                       10/638,001                       05/30/06
7,054,610                       09/694,675                       05/30/06
7,054,622                       10/604,720                       05/30/06
7,054,634                       10/506,663                       05/30/06
7,054,652                       10/282,344                       05/30/06
7,054,655                       10/111,633                       05/30/06
7,054,676                       09/840,029                       05/30/06
7,054,677                       10/124,616                       05/30/06
7,054,686                       10/243,015                       05/30/06
7,054,699                       11/073,588                       05/30/06
7,054,706                       10/611,253                       05/30/06
7,054,711                       10/168,837                       05/30/06
7,054,716                       10/655,253                       05/30/06
7,054,723                       10/366,321                       05/30/06
7,054,726                       10/387,512                       05/30/06
7,054,736                       10/993,959                       05/30/06
7,054,744                       10/689,736                       05/30/06
7,054,748                       10/705,111                       05/30/06
7,054,773                       10/449,361                       05/30/06
7,054,777                       10/949,888                       05/30/06
7,054,780                       10/939,861                       05/30/06
7,054,798                       09/907,753                       05/30/06
7,054,811                       10/958,498                       05/30/06
7,054,832                       09/598,196                       05/30/06
7,054,846                       09/485,445                       05/30/06
7,054,855                       09/898,253                       05/30/06
7,054,889                       09/794,848                       05/30/06
7,054,909                       09/695,231                       05/30/06
7,054,912                       10/092,540                       05/30/06
7,054,916                       10/177,468                       05/30/06
7,054,952                       09/458,642                       05/30/06
7,054,959                       10/390,862                       05/30/06
7,054,971                       10/391,913                       05/30/06
7,054,978                       09/931,710                       05/30/06
7,054,991                       10/786,960                       05/30/06
7,055,058                       10/314,145                       05/30/06
7,055,088                       09/777,213                       05/30/06
7,055,089                       09/876,742                       05/30/06
7,055,090                       10/648,093                       05/30/06
7,055,093                       10/219,614                       05/30/06
7,055,096                       10/134,531                       05/30/06
7,055,100                       09/068,866                       05/30/06
7,055,138                       10/000,600                       05/30/06
7,055,140                       10/136,163                       05/30/06
7,055,156                       10/339,817                       05/30/06
7,055,172                       10/214,542                       05/30/06
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Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee from 06/21/2010 
		 Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a
		     Late Maintenance Fee from 06/21/2010

Patent          Application     Filing          Issue	        Granted
Number          Number		Date            Date 	  	Date

5,476,516 	07/849,940     	03/13/92 	12/19/95 	06/21/10
5,530,492 	08/034,717     	03/22/93 	06/25/96 	06/23/10
5,638,967 	08/625,776     	03/29/96 	06/17/97 	06/24/10
5,643,342 	08/510,303     	08/02/95 	07/01/97 	06/21/10
5,649,504 	08/654,765     	05/29/96 	07/22/97 	06/22/10
5,696,412 	08/138,217     	10/20/93 	12/09/97 	06/24/10
5,720,844 	08/638,848     	04/29/96 	02/24/98 	06/22/10
5,736,800 	08/325,099     	10/18/94 	04/07/98 	06/24/10
5,741,088 	08/702,834     	08/23/96 	04/21/98 	06/21/10
5,758,993 	08/661,814     	06/11/96 	06/02/98 	06/21/10
5,769,879 	08/480,620     	06/07/95 	06/23/98 	06/24/10
5,887,889 	08/916,849     	08/22/97 	03/30/99 	06/25/10
6,085,402 	08/857,238     	05/16/97 	07/11/00 	06/21/10
6,133,823 	09/450,048     	11/29/99 	10/17/00 	06/21/10
6,190,206 	09/543,345     	04/05/00 	02/20/01 	06/23/10
6,262,830 	08/931,756     	09/16/97 	07/17/01 	06/22/10
6,269,464 	09/098,449     	06/17/98 	07/31/01 	06/25/10
6,325,997 	09/469,971     	12/21/99 	12/04/01 	06/22/10
6,747,294 	10/255,561     	09/25/02 	06/08/04 	06/21/10
6,756,217 	09/320,793     	05/27/99 	06/29/04 	06/26/10
6,790,506 	10/414,652     	04/16/03 	09/14/04 	06/23/10
6,797,705 	10/320,309     	12/16/02 	09/28/04 	06/23/10
6,864,228 	09/570,275     	05/12/00 	03/08/05 	06/24/10
6,910,968 	10/124,803     	04/18/02 	06/28/05 	06/24/10
6,929,241 	10/051,823     	01/17/02 	08/16/05 	06/22/10
6,934,399 	10/728,411     	12/05/03 	08/23/05 	06/24/10
6,937,210 	10/288,436     	11/06/02 	08/30/05 	06/24/10
6,939,089 	10/828,045     	04/20/04 	09/06/05 	06/24/10
6,949,985 	10/629,162     	07/30/03 	09/27/05 	06/21/10
6,986,953 	10/766,729     	01/28/04 	01/17/06 	06/21/10
6,996,858 	11/112,548     	04/25/05 	02/14/06 	06/21/10
7,010,143 	10/225,692     	08/22/02 	03/07/06 	06/24/10
7,020,402 	10/179,689     	06/24/02 	03/28/06 	06/21/10
7,024,535 	10/471,322     	09/09/03 	04/04/06 	06/22/10
7,031,383 	10/117,293     	04/05/02 	04/18/06 	06/21/10
7,035,330 	10/768,408     	01/30/04 	04/25/06 	06/21/10
RE.38,000 	09/417,106     	10/13/99 	02/25/03 	06/22/10
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Reissue Applications Filed 
			  Reissue Applications Filed

   Notice under 37 CFR 1.11(b). The reissue applications listed below
are open to public inspection by the general public through the Image
File Wrapper (IFW) system (http://portal.uspto.gov/external/portal/pair)
on the USPTO internet web site (www.uspto.gov), and copies may be
obtained by paying the fee therefor (37 CFR 1.19).

   RE. 37,721, Re. S.N.	12/797,341, Jun. 09, 2010, CL. 514, HYDROXY-
SUBSTITUTED AZETIDINONE COMPOUNDS USEFUL AS HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENTS,
Stuart B. Rosenblum, et al, Owner of Record: Schering Corporation,
Kenilworth, NJ, Attorney or Agent: James F. Haley, Jr., Ex. Gp.: 1614

   6,641,350, Re. S.N. 12/724,613, Mar. 16, 2010, Cl. 414/217, DUAL LOADING
PORT SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, Takanobu Nakashima, et al.,
Owner of Record: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Attorney or Agent: Donna K.
Mason, Ex. Gp.: 3652

   6,641,350, Re. S.N. 12/724,625, Mar. 16, 2010, Cl. 414/217, DUAL LOADING
PORT SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, Takanobu Nakashima, et al.,
Owner of Record: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc., Attorney or Agent: Donna K.
Mason, Ex. Gp.:	3652

   7,165,037, Re. S.N. 12/729,218, Mar. 22, 2010, Cl. 705/010, PREDICTIVE
MODELING OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR USING SUPERVISED SEGMENTATION AND
NEAREST-NEIGHBOR MATCHING, Michael A. Lazarus, et.al., Owner of Record:
Kuhuro Investments AG, L.L.C., Dover, DE, Attorney or Agent: Steven Finley,
Ex. Gp.: 3623

   7,247,299, Re. S.N. 12/508,080, Jul. 23, 2009, CL. 424, ANTIMICROBIAL
COMPOUNDS FROM BACILLUS SUBTILIS FOR USE AGAINST ANIMAL AND HUMAN PATHOGENS,
Angeline Seah Huay Lin, et al, Owner of Record:	Kemin Industries, Inc.,
Des Moines, IA, Attorney or Agent: Patty Law, Ex. Gp.: 1651

   7,350,310, Re. S.N. 12/662,143, Mar. 31, 2010, Cl. 033/559, ARTICULATING
DEVICE, Peter G. Lloyd, et.al., Owner of Record: Renishaw PLC,
Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, Attorney or Agent: Jesse O. Collier,
Ex. Gp.: 2841

   7,356,308, Re. S.N. 12/756,024, Apr. 07, 2010, Cl. 455/403, RADIO
COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION
SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM, Osamu Hamada, et.al.,
Owner of Record: Sony Corporation, Attorney or Agent: Joshua L. Goldberg,
Ex. Gp.: 2617

   7,380,881, Re. S.N. 12/800,767, Mar. 21, 2010, CL. 297, ERGONOMICALLY
RESPONSIVE CHAIR, William L. Freed, et al, Owner of Record: Inventor,
Attorney or Agent: Kenneth Adolphson, Ex. Gp.: 3636

   7,381,649, Re. S.N. 12/792,373, Jun. 02, 2010, Cl. 438/700, STRUCTURE FOR
A MULTIPLE-GATE FET DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR ITS FABRICATION, Hung-Wei Chen,
et al., Owner of Record: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.,
Hsin-Chu, TW, Attorney or Agent: Roger C. Knapp, Ex. Gp.: 2812

   7,499,205, Re. S.N. 12/801,464, Jun. 09, 2010, CL. 359, OPTICAL MEMBER
HOLDING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME,
Toshio Sakai, et al, Owner of Record: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha,
Nagoya-shi, Japan, Attorney or Agent: James A. Oliff, Ex. Gp.: 2872

   7,533,038, Re. S.N. 12/729,215, Mar. 22, 2010, Cl. 703/010, PREDICTIVE
MODELING OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL BEHAVIOR USING SUPERVISED SEGMENTATION AND
NEAREST-NEIGHBOR MATCHING, Matthias Blume, et.al., Owner of Record: Kuhuro
Investments AG, L.L.C., Dover, DE, Attorney or Agent: Steven Finley,
Ex. Gp.: 3623

   7,560,621, Re. S.N. 12/592,961, Dec. 07, 2009, Cl. 800/312, SOYBEAN
VARIETY S07-03JR108674, Roger McBrown, et al., Owner of Record:	Syngenta
Participations AG, Basel, CH, Attorney or Agent: Dana Rewoldt, Ex. Gp.:	1638
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Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed 
		   Requests for Ex Parte Reexamination Filed

   5,315,703, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,967, Requested Date: Apr. 28, 2010,
Cl. 715/200, Title: OBJECT-ORIENTED NOTIFICATION FRAMEWORK SYSTEM,
Inventor: John R. Matheny et al., Owners of Record: Apple, Inc, Cupertino,
CA, Attorney or Agent: Object Technology Licensing Corporation, Cupertino,
CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Scott E. Brient, Brient Intellectual Property
Law, LLC., Alpharetta, GA

   5,455,854, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,965, Requested Date: Apr. 28, 2010,
Cl. 379/201, Title: OBJECT-ORIENTED TELEPHONY SYSTEM, Inventor:	Michael R.
Dilts et al., Owners of Record:	Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA, Attorney or
Agent: Law Offices of Paul E. Kudirka, Boston, MA, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Scott E. Brient, Brient Intellectual Property Law, LLC.,
Alpharetta, GA

   5,555,369, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,968, Requested Date: Apr. 28, 2010,
Cl. 715/200, Title: METHOD OF CREATING PACKAGES FOR A POINTER-BASED COMPUTER
SYSTEM, Inventor: Norberto Menendez et al., Owners of Record: Apple, Inc.,
Cupertino, CA, Attorney or Agent: Hickman & Beyer, Palo Alto, CA,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Scott E. Brient, Brient Intellectual Property Law,
LLC., Alpharetta, GA

   5,634,074, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,964, Requested Date: Apr. 28, 2010,
Cl. 395/828, Title: A SERIAL I/O DEVICE IDENTIFIES ITSELF TO A COMPUTER
THROUGH A SERIAL INTERFACE DURING POWER ON RESET THEN IT IS BEING
CONFIGURED BY THE COMPUTER, Inventor: Mark Devon et al., Owners of Record:
Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA, Attorney or Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney,
PC., Alexandria, VA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Scott E. Brient, Brient
Intellectual Property Law, LLC., Alpharetta, GA

   5,848,105, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,971, Requested Date: Apr. 28, 2010,
Cl. 375/336, Title: GMSK SIGNAL PROCESSORS FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATIONS
CAPACITY AND QUALITY, Inventor:	William A. Gardner et al., Owners of Record:
Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA, Attorney or Agent: O'Banion & Ritchey, LLP.,
Sacramento, CA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Scott E. Brient, Brient
Intellectual Property Law, LLC., Alpharetta, GA

   6,000,608, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,960, Requested Date: Apr. 28, 2010,
Cl. 235/380, Title: MULTIFUNCTION CARD SYSTEM, Inventor: Robert E. Dorf,
Owners of Record: Alexsam, Inc., Sarasota, FL, Attorney or Agent:
Robert Dorf, Raleigh, NC, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Stephen T. Keohane,
Keohane & D'Alessandro, PLLC., Albany, NY

   6,343,275, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,961, Requested Date: Apr. 28, 2010,
Cl. 705/026, Title: INTEGRATED BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS WEB COMMERCE AND
BUSINESS AUTOMATION SYSTEM, Inventor: Charles Wong, Owners of Record:
Charles Wong, Los Altos Hills, CA, Attorney or Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll &
Rooney, PC., Alexandria, VA, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: John D. Vandenberg,
Klarquist Sparkman, LLP., Portland, OR

   7,242,089, Reexam. C.N. 90/009,739, Requested Date: May 05, 2010,
Cl. 257/704, Title: MINIATURE SILICON CONDENSER MICROPHONE, Inventor:
Anthony D. Minervini, Owners of Record:	Knowles Electronics, LLC., Chicago,
IL, Attorney or Agent: Dykema Gossett, PLLC., Chicago, IL, Ex. Gp.: 3992,
Requester: Brett A. Carlson, Ingrassia Fisher and Lorenz, PC., Scottsdale,
AZ

   7,607,265, Reexam. C.N. 90/010,951, Requested Date: May 12, 2010,
Cl. 052/181, Title: MULTIPURPOSE PROTECTIVE SURFACE COVER, Inventor:
Bob Curry et al., Owners of Record: Covermaster, Inc., Ontario, Canada,
Attorney or Agent: Lang Michener, Toronto, Canada, Ex. Gp.: 3993,
Requester: Barry I. Friedman, Esq., Metz Lewis, LLC., Pittsburgh, PA
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Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed 
		 Requests for Inter Partes Reexamination Filed

   RE. 40,220, Reexam. C.N.: 95/000,545, Requested Date: May 11, 2010,
Cl.: 235/379, Title: CHECK WRITING POINT OF SALE SYSTEM, Inventor:
Henry R. Nichols et al., Owners of Record: LML Patent Corp., Vancouver,
Canada, Attorney or Agent: The Marbury Law Group, PLLC., Reston, VA,
Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party Requester: (Att'y Is: Michael J.
Mallie, Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman, LLP., Sunnyvale, CA), Real Party
in Interest: M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank Deutsche Bank Trust Co. Americas,
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., and PayPal, Inc.

   6,486,780, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,344, Requested Date: Apr. 20, 2010,
Cl.: 340/572, Title: APPLICATIONS FOR RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS,
Inventor: Sharon R. Garber et al., Owners of Record: Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN, Attorney or Agent: 3M Innovative
Properties Company, St. Paul, MN, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester: Third Party
Requester: EnvisionWare, Inc.; (Att'y Is: Robert E. Sokohl, Sterne Kessler
Goldstein & Fox, PLLC, Washington, DC), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third
Party Requester

   6,564,604, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,350, Requested Date:	Apr. 30, 2010,
Cl.: 072/047, Title: PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A PART WITH VERY HIGH
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, FORMED BY STAMPING OF A STRIP OF ROLLED STEEL AND MORE
PARTICULARLY HOT ROLLED AND COATED, Inventor: Ronald Kefferstein et al.,
Owners of Record: USINOR, France, Attorney or Agent: Sughrue Mion Zinn
MacPeak & Seas, PLLC, Washington, DC, Ex. Gp.: 3993, Requester:	Third Party
Requester: CORUS STAAL BV; (Att'y Is: Anthony P. Venturino, Novak Druce &
Quigg, LLP., Houston, TX), Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party
Requester

   6,857,568, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,346, Requested Date:	Apr. 20, 2010,
Cl.: 235/385, Title: A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS IN A
SELF-SERVICE LIBRARY TERMINAL, Inventor: James E. Fergen et al., Owners of
Record:	3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN, Attorney or Agent:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN, Ex. Gp.: 3992, Requester:
Third Party Requester: EnvisionWare, Inc.; (Att'y Is: Robert E. Sokohl,
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC., Washington, DC), Real Party in
Interest: Same As Third Party Requester

   7,709,071, Reexam. C.N.: 95/001,351, Requested Date:	May 04, 2010, Cl.:
428/040, Title:	LABEL SHEET DESIGN FOR EASY REMOVAL OF LABELS, Inventor:
Galen Wong et al., Owners of Record: Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena,
CA, Attorney or Agent: Avery Dennison Corporation, Pasadena, CA, Ex. Gp.:
3991, Requester: Third Party Requester: 3M Company; (Att'y Is: Elizabeth M.
Burke, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner, LLP., Washington, DC),
Real Party in Interest: Same As Third Party Requester
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Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due to Failure to Renew 
	       Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations
			   Due to Failure to Renew

   15 U.S.C. 1059 provides that each trademark registration may be
renewed for periods of ten years from the end of the expiring period
upon payment of the prescribed fee and the filing of an acceptable
application for renewal. This may be done at any time within one year
before the expiration of the period for which the registration was
issued or renewed, or it may be done within six months after such
expiration on payment of an additional fee.
   According to the records of the Office, the trademark registrations
listed below are expired due to failure to renew in accordance with 15
U.S.C. 1059.

		    TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS WHICH EXPIRED
				 June 26, 2010
			    DUE TO FAILURE TO RENEW

Reg. Number 		      Serial Number 			Reg. Date

  373,063   		       71/421,710   		       11/21/1939
  517,694   		       71/460,550   		       11/22/1949
  518,007   		       71/518,062   		       11/22/1949
  517,766   		       71/543,984   		       11/22/1949
  517,774   		       71/545,603   		       11/22/1949
  517,776   		       71/545,606   		       11/22/1949
  517,881   		       71/556,792   		       11/22/1949
  880,690   		       72/283,362   		       11/18/1969
  880,737   		       72/291,729   		       11/18/1969
  880,868   		       72/318,038   		       11/18/1969
  880,730   		       72/324,110   		       11/18/1969
1,126,906   		       73/093,242   		       11/20/1979
1,126,944   		       73/126,713   		       11/20/1979
1,126,895   		       73/155,549   		       11/20/1979
1,126,876   		       73/163,044   		       11/20/1979
1,126,828   		       73/167,242   		       11/20/1979
1,126,834   		       73/173,568   		       11/20/1979
1,126,835   		       73/175,205   		       11/20/1979
1,126,844   		       73/189,663   		       11/20/1979
1,567,054   		       73/556,327   		       11/21/1989
1,566,965   		       73/567,312   		       11/21/1989
1,567,377   		       73/696,618   		       11/21/1989
1,566,806   		       73/700,835   		       11/21/1989
1,567,493   		       73/712,008   		       11/21/1989
1,567,065   		       73/712,009   		       11/21/1989
1,566,814   		       73/714,006   		       11/21/1989
1,566,671   		       73/718,416   		       11/21/1989
1,567,072   		       73/728,581   		       11/21/1989
1,567,718   		       73/733,760   		       11/21/1989
1,567,530   		       73/734,212   		       11/21/1989
1,566,713   		       73/735,421   		       11/21/1989
1,566,675   		       73/740,865   		       11/21/1989
1,567,639   		       73/741,496   		       11/21/1989
1,567,641   		       73/745,332   		       11/21/1989
1,567,589   		       73/746,386   		       11/21/1989
1,566,651   		       73/749,218   		       11/21/1989
1,566,836   		       73/749,508   		       11/21/1989
1,566,677   		       73/750,044   		       11/21/1989
1,567,716   		       73/752,535   		       11/21/1989
1,567,215   		       73/753,338   		       11/21/1989
1,567,501   		       73/755,589   		       11/21/1989
1,566,759   		       73/757,525   		       11/21/1989
1,566,877   		       73/774,229   		       11/21/1989
1,566,885   		       73/778,274   		       11/21/1989
1,566,886   		       73/778,292   		       11/21/1989
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1,566,888   		       73/778,792   		       11/21/1989
1,567,511   		       73/780,523   		       11/21/1989
1,567,480   		       73/781,172   		       11/21/1989
1,567,401   		       73/782,608   		       11/21/1989
1,566,657   		       73/783,130   		       11/21/1989
1,567,017   		       73/783,330   		       11/21/1989
1,566,903   		       73/783,833   		       11/21/1989
1,567,549   		       73/783,956   		       11/21/1989
1,566,906   		       73/784,678   		       11/21/1989
1,567,018   		       73/784,913   		       11/21/1989
1,566,910   		       73/784,960   		       11/21/1989
1,566,747   		       73/785,307   		       11/21/1989
1,567,113   		       73/785,383   		       11/21/1989
1,566,776   		       73/786,309   		       11/21/1989
1,566,998   		       73/787,063   		       11/21/1989
1,567,485   		       73/787,233   		       11/21/1989
1,567,309   		       73/787,829   		       11/21/1989
1,567,342   		       73/788,227   		       11/21/1989
1,567,525   		       73/788,418   		       11/21/1989
1,567,122   		       73/788,577   		       11/21/1989
1,567,567   		       73/788,632   		       11/21/1989
1,567,568   		       73/788,633   		       11/21/1989
1,567,685   		       73/789,184   		       11/21/1989
1,567,126   		       73/789,217   		       11/21/1989
1,567,128   		       73/789,260   		       11/21/1989
1,566,940   		       73/789,873   		       11/21/1989
1,567,136   		       73/790,097   		       11/21/1989
1,567,032   		       73/790,116   		       11/21/1989
1,566,947   		       73/790,403   		       11/21/1989
1,567,139   		       73/790,638   		       11/21/1989
1,566,952   		       73/790,791   		       11/21/1989
1,566,960   		       73/792,797   		       11/21/1989
1,567,701   		       73/799,282   		       11/21/1989
2,293,951   		       75/390,694   		       11/23/1999
2,294,023   		       75/423,853   		       11/23/1999
2,294,063   		       75/442,404   		       11/23/1999
2,294,310   		       75/532,226   		       11/23/1999
1,126,951   		       73/164,713   		       11/20/1979
1,126,893   		       73/180,276   		       11/20/1979
1,567,558   		       73/709,527   		       11/21/1989
1,566,838   		       73/749,808   		       11/21/1989
1,566,685   		       73/762,719   		       11/21/1989
1,567,087   		       73/763,993   		       11/21/1989
2,293,819   		       74/151,988   		       11/23/1999
2,294,566   		       74/575,954   		       11/23/1999
2,293,823   		       74/621,037   		       11/23/1999
2,294,570   		       74/634,941   		       11/23/1999
2,293,825   		       74/665,853   		       11/23/1999
2,293,834   		       75/054,154   		       11/23/1999
2,293,844   		       75/140,816   		       11/23/1999
2,294,589   		       75/141,527   		       11/23/1999
2,294,811   		       75/170,492   		       11/23/1999
2,293,850   		       75/170,827   		       11/23/1999
2,294,591   		       75/173,183   		       11/23/1999
2,294,592   		       75/173,185   		       11/23/1999
2,293,854   		       75/198,281   		       11/23/1999
2,294,607   		       75/216,540   		       11/23/1999
2,294,608   		       75/219,839   		       11/23/1999
2,294,612   		       75/231,497   		       11/23/1999
2,294,614   		       75/232,211   		       11/23/1999
2,293,868   		       75/240,380   		       11/23/1999
2,294,616   		       75/240,930   		       11/23/1999
2,294,619   		       75/254,757   		       11/23/1999
2,294,624   		       75/261,708   		       11/23/1999
2,293,876   		       75/269,610   		       11/23/1999
2,294,641   		       75/295,153   		       11/23/1999
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2,293,889   		       75/296,701   		       11/23/1999
2,294,642   		       75/299,240   		       11/23/1999
2,294,656   		       75/317,707   		       11/23/1999
2,293,901   		       75/319,419   		       11/23/1999
2,294,662   		       75/321,207   		       11/23/1999
2,293,909   		       75/336,845   		       11/23/1999
2,294,671   		       75/351,440   		       11/23/1999
2,294,672   		       75/354,495   		       11/23/1999
2,293,921   		       75/359,216   		       11/23/1999
2,293,935   		       75/380,333   		       11/23/1999
2,294,686   		       75/388,026   		       11/23/1999
2,293,947   		       75/389,497   		       11/23/1999
2,294,689   		       75/390,517   		       11/23/1999
2,293,955   		       75/392,579   		       11/23/1999
2,294,693   		       75/392,693   		       11/23/1999
2,293,961   		       75/396,362   		       11/23/1999
2,293,970   		       75/399,963   		       11/23/1999
2,293,975   		       75/402,413   		       11/23/1999
2,293,976   		       75/402,532   		       11/23/1999
2,293,979   		       75/403,501   		       11/23/1999
2,293,988   		       75/407,087   		       11/23/1999
2,293,991   		       75/407,553   		       11/23/1999
2,294,011   		       75/417,973   		       11/23/1999
2,294,719   		       75/418,106   		       11/23/1999
2,294,725   		       75/422,280   		       11/23/1999
2,294,726   		       75/422,923   		       11/23/1999
2,294,727   		       75/422,933   		       11/23/1999
2,294,730   		       75/425,074   		       11/23/1999
2,294,026   		       75/426,493   		       11/23/1999
2,294,030   		       75/428,625   		       11/23/1999
2,294,041   		       75/434,417   		       11/23/1999
2,294,055   		       75/438,451   		       11/23/1999
2,294,057   		       75/438,829   		       11/23/1999
2,294,737   		       75/443,098   		       11/23/1999
2,294,070   		       75/444,852   		       11/23/1999
2,294,821   		       75/451,250   		       11/23/1999
2,294,742   		       75/452,120   		       11/23/1999
2,294,099   		       75/455,229   		       11/23/1999
2,294,750   		       75/459,522   		       11/23/1999
2,294,823   		       75/461,930   		       11/23/1999
2,294,121   		       75/463,411   		       11/23/1999
2,294,754   		       75/463,815   		       11/23/1999
2,294,122   		       75/464,414   		       11/23/1999
2,294,127   		       75/465,944   		       11/23/1999
2,294,130   		       75/468,082   		       11/23/1999
2,294,761   		       75/473,392   		       11/23/1999
2,294,145   		       75/473,421   		       11/23/1999
2,294,765   		       75/480,686   		       11/23/1999
2,294,771   		       75/484,340   		       11/23/1999
2,294,774   		       75/485,799   		       11/23/1999
2,294,174   		       75/487,385   		       11/23/1999
2,294,775   		       75/488,799   		       11/23/1999
2,294,180   		       75/489,609   		       11/23/1999
2,294,182   		       75/490,356   		       11/23/1999
2,294,198   		       75/496,074   		       11/23/1999
2,294,202   		       75/498,265   		       11/23/1999
2,294,783   		       75/498,676   		       11/23/1999
2,294,211   		       75/501,464   		       11/23/1999
2,294,789   		       75/503,843   		       11/23/1999
2,294,222   		       75/506,414   		       11/23/1999
2,294,224   		       75/507,001   		       11/23/1999
2,294,225   		       75/507,138   		       11/23/1999
2,294,791   		       75/508,007   		       11/23/1999
2,294,233   		       75/510,255   		       11/23/1999
2,294,793   		       75/510,262   		       11/23/1999
2,294,235   		       75/510,644   		       11/23/1999
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2,294,238   		       75/511,380   		       11/23/1999
2,294,252   		       75/515,688   		       11/23/1999
2,294,254   		       75/516,571   		       11/23/1999
2,294,277   		       75/523,084   		       11/23/1999
2,294,798   		       75/527,799   		       11/23/1999
2,294,296   		       75/527,911   		       11/23/1999
2,294,300   		       75/529,193   		       11/23/1999
2,294,832   		       75/529,578   		       11/23/1999
2,294,303   		       75/530,493   		       11/23/1999
2,294,312   		       75/532,682   		       11/23/1999
2,294,320   		       75/533,853   		       11/23/1999
2,294,833   		       75/534,034   		       11/23/1999
2,294,323   		       75/534,496   		       11/23/1999
2,294,324   		       75/534,544   		       11/23/1999
2,294,802   		       75/538,622   		       11/23/1999
2,294,342   		       75/539,042   		       11/23/1999
2,294,347   		       75/540,239   		       11/23/1999
2,294,348   		       75/540,285   		       11/23/1999
2,294,358   		       75/542,200   		       11/23/1999
2,294,366   		       75/544,329   		       11/23/1999
2,294,375   		       75/546,868   		       11/23/1999
2,294,386   		       75/549,858   		       11/23/1999
2,294,428   		       75/560,800   		       11/23/1999
2,294,434   		       75/561,830   		       11/23/1999
2,294,437   		       75/562,471   		       11/23/1999
2,294,457   		       75/568,146   		       11/23/1999
2,294,462   		       75/569,098   		       11/23/1999
2,294,467   		       75/570,816   		       11/23/1999
2,294,471   		       75/572,701   		       11/23/1999
2,294,498   		       75/596,657   		       11/23/1999
2,294,500   		       75/597,098   		       11/23/1999
2,294,502   		       75/598,072   		       11/23/1999
2,294,538   		       75/616,792   		       11/23/1999
2,294,545   		       75/624,285   		       11/23/1999
2,294,562   		       75/640,761   		       11/23/1999
2,294,809   		       75/978,636   		       11/23/1999
  856,839   		       72/258,827   		       09/17/1968
  988,386   		       72/449,902   		       07/16/1974
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37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication 
		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice of Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of all the inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Matthew Noel SCHAEFFER) may join in the
application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying
with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application number is PCT/AU2006/001672
and was filed 10 November 2006 in the names of Ian Bruce MCCLENAGHAN and
Matthew Noel SCHAEFFER for the invention entitled LIFTING GRAB. The national
stage number is 12/374,684 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 01 June 2010.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice of Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of all the inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Guillaume Vannier) may join in the application by
promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63.
The international application is PCT/FR2006/000351 and was filed 15 February
2006 in the name of Gerard FISSON, Pascal RICARD, Laurent JAUNET and
Guillaume VANNIER for the invention entitled MIXER COMPRISING MIXING TOOLS
WHICH ARE DRIVEN BY THE ROTATION OF THE BOWL. The national stage number is
11/815,795 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 (c) date of 25 March 2010.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice of Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of all the inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Yves ROY) may join in the application by promptly
filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The
international application number is PCT/CA2007/001787 and was filed 09 October
2007 in the names of Yves ROY and Eric BHARUCHA for the invention entitled
IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR. The national stage number is 11/920,814 and has
a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 28 April 2010.


		       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a national stage application with
a petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without
the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted. A notice has
been sent to the last known address of the non-signing inventor. The inventor
whose signature is missing (Sung-Jin KIM) may join in the application by
promptly filing an appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63.
The international application number is PCT/JP2007/071093 and was filed on 30
October 2007 in the names Morihiko TOYOZUMI, Isao TSUJI, Daiki NAGAYASU,
Tsutomu; SAKATA, Tetsuya FUJITA, and Sung-Jin KIM for the invention entitled
OUTER PROTECTIVE ASSEMBLY OF WIRE HARNESS FOR DOOR AND ARRANGING STRUCTURE OF
WIRE HARNESS FOR DOOR. The national stage application number is 12/517,681
and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 28 January 2010.
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Registration to Practice 
			   Registration to Practice

   The following list contains the names of persons seeking for registration
to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Final
approval for registration is subject to establishing to the satisfaction of
the Director of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline that the person
seeking registration is of good moral character and repute. 37 CFR § 11.7
Accordingly, any information tending to affect the eligibility of any of the
following persons on moral, ethical, or other grounds should be furnished to
the Director of Enrollment and Discipline on or before August 6, 2010, at the
following address: Mail Stop OED, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, VA 22313-1450.

Ball, Mary Ann Colombo, 160 Riverside Boulevard, Apartment 403, New York,
NY 10069

Brag, Johan Olof, Innova Law, LLC, 24 Sturges Commons, Westport, CT 06880

Campbell, Jason Robert, Kinney & Lange, P.A., The Kinney & Lange Building,
312 South Third Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415

Constant, Justin Lile, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 700 Louisiana, Suite 1600,
Houston, TX 77002

Durastanti, Chad Phillip, 536 Valley Drive, Apartment B, Medina, OH 44256

Fong, Eric Luijun, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP, One Sansome Street,
Suite 3500, San Francisco, CA 94104-4448

Garofano, Michael Henry, Intellectual Ventures, 1756 114th Avenue SE,
Suite 110, Bellevue, WA 98004

Georges Evangelinos, Asimina Tom, 7 Lillian Terrace, Andover, MA 01810

Herman, Joshua Mac, Fay Kaplan & Marcin, LLP, 150 Broadway, Suite 702, New
York, NY 10038

Inglin, Thomas Alfred, Procter & Gamble, Mason Business Center, 8700 Mason
Montgomery Road, Mason, OH 45040

Johnson, Aaron Matthew, 811 Blacks Hill Road, Great Falls, VA 22066

Kang, Seunghee, 150 Russel Avenue, Edgewater, NJ 07020

Kokoski, Amy Lynn, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, 90 State House Square,
Hartford, CT 06103

Kresh, Joshua Aaron, M.D. Kresh Financial Services, Inc., 1377 Motor Parkway,
Suite 212, Islandia, NY 11749

Li, Xiao, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022

Lin, Victor Patrick, 37 Kenyon Street, Apartment 305, Hartford, CT 06105

Liu, Yuan, Verizon, 9724 Cheriton Ct., Vienna, VA 22181

Lydon, Scott Andrew, McCormick, Paulding & Huber LLP, 185 Asylum Street,
18th Floor, Hartford, CT 06103

Meyer, Jonathan William, 475 K Street NW, Unit # 416, Washington, DC 20001

Oursler, Margaret Elizabeth Carter, 224 Lionhart Place, Rockwall, TX 75032

Park, Sujin, Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC, 2845 Duke Street, Alexandria,
VA 22314
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Popp, Bruce Donald, Bien Fait Translations, 50 Briarwood Lane, Apt. 5,
Marlborough, MA 01752

Riveron, Krista Marie, Simpson & Simpson, LLC, 8793 Wellington View Drive,
Royal Palm Beach, FL 33411

Su, Tsu-Shin Gail, 5722 Desert Oak Way, Spring, TX 77379

Van Buren, Lauren Kay, 11 D. Millcreek Drive, East Greenbush, NY 12061

Wako, Nobuko, Apex Juris, PLLC, 12733 Lake City Way Northeast, Seattle,
WA 98125

Wen, Mengbin, 1700 Alma Drive, Suite 500, Plano, TX 75075

June 22, 2010						 WILLIAM J. GRIFFIN
				 Acting Director of Enrollment & Discipline
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Expansion and Extension of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan 
			    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
		   United States Patent and Trademark Office
			 [Docket No.: PTO-P-2010-0048]

			Expansion and Extension of the
	      Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a
notice in the Federal Register providing an additional temporary basis (the
Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan) under which a small
entity applicant may have an application accorded special status for
examination if the applicant expressly abandons another copending unexamined
application. The Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan allows
small entity applicants having multiple applications currently pending before
the USPTO to have greater control over the priority with which their
applications are examined while also stimulating a reduction of the backlog of
unexamined patent applications pending before the USPTO. The USPTO is
expanding the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan to permit
all applicants to participate by eliminating the small entity status
requirement and adding a few new requirements in view of the expansion. The
program is also being extended until December 31, 2010, or the date that
10,000 applications have been accorded special status for examination under
the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan, whichever occurs
earlier. These changes allow more applicants to take advantage of the program.

DATES: Effective Date: The changes in this notice are effective on June
24, 2010. The Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan became
effective on November 27, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pinchus M. Laufer, Office of the Associate
Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, by telephone at 571-272-7726; or
via e-mail addressed to Pinchus.Laufer@uspto.gov; or by mail addressed to:
Box Comments Patents, Commissioner for Patents, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria,
VA 22313-1450.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USPTO published a notice in the Federal
Register providing an additional temporary basis (the Patent Application
Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan) under which a small entity applicant may
have an application accorded special status for examination if the applicant
expressly abandons another copending unexamined application. See Patent
Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan, 74 FR 62285 (Nov. 27, 2009),
1349 Off. Gaz. Pat. Off. 304 (Dec. 22, 2009) (hereinafter "Backlog Reduction
Notice"). The Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan allows small
entity applicants having multiple applications currently pending before the
USPTO to have greater control over the priority with which their applications
are examined while also stimulating a reduction of the backlog of unexamined
patent applications pending before the USPTO. The USPTO indicated that the
program would last for a period ending on February 28, 2010, but may be
extended for an additional time period thereafter. See Patent Application
Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan, 74 FR at 62287, 1349 Off. Gaz. Pat. Off. at
306. The USPTO extended the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus
Plan until June 30, 2010. See Extension of the Patent Application Backlog
Reduction Stimulus Plan, 75 FR 5041 (Feb. 1, 2010), 1351 Off. Gaz. Pat. Off.
202 (Feb. 23, 2010). The notice stated that the USPTO may further extend the
procedures set forth in this notice to all applicants (on either a temporary
or permanent basis), or may also discontinue the procedures set forth in this
notice after June 30, 2010, depending upon the results of the Patent
Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan.

   The Backlog Reduction Notice required inter alia that the application for
which special status is sought is a nonprovisional application that has an
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actual filing date earlier than October 1, 2009, in which the applicant has
established small entity status under 37 CFR 1.27. The program is being
expanded to permit all applicants to participate by eliminating the small
entity status requirement and adding a few new requirements in view of the
expansion. The modifications set forth in this notice will apply to any
petitions that are filed on or after the publication date of this notice.
This will permit more applications to qualify for the program and result in a
greater reduction of the patent application backlog. Applicants may obtain
special status for examination for as many as fifteen applications under this
program.

   Effective immediately, the USPTO will accord special status for examination
to a patent application that has an actual filing date earlier than October
1, 2009, if the new requirements set forth in this notice are satisfied, and
the conditions set forth in the Backlog Reduction Notice published on
November 27, 2009, other than the small entity status requirement, are also
satisfied. In view of the expansion, the following new requirements are added
to the program: (1) The letter of express abandonment filed in the copending
nonprovisional application must also include a statement that the applicant
has not and will not file a new application that claims the same invention
claimed in the expressly abandoned application (the phrase "same invention"
has the same meaning as used in the context of statutory double patenting
under 35 U.S.C. 101); (2) the applicant has not received special status for
more than fourteen other applications under this program; and (3) the petition
under 37 CFR 1.102 must also: (i) Include a specific identification of the
relationship between the applications that qualifies the application for
special status (e.g., identifying, by name, a common inventor, assignee or
owner); (ii) identify, by application number ifavailable, the application that
is being expressly abandoned; (iii) provide a statement certifying that
applicant has not filed petitions in more than fourteen other applications
requesting special status under this program; and (iv) provide a statement
that applicant agrees to make an election without traverse in a telephonic
interview if the Office determines that the claims of the application to be
made special are directed to two or more independent and distinct inventions
(see 35 U.S.C. 121, 37 CFR 1.141-142). If the examiner cannot reach the
applicant after a reasonable effort or applicant refuses to make an election
in a telephonic interview, the examiner will treat the first claimed invention
as constructively elected without traverse for examination. In addition, the
USPTO will accord special status for examination under the Patent Application
Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan to only the first 10,000 applications that
meet the requirements of the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus
Plan.

   For the purpose of the certification that applicant has not filed
petitions in more than fourteen other applications requesting special status
under this program, any application that is assigned to or subject to an
obligation to assign to an entity or is owned by that entity for which a
petition under this program has been filed is considered to be a petition
filed by applicant. Thus, the certification that applicant has not filed
petitions in more than fourteen other applications requesting special status
under this program is based upon ownership.

   The procedure specified in the Backlog Reduction Notice and this notice is
applicable to applicants having multiple applications currently pending before
the USPTO and who are willing to expressly abandon one application to have
another application accorded special status for examination. The USPTO
appreciates that there are applicants who are willing to expressly abandon an
application, but who have only a single application pending before the USPTO
or no application for which special status for examination is desired.
Applicants are reminded that 37 CFR 1.138(d) provides a procedure by which an
applicant may obtain a refund of the search fee and excess claims fee paid
in an application by submitting a petition (requires no fee) and letter of
express abandonment. See MPEP § 711.01. The procedure set forth in 37 CFR
1.138(d), however, is applicable only to applications filed under 35 U.S.C.
111(a) on or after December 8, 2004.
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   Applicants are cautioned to exercise care in filing a letter of express
abandonment in an application. The USPTO cannot revive an application once
the letter of express abandonment is recognized by the USPTO because the
application was expressly and intentionally abandoned by the applicant.
See MPEP §§ 711.01 and 711.03(c).

   The procedure for petition under 37 CFR 1.102 to make an application
special specified in the Backlog Reduction Notice and this notice is being
adopted on a temporary basis until December 31, 2010. For a petition under
37 CFR 1.102 to be granted under the procedure specified in this notice,
the petition under 37 CFR 1.102 and the letter of express abandonment and its
accompanying statement must be filed on or before December 31, 2010, and must
be among the first 10,000 applications accorded special status for examination
under the Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan.

June 18, 2010 						    DAVID J. KAPPOS
					    Under Secretary of Commerce for
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Correspondence With the United States Patent and Trademark Office 
			    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
		   United States Patent and Trademark Office
			  37 CFR Parts 1, 102 and 104
			 [Docket No. PTO-C-2006-0049]
				 RIN 0651-AC08

       Correspondence With the United States Patent and Trademark Office

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (Office) is
revising the rules of practice to update the service addresses for
certain correspondence to the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) and a
component of OGC, the Office of the Deputy General Counsel for
Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor (Office of the Solicitor). The
Office is also updating the physical location address for the Public
Search Room.

DATES: Effective Date: The changes in this final rule are effective on
June 25, 2010.
    Compliance Date: The compliance date for correspondence to the
Office of the General Counsel and the Office of the Solicitor is July
26, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyu S. Lee, Office of the General Counsel,
Office of General Law, by telephone at 571-272-3000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Patent and Trademark Office
(Office) is revising the rules of practice to update the service addresses
for certain correspondence to the Office of the General Counsel (OGC) and a
component of OGC, the Office of the Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual
Property Law and Solicitor (Office of the Solicitor). The Office no longer
has facilities in the Crystal City (Arlington, Virginia) location.
Accordingly, revised service addresses for certain correspondence to the
Office of the General Counsel and the Office of the Solicitor have been
established at the Office's Alexandria, Virginia location. Although the
effective date of the address change is June 25, 2010, both the Arlington,
Virginia and Alexandria, Virginia addresses may be used until July 26, 2010.
However, after July 26, 2010, only the revised address in Alexandria,
Virginia may be used. Appropriate sections of the Office's Manual of Patent
Examining Procedure (MPEP) will be revised to conform to the final rule.

   The Office of the Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and
Solicitor: Specifically, the Office is changing the mailing address for
correspondence to counsel for the Director of the Office of Enrollment and
Discipline relating to disciplinary proceedings pending before a Hearing
Officer or the Director from Arlington, Virginia to Alexandria, Virginia.
The Office is also amending the mailing address for general correspondence
to the Office of the Solicitor, by specifically adding the Office of the
Solicitor as the addressee.

   Public Search Room: The physical address for the Public Search Room is
being updated to reflect that it is located at the Office's Alexandria,
Virginia campus and is no longer in Arlington, Virginia.

   The Office of the General Counsel: The Office is changing the Office of
the General Counsel's mailing address for litigation and service from
Arlington, Virginia to Alexandria, Virginia.

Discussion of Specific Rules

   Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations, is amended as follows:
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   Part 1: Section 1.1 is amended to: (1) Change the Office of the
Solicitor's address for correspondence to counsel for disciplinary
proceedings to "Mail Stop 8, Office of the Solicitor, United States
Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-
1450"; and (2) change the Office of the Solicitor's address for general
correspondence to "Mail Stop 8, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent
and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450."

   Part 102: Section 102.2 is amended to change the location address for the
Public Search Room to "Public Search Room, Madison Building East, First Floor,
600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia."

   Part 104: Section 104.2 is amended to: (1) Change the mailing address to
"Office of the General Counsel, United States Patent and Trademark Office,
P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450."

Rulemaking Considerations

   Administrative Procedure Act: Since this final rule is directed to
changing Office addresses, this final rule merely involves rules of agency
organization, procedure, or practice within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A).
Accordingly, this final rule may be adopted without prior notice and
opportunity for public comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b) and (c), or thirty-day
advance publication under 5 U.S.C. 553(d).

   Regulatory Flexibility Act: As prior notice and an opportunity for public
comment are not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 (or any other law), a
regulatory flexibility analysis under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
601 et seq.) is not required. See 5 U.S.C. 603.

   Executive Order 13132: This rule making does not contain policies with
federalism implications sufficient to warrant preparation of a Federalism
Assessment under Executive Order 13132 (Aug. 4, 1999).

   Executive Order 12866: This rule making has been determined to be not
significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866 (Sept. 30, 1993).

   Paperwork Reduction Act: This rule making does not create any information
collection requirements under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is
required to respond to nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure
to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a
currently valid OMB control number.

   Congressional Review Act: Under the Congressional Review Act provisions of
the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 801
et seq.), prior to issuing any final rule, the USPTO will submit a report
containing the final rule and other required information to the United States
Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the Government Accountability Office. However, this action is not
a major rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects

37 CFR Part 1

   Administrative practice and procedure, Courts, Freedom of information,
Inventions and patents, Reporting and record keeping requirements, Small
businesses.

37 CFR Part 102

   Administrative practice and procedure, Freedom of information, Privacy.

37 CFR Part 104
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   Administrative practice and procedure, Claims, Courts, Freedom of
information, Inventions and patents, Trademarks.

. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 37 CFR Parts 1, 102 and 104
are amended as follows:

PART 1 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN PATENT CASES

. 1. The authority citation for 37 CFR Part 1 continues to read as follows:

     Authority: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2).

. 2. Section 1.1 is amended by revising paragraphs (a)(3)(ii) and (a)(3)(iii)
     to read as follows:

§  1.1  Addresses for non-trademark correspondence with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office.

     (a) * * *
     (3) * * *
    (ii) Disciplinary proceedings. Correspondence to counsel for the Director
of the Office of Enrollment and Discipline relating to disciplinary
proceedings pending before a Hearing Officer or the Director shall be mailed
to: Mail Stop 8, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark
Office, P.O. Box 1450, Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450.
   (iii) Solicitor, in general. Correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
not otherwise provided for shall be addressed to: Mail Stop 8, Office of the
Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450.
* * * * *

PART 102 - DISCLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

. 3. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 102 continues to read as follows:

     Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 5 U.S.C. 552a; 5 U.S.C. 553; 31 U.S.C. 3717;
35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 21, 41, 42, 122; 44 U.S.C. 3101.

. 4. Section 102.2 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:

§  102.2  Public reference facilities.

     (a) USPTO maintains a public reference facility that contains the
records FOIA requires to be made regularly available for public inspection
and copying; furnishes information and otherwise assists the public concerning
USPTO operations under FOIA; and receives and processes requests for records
under FOIA. The FOIA Officer is responsible for determining which of USPTO's
records are required to be made available for public inspection and copying,
and for making those records available in USPTO's reference and records
inspection facility. The FOIA Officer shall maintain and make available for
public inspection and copying a current subject-matter index of USPTO's public
inspection facility records. Each index shall be updated regularly, at least
quarterly, with respect to newly included records. In accordance with 5 U.S.C.
552(a)(2), USPTO has determined that it is unnecessary and impracticable to
publish quarterly, or more frequently, and distribute copies of the index and
supplements thereto. The public reference facility is located in the Public
Search Room, Madison Building East, First Floor, 600 Dulany Street,
Alexandria, Virginia.
* * * * *

PART 104 - LEGAL PROCESSES

. 5. The authority citation for 37 CFR part 104 continues to read as follows: 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2), 10, 23, 25; 44 U.S.C. 3101.

. 6. Section 104.2 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows:
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§ 104.2  Address for mail and service; telephone number.

    (a) Mail under this part should be addressed to the Office of the
General Counsel, United States Patent and Trademark Office, P.O. Box 1450,
Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450.
* * * * *

June 18, 2010						    DAVID J. KAPPOS
					    Under Secretary of Commerce for
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments 
			    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
		   United States Patent and Trademark Office
			     37 CFR Parts 2 and 7
			  Docket No. PTO-T-2010-0014
				 RIN 0651-AC39

		 Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce

ACTION: Interim final rule with request for comments.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") is amending
the Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases to implement the Trademark Technical
and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010. The rule changes harmonize the framework
for submitting trademark registration maintenance filings to the USPTO by
permitting holders of international registrations with an extension of
protection to the United States under the Madrid Protocol ("Madrid Protocol
registrants") to file Affidavits or Declarations of Use or Excusable Nonuse
at intervals identical to those for nationally issued registrations. The
changes additionally allow all trademark owners to cure deficiencies in their
maintenance filings, including when the affidavit or declaration is not filed
in the name of the owner of the registration.

DATES: This rule is effective on June 24, 2010. Comments must be received by
August 23, 2010 to ensure consideration.

ADDRESSES: The Office prefers that comments be submitted via electronic mail
message to TMFRNotices@uspto.gov. Written comments may also be submitted by
mail to Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451,
attention Cynthia Lynch; by hand-delivery to the Trademark Assistance Center,
Concourse Level, James Madison Building-East Wing, 600 Dulany Street,
Alexandria, Virginia, attention Cynthia Lynch; or by electronic mail message
via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. See the Federal eRulemaking Portal Web
site (http://www.regulations.gov) for additional instructions on providing
comments via the Federal eRulemaking Portal. The comments will be available
for public inspection on the Office's Web site at http://www.uspto.gov,
and will also be available at the Trademark Legal Policy Office, Madison
East, Fourth Floor, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cynthia C. Lynch, Office of the Deputy
Commissioner for Trademark Examination Policy, by telephone at (571) 272-8742.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Statutory Background

   The Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010 became
effective on March 17, 2010. Pub. L. No. 111-146, 124 Stat. 66 (2010). In
addition to making small technical and conforming corrections in Sections 7,
15, and 21 of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1057, 1065, and 1071, the legislation
makes other more noteworthy changes to Sections 8 and 71, 15 U.S.C. 1058 and
1141k, regarding filing Affidavits or Declarations of Use or Excusable Nonuse
to maintain a registration.

   Specifically, the legislation gives Madrid Protocol registrants the benefit
of six-month grace periods immediately following the statutory time periods
for filing their trademark registration maintenance documents under Section
71, 15 U.S.C. 1141k. Previously, no grace period existed at the end of the
six-year period following the date of registration in the U.S., and only a
three-month grace period existed following the expiration of each successive
10-year period following registration. The new grace periods match those
already provided to all other trademark owners for submitting maintenance
filings to the USPTO.
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   In addition, the legislation allows all trademark owners to cure
deficiencies in their post-registration maintenance filings outside of the
statutory filing period upon payment of a deficiency surcharge, specifically
including when affidavits or declarations are not filed in the name of the
owner of the registration. Previously, the statute did not provide Madrid
Protocol registrants with the opportunity to correct deficiencies in their
maintenance filings and allowed all other trademark owners to correct
deficiencies outside of the statutory filing period upon payment of the
surcharge, except when an affidavit or declaration was not filed in the name
of the owner.

   The interim final rule revises 37 CFR Parts 2 and 7 to implement the
Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010, as referenced above.
It applies to all maintenance filings pending with the USPTO as of March 17,
2010, the effective date of the legislation.

   References to "the Act," "the Lanham Act," "the Trademark Act," or "the
statute" refer to the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq., as
amended.

Rule Making Considerations

   The changes made in this interim final rule constitute interpretative rules
or rules of agency practice and procedure and are not subject to the
requirement for the publication of prior notice of proposed rule making. See
The Administrative Procedure Act ("APA"), 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(3)(A). The rule
changes relate solely to the procedures for maintaining a Federal trademark
registration, and merely implement the Trademark Technical and Conforming
Amendment Act of 2010, so that the Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases are
consistent with the statutory revisions. Thus, they qualify as interpretative
rules or rules of agency practice and procedure under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A),
and prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not required
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A) (or any other law). See Cooper Techs. Co. v.
Dudas, 536 F.3d 1330, 1336-37, 87 U.S.P.Q.2d 1705, 1710 (Fed. Cir. 2008)
(stating that 5 U.S.C. 553, and thus 35 U.S.C. 2(b)(2)(B), does not require
notice and comment rule making for "`interpretative rules, general statements
of policy, or rules of agency organization, procedure, or practice.'" (quoting
5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A)), Bachow Communications Inc. v. FCC, 237 F.3d 683, 690
(D.C. Cir. 2001) (rules governing an application process are "rules of agency
organization, procedure, or practice" and are exempt from the APA's notice and
comment requirement); see also Merck & Co., Inc. v. Kessler, 80 F.3d 1543,
1549-50, 38 USPQ2d 1347, 1351 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (the rules of practice
promulgated under the authority of former 35 U.S.C. 6(a) (now in 35 U.S.C.
2(b)(2)) are not substantive rules (to which the notice and comment
requirements of the APA apply)), and Fressola v. Manbeck, 36 USPQ2d 1211,
1215 (D.D.C. 1995) ("[i]t is extremely doubtful whether any of the rules
formulated to govern patent or trade-mark practice are other than
`interpretive rules, general statements of policy, . . . procedure, or
practice.'") (quoting C.W. Ooms, The United States Patent Office and the
Administrative Procedure Act, 38 Trademark Rep. 149, 153 (1948)). Accordingly,
prior notice and an opportunity for public comment are not required pursuant
to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A) (or any other law), and thirty-day advance publication
is not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(d) (or any other law).

   The establishment of a statutory deficiency surcharge in the amount of
$100 for Madrid Protocol registrants, who under the new legislation are now
afforded the opportunity to correct a deficiency outside the statutory time
period, comes in the context of making the treatment of Madrid Protocol
registrants' maintenance filing deficiencies consistent with those of non-
Madrid Protocol registrants. The legislative history reflects that, with full
awareness of the maintenance filing framework, including the $100 deficiency
surcharge already in existence for non-Madrid Protocol registrants, Congress
sought to establish that same framework for Madrid Protocol registrants. See,
e.g., 156 Cong. Rec. H1080 (daily ed. Mar. 3, 2010) (statement of Rep.
Johnson) ("However, due to a technical mistake in the Lanham Act, our
trademark laws unintentionally prevent trademark owners who file these
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affidavits for registering extensions under the Madrid Protocol from having
the same rights as other U.S. trademark owners. Compliance with regulations
should not reduce the rights of trademark owners. Today, we will harmonize
our laws with the Madrid Protocol so that this particular injustice no longer
occurs.") and 156 Cong. Rec. H1081 (daily ed. Mar. 3, 2010) (statement of Rep.
Coble) ("The main purpose of the bill is to bring provisions for maintaining
extensions of protection under Madrid in conformity with provisions for
maintaining registrations."). Thus, even the establishment of the $100
deficiency surcharge for Madrid Protocol registrants constitutes an
interpretative rule.

   In the alternative, in the event these rule changes were deemed to require
notice and comment, the USPTO has concluded that it has good cause, under 5
U.S.C. 553(b)(B), to adopt the changes made in this interim final rule
without prior notice and opportunity for public comment, as such prior notice
and comment procedures would be impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to
the public interest. The amendments made to the Trademark Act by the Trademark
Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010 became effective on March 17,
2010, and thus apply to maintenance filings for registrations currently
pending before the USPTO. The Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases, however,
are currently inconsistent with, and do not reflect the benefits provided
by, the new legislation. To delay the conforming rule changes for prior notice
and comment, and leave the inconsistency in place, is impracticable. In order
to rectify the inconsistency as quickly and efficiently as possible, an
interim final rule is issued to eliminate the inconsistency between the
statute and the rules, while still affording the public the opportunity to
comment on the rule changes.

   In addition, delaying the rule changes for prior notice and comment is
unnecessary because of the nature of the rule changes. As described above,
the rule changes merely track the statutory changes, negating the need to
consider public input on the substance of the rule changes prior to a final
agency determination.

   Finally, delaying the rule changes for prior notice and comment would be
contrary to the public interest, as it could delay the implementation of the
benefits established by the legislation or lead to public confusion caused by
the inconsistency between the statute and the rules. This interim final rule,
making conforming rule changes and establishing the amount of the statutory
deficiency surcharge for Madrid Protocol registrants who wish to correct a
deficiency after the statutory deadline, serves the public interest by quickly
and efficiently implementing the new legislation, while still affording the
public the opportunity to comment on the rule changes.

   The USPTO is interested in the public's input and requests public comments
regarding these amendments. Therefore, although the interim final rule is
effective upon publication, the USPTO will publish in the Federal Register a
response to any significant adverse comments received along with modifications
to the rule, if any.

Discussion of Specific Rules

   The following amendments bring the Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases
into conformity with the Trademark Act, as amended by the Trademark Technical
and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010.

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 2.160(a)(3), 2.161(d)(2), and 2.163(c) to
replace the references to "section 8(c)(1) of the Act" with "section 8(a)(3)
of the Act."

   In addition, the Office is amending 37 CFR 2.160(a)(3) to add the wording
"per class" to be consistent with the requirements stated in 37 CFR
2.161(d)(2). Similarly, the Office is amending 37 CFR 2.161(d)(2) to replace
"late fee" with "grace period surcharge" to be consistent with the language
used in 37 CFR 2.160(a)(3) and 37 CFR 7.37(d)(2).
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   The Office is amending 37 CFR 2.163(a) to replace "[i]f the owner of the
registration filed the affidavit or declaration" with "[i]f the affidavit
or declaration is filed."  Similarly, the Office is amending 37 CFR 2.164(a)
to replace "[i]f the owner of the registration files the affidavit or
declaration" with "[i]f the affidavit or declaration is filed."  These
revisions reflect the amendment to the Act providing that when an affidavit
or declaration is not filed in the name of the owner of the registration, it
is a correctable deficiency.

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 2.163(b) to replace the reference to
"section 8(a) or section 8(b) of the Act" with "section 8(a) of the Act."

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 2.164(a)(1) to replace the reference to
"sections 8(a) and 8(b) of the Act" with "sections 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(2) of the
Act," replace the reference to "section 8(a) or section 8(b) of the Act" with
"section 8(a)(1) or section 8(a)(2) of the Act," and replace the reference to
"the deficiency surcharge required by section 8(c)(2) of the Act" with "the
deficiency surcharge required by section 8(c) of the Act."

   In addition, the Office is amending 37 CFR 2.164(a)(1) to replace "[i]f the
owner timely files the affidavit or declaration" with "[i]f the affidavit or
declaration is timely filed."  This revision reflects the amendment to the Act
providing that when an affidavit or declaration is not filed in the name of
the owner of the registration, it is a correctable deficiency.

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 2.164(a)(2) to replace the reference to
"grace period provided by section 8(c)(1) of the Act" with "grace period
provided by section 8(a)(3) of the Act" and replace the reference to
"deficiency surcharge required by section 8(c)(2) of the Act" with
"deficiency surcharge required by section 8(c) of the Act."

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 2.164(b) to remove "or if it is filed within
that period by someone other than the owner," and "These deficiencies cannot
be cured."  The deletions reflect the amendment to the Act providing that
when an affidavit or declaration is not filed in the name of the owner of the
registration, it is a correctable deficiency.

   The Office is amending the heading for 37 CFR 2.168 to account for the
rule's applicability to affidavits or declarations under section 71 of the
Act.

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 2.168(a) to add "[t]he affidavit or
declaration filed under section 15 of the Act may also be used as the
affidavit or declaration required by section 71, if the affidavit or
declaration meets the requirements of both sections 71 and 15."  By allowing
Madrid Protocol registrants to combine their filings, the Office is
providing them with the same filing options available to all other trademark
owners.

   The Office is adding 37 CFR 7.6(a)(8) to provide for the deficiency
surcharge for Madrid Protocol registrants now provided by the Act. Previously,
the Act did not confer authority on the USPTO to allow Madrid Protocol
registrants to correct deficiencies in their maintenance filings, but did
confer such authority with respect to the maintenance filings of other
trademark owners. The amendment of the Act eliminated this disparity, and
permits the USPTO to allow the correction of deficiencies in Madrid Protocol
registrants' maintenance filings after the statutory period with payment of
the deficiency surcharge. This surcharge is provided in order to give Madrid
Protocol registrants the same benefit available to all other trademark
owners, and the amount is the same as the deficiency surcharge applicable to
other trademark owners, provided in 37 CFR 2.6(a)(20).

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 7.25(a) to remove the reference to § 2.168
since § 2.168 now applies to registered extensions of protection.

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 7.36(b)(2) to account for the new time
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periods provided by the Act for filing the affidavits or declarations due
each successive ten-year period following registration. Previously, Madrid
Protocol registrants had a six-month window in which to make such filings.
They now have the benefit of a full year to make such filings, not including
the grace period. The new time periods match those given to other trademark
owners.

   The Office is adding 37 CFR 7.36(b)(3) to account for the new grace periods
provided by the Act. Previously, for Madrid Protocol registrants, no grace
period existed at the end of the six-year period following the date of
registration and only a three-month grace period existed following the
expiration of each successive ten-year period following registration. Now,
Madrid Protocol registrants have the benefit of six-month grace periods
immediately following the statutory time periods. The newly enacted grace
periods match those given to other trademark owners.

   The Office is adding 37 CFR 7.36(c) to be analogous to 37 CFR 2.160(b).

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 7.37(d)(2) to replace the reference to
"section 71(a)(2)(B) of the Act" with "section 71(a)(3) of the Act."

   The Office is amending the heading for 37 CFR 7.39 to account for the
ability of Madrid Protocol registrants to correct deficiencies in their
maintenance filings as provided by the Act.

   The Office is adding introductory text to 37 CFR 7.39 that is analogous to
the introductory text for 37 CFR 2.163 and includes text previously in 37 CFR
7.39(a).

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 7.39(a) to include text previously in 37 CFR
7.39(b) and to state who must sign an Office action response. This is
analogous to 37 CFR 2.163(b) and is consistent with the requirements of 37 CFR
2.193(e)(2).

   The Office is amending 37 CFR 7.39(b) to account for the grace period
provided by the Act and a Madrid Protocol registrant's option of filing a new
affidavit or declaration if time remains in the grace period. This is
analogous to 37 CFR 2.163(c) as applied to all other trademark owners.

   The Office is adding 37 CFR 7.39(c), (c)(1), and (c)(2) to account for the
ability of Madrid Protocol registrants to correct deficiencies in their
maintenance filings as provided by the Act. This is analogous to 37 CFR 2.164
as applied to all other trademark owners.

   The Office is adding § 7.39(d) to be analogous to § 2.164(b).

Rule Making Requirements

   Executive Order 13132: This rule making does not contain policies with
federalism implications sufficient to warrant preparation of a Federalism
Assessment under Executive Order 13132 (Aug. 4, 1999).

   Executive Order 12866: This rule making has been determined to be not
significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866 (Sept. 30, 1993).

   Regulatory Flexibility Act: As prior notice and an opportunity for public
comment are not required pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553 (or any other law), neither
a regulatory flexibility analysis nor a certification under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is required for this interim final
rule. See 5 U.S.C. 603.

   Nevertheless, the Deputy General Counsel for General Law of the United
States Patent and Trademark Office certifies to the Chief Counsel for
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration that this interim final rule
will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small
entities. See 5 U.S.C. 605(b).
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   The principal impact of this rule making is to ensure that holders of
international registrations are provided with greater flexibility to maintain
their marks. Furthermore, this increased flexibility harmonizes the
requirements between international registrations and nationally issued
registrations. The only fee ($100.00) associated with this rule making is to
enable international registrants to receive the benefit of correcting a
deficiency in their maintenance filings outside the statutory time period.
Of the approximately 126,000 affidavits filed under the national registration
process, less than 800 (or less than two-thirds of one percent) paid the
$100.00 deficiency surcharge. In 2010, the Office estimates approximately
2,700 affidavits will be filed under the international registration process.
Assuming that a similar percentage of international registrants would pay the
deficiency surcharge, the Office estimates only a small number of registrants
would be subject to the fee. For these reasons, the Office has concluded that
this interim final rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.

   Paperwork Reduction Act: This proposed rule involves information collection
requirements which are subject to review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.
collection of information involved in this proposed rule has been reviewed and
previously approved by OMB under control number 0651-0051. The United States
Patent and Trademark Office is not resubmitting an information collection
request to OMB for its review and approval because the changes in this
proposed rule would not affect the information collection requirements
associated with the information collection under OMB control number 0651-0051.

   Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information is
necessary for proper performance of the functions of the agency; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information to respondents.

   Interested persons are requested to send comments regarding these
information collections, including suggestions for reduction of this burden,
to: (1) The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management
and Budget, New Executive Office Building, Room 10202, 725 17th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk Officer for the Patent and Trademark
Office; and (2) Commissioner for Trademarks, P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA
22313-1451 (Attn: Cynthia Lynch).

   Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to
respond to nor shall a person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply
with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a currently valid
OMB control number.

   Unfunded Mandates: The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act, at 2 U.S.C. 1532,
requires that agencies prepare an assessment of anticipated costs and benefits
before issuing any rule that may result in expenditure by State, local, and
tribal governments, in the aggregate, or by the private sector, of $100
million or more (adjusted annually for inflation) in any given year. This rule
would have no such effect on State, local, and tribal governments or the
private sector.

   Congressional Review Act: Under the Congressional Review Act provisions of
the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 801
et seq.), prior to issuing any final rule, the USPTO will submit a report
containing the final rule and other required information to the United States
Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and the Comptroller
General of the Government Accountability Office. However, this action is not
a major rule as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).

List of Subjects
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37 CFR Part 2

   Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks.

37 CFR Part 7

   Administrative practice and procedure, Trademarks, International
Registration.

   For the reasons stated in the preamble and under the authority contained
in 15 U.S.C. 1123 and 35 U.S.C. 2, as amended, the Office is amending parts 2
and 7 of title 37 as follows:

PART 2 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES

   1. The authority citation for 37 CFR Part 2 continues to read as follows:

      Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.

   2. Revise § 2.160(a)(3) to read as follows:

§ 2.160  Affidavit or declaration of continued use or excusable nonuse
required to avoid cancellation of registration.

   (a) * * *
   (3) The affidavit or declaration may be filed within a grace period of six
months after the end of the deadline set forth in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2)
of this section, with payment of the grace period surcharge per class required
by section 8(a)(3) of the Act and § 2.6.

   * * * * *

   3. Revise § 2.161(d)(2) to read as follows:

§ 2.161  Requirements for a complete affidavit or declaration of continued use
or excusable nonuse.

   * * * * *

    (d) * * *
    (2) If the affidavit or declaration is filed during the grace period under
section 8(a)(3) of the Act, include the grace period surcharge per class
required by § 2.6;

   * * * * *

   4. Revise § 2.163 to read as follows:

§ 2.163  Acknowledgment of receipt of affidavit or declaration.

   The Office will issue a notice as to whether an affidavit or declaration
is acceptable, or the reasons for refusal.

    (a) If the affidavit or declaration is filed within the time periods set
forth in section 8 of the Act, deficiencies may be corrected if the
requirements of § 2.164 are met.

    (b) A response to the refusal must be filed within six months of the date
of issuance of the Office action, or before the end of the filing period set
forth in section 8(a) of the Act, whichever is later. The response must be
signed by the owner, someone with legal authority to bind the owner (e.g., a
corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a practitioner
qualified to practice under § 11.14 of this chapter, in accordance with the
requirements of § 2.193(e)(2).

    (c) If no response is filed within this time period, the registration will
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be cancelled, unless time remains in the grace period under section 8(a)(3) of
the Act. If time remains in the grace period, the owner may file a complete,
new affidavit.

   5. Revise § 2.164 to read as follows:

§ 2.164  Correcting deficiencies in affidavit or declaration.

    (a) If the affidavit or declaration is filed within the time periods set
forth in section 8 of the Act, deficiencies may be corrected, as follows:

    (1) Correcting deficiencies in affidavits or declarations timely filed
within the periods set forth in sections 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(2) of the Act. If
the affidavit or declaration is timely filed within the relevant filing period
set forth in section 8(a)(1) or section 8(a)(2) of the Act, deficiencies may
be corrected before the end of this filing period without paying a deficiency
surcharge. Deficiencies may be corrected after the end of this filing period
with payment of the deficiency surcharge required by section 8(c) Act and
§ 2.6.

    (2) Correcting deficiencies in affidavits or declarations filed during
the grace period. If the affidavit or declaration is filed during the
six-month grace period provided by section 8(a)(3) of the Act, deficiencies
may be corrected before the expiration of the grace period without paying a
deficiency surcharge. Deficiencies may be corrected after the expiration of
the grace period with payment of the deficiency surcharge required section
8(c) of the Act and § 2.6.

    (b) If the affidavit or declaration is not filed within the time periods
set forth in section 8 of the Act, the registration will be cancelled.

   6. In § 2.168, revise the heading and paragraph (a) to read as follows:

§ 2.168  Affidavit or declaration under section 15 combined with affidavit or
declaration under sections 8 or 71, or with renewal application.

    (a) The affidavit or declaration filed under section 15 of the Act may
also be used as the affidavit or declaration required by section 8, if the
affidavit or declaration meets the requirements of both sections 8 and 15.
The affidavit or declaration filed under section 15 of the Act may also be
used as the affidavit or declaration required by section 71, if the affidavit
or declaration meets the requirements of both sections 71 and 15.

   * * * * *

PART 7 - RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO
THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS

   7. The authority citation for 37 CFR Part 7 continues to read as follows:

      Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, unless otherwise noted.

   8. In § 7.6, add paragraph (a)(8) to read as follows:

§ 7.6  Schedule of U.S. process fees.

    (a) * * *
    (8) For correcting a deficiency in a section 71 affidavit-$100.00

   * * * * *

   9. Revise § 7.25(a) to read as follows:

§ 7.25  Sections of part 2 applicable to extension of protection.

    (a) Except for §§ 2.22-2.23, 2.130-2.131, 2.160-2.166, 2.173, and
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2.181-2.186, all sections in parts 2, 10, and 11 of this chapter shall apply
to an extension of protection of an international registration to the United
States, including sections related to proceedings before the Trademark Trial
and Appeal Board, unless otherwise stated.

   * * * * *

   10. In § 7.36, revise paragraph (b)(2) and add paragraphs (b)(3) and (c)
to read as follows:

§ 7.36  Affidavit or declaration of use in commerce or excusable nonuse
required to avoid cancellation of an extension of protection to the United
States.

   * * * * *

    (b) * * *
    (2) Within the year before the end of every ten-year period after the
date of registration in the United States.
    (3) The affidavit or declaration may be filed within a grace period of
six months after the end of the deadline set forth in paragraphs (b)(1) and
(b)(2) of this section, with payment of the grace period surcharge per class
required by section 71(a)(3) of the Act and § 7.6.
    (c) For the requirements for the affidavit or declaration, see § 7.37.

   11. Revise § 7.37(d)(2) to read as follows:

§ 7.37  Requirements for a complete affidavit or declaration of use in
commerce or excusable nonuse.

   * * * * *

    (d) * * *
    (2) If the affidavit or declaration is filed during the grace period
under section 71(a)(3) of the Act, include the grace period surcharge per
class required by § 7.6;

   * * * * *

   12. Revise § 7.39 to read as follows:

§ 7.39  Acknowledgment of receipt of and correcting deficiencies in affidavit
or declaration of use in commerce or excusable nonuse.

   The Office will issue a notice as to whether an affidavit or declaration
is acceptable, or the reasons for refusal.

    (a) A response to the refusal must be filed within six months of the date
of issuance of the Office action, or before the end of the filing period set
forth in section 71(a) of the Act, whichever is later. The response must be
signed by the holder, someone with legal authority to bind the holder (e.g.,
a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a practitioner
qualified to practice under § 11.14 of this chapter, in accordance with the
requirements of § 2.193(e)(2).

    (b) If no response is filed within this time period, the extension of
protection will be cancelled, unless time remains in the grace period under
section 71(a)(3) of the Act. If time remains in the grace period, the holder
may file a complete, new affidavit.

    (c) If the affidavit or declaration is filed within the time periods set
forth in section 71 of the Act, deficiencies may be corrected, as follows:

       (1) Correcting deficiencies in affidavits or declarations timely filed
           within the periods set forth in sections 71(a)(1) and 71(a)(2) of
           the Act. If the affidavit or declaration is timely filed within the
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           relevant filing period set forth in section 71(a)(1) or section
           71(a)(2) of the Act, deficiencies may be corrected before the end
           of this filing period without paying a deficiency surcharge.
	   Deficiencies may be corrected after the end of this filing period
           with payment of the deficiency surcharge required by section 71(c)
	   of the Act and § 7.6.
       (2) Correcting deficiencies in affidavits or declarations filed during
	   the grace period. If the affidavit or declaration is filed during
           the six-month grace period provided by section 71(a)(3) of the Act,
 	   deficiencies may be corrected before the expiration of the grace
           period without paying a deficiency surcharge. Deficiencies may be
	   corrected after the expiration of the grace period with payment of
	   the deficiency surcharge required by section 71(c) of the Act and
	   § 7.6.
    (d) If the affidavit or declaration is not filed within the time periods
set forth in section 71 of the Act, the registration will be cancelled.

June 18, 2010     					    DAVID J. KAPPOS
					    Under Secretary of Commerce for
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Clarification on the Procedure for Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial New Question of Patentability in Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings 
			    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
		   United States Patent and Trademark Office
			 [Docket No. PTO-P-2010-0049]

		      Clarification on the Procedure for
		 Seeking Review of a Finding of a Substantial
		       New Question of Patentability in
		      Ex Parte Reexamination Proceedings

AGENCY: United States Patent and Trademark Office, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is clarifying
the procedure for seeking review of a determination that a substantial new
question of patentability (SNQ) has been raised in an ex parte reexamination
proceeding. This notice clarifies that while issues related to a SNQ
determination are procedural, the Chief Judge of the Board of Patent Appeals
and Interferences (BPAI) has been delegated the authority to review issues
related to the examiner's determination that a reference raises a SNQ in an
ex parte reexamination proceeding. The Chief Judge of the BPAI may further
delegate that authority to the panel of Administrative Patent Judges who are
deciding the appeal in an ex parte reexamination proceeding. This
clarification of procedure will facilitate more efficient resolution of SNQ
issues.

DATES: Effective Date: June 25, 2010. The procedure set forth in this notice
applies to ex parte reexamination proceedings in which an appeal to the BPAI
is decided on or after June 25, 2010. The procedure set forth in this notice
does not apply to inter partes reexamination proceedings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James T. Moore, Vice Chief Administrative
Patent Judge, Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, by telephone at
(571) 272-9797 or by electronic mail at JamesT.Moore@USPTO.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The USPTO will order a reexamination of a patent
only if it determines that a SNQ affecting a claim of the patent has been
raised. See 35 U.S.C. 304. A determination by the USPTO that no SNQ has been
raised is "final and nonappealable." See 35 U.S.C. 303(c). However, a
determination by the USPTO that a reference raises a SNQ is not subject to
judicial review until a final agency decision has been entered in the ex parte
reexamination proceeding. See Heinl v. Godici, 143 F. Supp. 2d 593, 597 n.9
(E.D. Va. 2001) ("The decision to grant reexamination of a patent only begins
an administrative process and, as such, is * * * not [a] final agency action
subject to judicial review * * * ."); see also Patlex Corp. v. Quigg, 680 F.
Supp. 33, 36 (D.D.C. 1988) ("[T]he legislative scheme leaves the [Director's
35 U.S.C.] section 303 determination entirely to his discretion and not
subject to judicial review."). The USPTO is clarifying that the Director
of the USPTO has delegated to the Chief Judge of the BPAI the authority to
review issues related to the examiner's determination that a reference raises
a SNQ in an ex parte reexamination proceeding. The Chief Judge of the BPAI
may further delegate this SNQ review authority to the panel of Administrative
Patent Judges who are deciding the appeal in the ex parte reexamination
proceeding.

Request for Reconsideration of Examiner's Finding of Substantial New
Question

   A patent owner challenging the correctness of the decision to grant an
order for ex parte reexamination on the basis that there is no SNQ may
request reconsideration of the examiner's SNQ determination.1 The patent
owner may present this challenge prior to the issuance of an Office action
in the ex parte reexamination proceeding by filing a statement under 37 CFR
1.530 discussing the SNQ raised in the reexamination order for the examiner's
consideration. See 35 U.S.C. 304. When the examiner makes a rejection based
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in whole or in part on a reference (patent or printed publication) in an
Office action, the patent owner may present a challenge to the examiner's
SNQ determination by requesting reconsideration of the examiner's
determination that the reference raises a SNQ and presenting appropriate
arguments in the response to the Office action. See 37 CFR 1.111(b) (the
patent owner's reply to an Office action must point out the supposed errors
in the examiner's action and must reply to every ground of objection and
rejection in the Office action). By presenting arguments regarding the SNQ to
the examiner in the early stages of the proceeding, the patent owner helps
the USPTO to resolve the issues quickly. For example, if the patent owner
timely files a statement or reply, and the examiner agrees with the patent
owner that no SNQ has been raised in the ex parte reexamination proceeding,
then the proceeding will be terminated or the reexamination order will be
vacated (if appropriate). However, if the examiner determines that the
SNQ is proper, further review can be obtained by exhausting the patent
owner's rights through the reexamination proceeding and ultimately seeking
review before the BPAI along with an appeal of any rejections.

BPAI Review of Examiner's Finding of Substantial New Question

   The patent owner may seek review on the examiner's SNQ determination
before the BPAI along with any appeal of the examiner's rejections. A patent
owner must include the SNQ issue and the appropriate arguments in its appeal
brief to the BPAI.

   In order to preserve the right to have the BPAI review of the SNQ issue,
a patent owner must first request reconsideration of the SNQ issue by the
examiner. Accordingly, for ex parte reexamination proceedings ordered on or
after June 25, 2010, the patent owner may seek a final agency decision from
the BPAI on the SNQ issue only if the patent owner first requests
reconsideration before the examiner (e.g., in a patent owner's statement under
37 CFR 1.530 or in a patent owner's response under 37 CFR 1.111) and then
seeks review of the examiner's SNQ determination before the BPAI. In its
appeal brief, the patent owner is encouraged to clearly present the issue and
arguments regarding the examiner's SNQ determination under a separate heading
and identify the communication in which the patent owner first requested
reconsideration before the examiner.

   The USPTO recognizes that, without the benefit of the clarification in this
notice, some patent owners who wish to seek a final agency decision on the
determination of a SNQ may have failed to request reconsideration from the
examiner. Thus, for ex parte reexamination proceedings ordered prior to
June 25, 2010, if the patent owner presents the SNQ issue in its appeal brief,
the BPAI panel will review the procedural SNQ issue along with its review
of any rejections in an appeal and will enter a final agency decision
accordingly.

   The final decision by the BPAI panel in an ex parte reexamination
proceeding may include: (1) Its review of the procedural SNQ issue in a
separate section, and (2) its review of the merits of the rejections. See,
e.g., In re Searles, 422 F.2d 431, 434-35 (C.C.P.A. 1970) (holding certain
procedural matters that are "determinative of the rejection" are properly
appealable to the Board); see also In re Hengehold, 440 F.2d 1395, 1404
(C.C.P.A. 1971) ("[T]he kind of adverse decisions of examiners which are
reviewable by the board must be those which relate, at least indirectly, to
matters involving the rejection of the claims."); cf. 37 CFR 41.121
(providing both "substantive" motions and "miscellaneous" - i.e.,
procedural - motions, which may be decided together in a single decision).

   The patent owner may file a single request for rehearing under 37 CFR
41.52 for both the decision on the SNQ issue and the merits decision on the
examiner's rejections, resulting in a single final decision for purposes of
judicial review. Judicial review of the BPAI's final decision issued pursuant
to 35 U.S.C. 134, which will incorporate the decision on the finding of a
SNQ, is directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
under 35 U.S.C. 141. See In re Hiniker Co., 150 F.3d 1362, 1367 (Fed. Cir.
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1998) ("With direct review by this court of the Board's reexamination
decisions, a patentee can be certain that it cannot be subjected to harassing
duplicative examination."); see also Heinl, 143 F. Supp. 2d at 597-98.

   Although this is an important issue, an appeal containing a request for
reconsideration of the examiner's SNQ determination is not widespread. There
were three ex parte reexamination appeals docketed in Fiscal Year 2008, only
one in Fiscal Year 2009 and one so far this year.

   The procedure set forth in this notice does not apply to inter partes
reexamination proceedings. A determination by the USPTO in an inter partes
reexamination either that no SNQ has been raised or that a reference raises
a SNQ is final and non-appealable. See 35 U.S.C. 312(c).

   Appropriate sections of the MPEP will be revised in accordance with
this notice in due course.

June 18, 2010		 				    DAVID J. KAPPOS
					    Under Secretary of Commerce for
				  Intellectual Property and Director of the
				  United States Patent and Trademark Office

1 Separate from the BPAI's consideration of the SNQ issue, a patent owner may
file a petition under 37 CFR 1.181(a)(3) to vacate an ex parte reexamination
order as "ultra vires." Such petitions will be granted only in the extremely
rare situation where the USPTO acted in "brazen defiance" of its statutory
authorization in granting the order for ex parte reexamination. See Heinl,
143 F. Supp. 2d at 601-02. These types of petitions to vacate an ex parte
reexamination order are not decided by the BPAI, but continue to be delegated
to the Commissioner for Patents and are currently decided by the Director of
Central Reexamination Unit (CRU).
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Disclaimers 
				  Disclaimers

   6,239,795 - Robert R. Ulrich, Mountain View; Robert G. Johnston, Jr.,
Cupertino, both of  CA (US). PATTERN AND COLOR ABSTRACTION IN A GRAPHICAL
USER INTERFACE. Patent dated  May 29, 2001. Disclaimer filed  October 13,
2000 by Assignee, Apple Computer, Inc.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of
Patent No. 5,963,206.


   7,416,227 - William C. Earnest, Fayetteville, NC (US). CONDUIT REPAIR
APPARATUS AND METHOD. Patent Dated Aug. 26,2008. Disclaimer filed June 17,
2010 by Inventor.

   Hereby disclaims claim 1 of said patent.


   7,484,825 - Noboru Asauchi, Nagano (JP). PRINTING MATERIAL CONTAINER, AND
BOARD MOUNTED ON PRINTING MATERIAL CONTAINER. Patent Dated Feb. 3, 2009.
Disclaimer filed June 24, 2010 by the Assignee, Seiko Epson Corporation.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of
Patent No. 7,562,958.


   7,544,782 - Deborah A. Rathjen, Flagstaff Hill, (AU); Roger Aston,
Gloucester (GB). TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR BINDING LIGANDS. Patent Dated
June 9, 2009. Disclaimer filed June 24, 2010 by the Assignee, Arana
Therapeutics Limited.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of
Patent No 7,605,233.


   7,553,641 -	Deborah A. Rathjen, Flagstaff Hill (AU); Roger Aston,
Gloucester (GB). TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR BINDING LIGANDS. Patent Dated
June 30, 2009. Disclaimer Dated June 24, 2010 by the Assignee, Arana
Therapeutics Limited.

   The term of this patent shall not extend beyond the expiration date of
Patent No. 7,605,233.
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Errata 
				    Errata

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,740,194 to Motoyuki Abe, et al of
Hitachinaka, Japan for ELECTRO-MAGNETO FUEL INJECTOR appearing in the
Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,740,467 to Michael S. Bokich of El Paso,
TX for POSITIONING DEVICE WITH BEARING MECHANISM appearing in the Official
Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,740,617 to Stanley George Bonney, et al
ofHertfordshire, United Kingdom for METERING PUMP SYSTEM appearing in the
Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,740,970 to Makoto Kubota, et al of Kawasaki,
Japan for DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL LIQUID FUEL WITH METHANOL AND WATER,
DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL CARTRIDGE, AND DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL SYSTEM
appearing in the Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,741,291 to Laura L. Eggink, et al of
Scottsdale, AZ for THERAPEUTIC AND DIAGNOSTIC PEPTIDES appearing in the
Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,741,293 to Laura L. Eggink, et al of
Scottsdale, AZ for PRO-ANGIOGENIC PEPTIDES appearing in the Official Gazette
of June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,741,596 to Satoshi Nakajima, et al of Tokyo,
Japan for SEPARATE-TYPE DETECTOR WITH REDUNDANT SYNCHRONIZATION FEATURE
appearing in the Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no
patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,741,599 to David E. Clemmer, et al of
Bloommington, Indiana for ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF
OPERATING SAME appearing in the Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,741,627 to James M. Stark, et al of
Worcester, MA for APPLYING A PARTICLE BEAM TO A PATIENT appearing in the
Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,741,954 to Richard J. Helfrich of Chapel
Hill, NC for PAGING TRANCEIVERS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY RETRIEVING
MESSAGES appearing in the Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,742,122 to Shin Kawana, et al of Kanagawa,
Japan for BLUE COLOR COMPOSITIONS FOR COLOR FILTER, COLOR FILTER, AND COLOR
IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE appearing in the Official Gazette of June 22, 2010
should be deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,742,664 to Michael H. Anderson, et al of
Lyons, CO for LIQUID CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE HAVING REFRACTIVE SHAPES FOR
DYNAMICALLY appearing in the Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be
deleted since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,743,097 to Roni Even, et al of Tel Aviv,
Israel for SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE MULTIPOINT CONTROL
UNITS AS ONE MULTIPOINT CONTROL UNIT appearing in the Official Gazette of
June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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   "All reference to Patent No. 7,743,251 to Srinivas Devadas, et al of
Lexington, MA for INTEGRATED CIRCUIT THAT USES A DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC OF
THE CIRCUIT appearing in Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted
since no patent was granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,743,410 to Brian Albert Wittman of
Indianapolis Inidana for DATA TRAFFIC FILTERING INDICATOR appearing in the
Official Gazette of June 22, 2010 should be deleted since no patent was
granted."

   "All reference to Patent No. 7,743,416 to Craig H. Rowland, et al of
Austin, TX for METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE FALSE ALARM RATE OF NETWORK
INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS appearing in the Official Gazette of June 22,
2010 should be deleted since no patent was granted."
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Certificates of Correction 
			  Certificates of Correction
			       for June 29, 2010

5,379,356             7,538,822             7,655,230             7,701,008
5,786,177	      7,539,972		    7,655,561		  7,701,295
5,854,936	      7,540,228		    7,656,614		  7,701,824
5,940,458	      7,541,110		    7,658,779		  7,702,004
6,021,349	      7,542,519		    7,658,780		  7,702,463
6,046,634	      7,546,579		    7,658,927		  7,702,540
6,073,081	      7,547,706		    7,659,928		  7,702,653
6,117,978	      7,551,717		    7,659,973		  7,702,682
6,197,330	      7,552,189		    7,660,027		  7,702,733
6,222,921	      7,552,222		    7,660,800		  7,702,813
6,225,338	      7,555,481		    7,662,386		  7,703,081
6,344,272	      7,558,779		    7,663,388		  7,703,226
6,432,702	      7,559,643		    7,664,036		  7,703,823
6,433,990	      7,565,029		    7,665,815		  7,704,250
6,476,392	      7,565,651		    7,665,906		  7,704,460
6,489,542	      7,567,923		    7,666,094		  7,704,462
6,526,135	      7,567,964		    7,666,313		  7,704,645
6,555,878	      7,568,155		    7,666,567		  7,704,691
6,561,802	      7,568,223		    7,667,075		  7,704,728
6,604,820	      7,568,355		    7,667,082		  7,705,007
6,625,485	      7,568,660		    7,667,345		  7,705,075
6,685,986	      7,570,415		    7,667,579		  7,705,314
6,745,730	      7,571,158		    7,667,765		  7,705,594
6,777,730	      7,571,159		    7,668,523		  7,705,682
6,803,357	      7,571,192		    7,668,750		  7,706,370
6,828,431	      7,571,255		    7,671,095		  7,706,540
6,852,377	      7,571,490		    7,671,857		  7,706,798
6,884,828	      7,572,439		    7,672,202		  7,706,817
6,926,397	      7,572,599		    7,672,274		  7,706,887
6,960,817	      7,576,679		    7,672,861		  7,706,980
6,970,242	      7,576,860		    7,673,550		  7,708,258
6,980,012	      7,577,699		    7,673,816		  7,708,628
6,992,217	      7,578,837		    7,673,969		  7,708,630
7,032,689	      7,580,871		    7,674,055		  7,708,642
7,055,925	      7,580,927		    7,675,180		  7,708,669
7,063,854	      7,580,969		    7,675,336		  7,708,998
7,102,291	      7,580,975		    7,676,305		  7,709,039
7,117,199	      7,581,230		    7,676,394		  7,709,071
7,119,378	      7,582,311		    7,676,504		  7,709,198
7,136,720	      7,582,725		    7,676,891		  7,709,229
7,157,429	      7,583,066		    7,677,594		  7,709,391
7,161,543	      7,586,838		    7,677,628		  7,709,520
7,167,965	      7,587,054		    7,677,644		  7,709,880
7,171,183	      7,587,105		    7,678,168		  7,710,250
7,189,800	      7,587,117		    7,678,261		  7,710,307
7,204,873	      7,587,417		    7,679,092		  7,710,713
7,254,594	      7,591,524		    7,679,337		  7,710,940
7,268,335	      7,592,148		    7,680,552		  7,710,944
7,310,158	      7,592,541		    7,680,562		  7,711,313
7,313,203	      7,593,903		    7,681,035		  7,711,650
7,314,924	      7,595,872		    7,681,781		  7,711,797
7,317,352	      7,595,985		    7,681,952		  7,711,928
7,319,147	      7,597,575		    7,682,593		  7,711,964
7,319,552	      7,598,390		    7,683,045		  7,712,193
7,329,896	      7,598,671		    7,683,058		  7,712,234
7,344,593	      7,601,067		    7,683,141		  7,712,898
7,349,828	      7,601,421		    7,683,768		  7,713,203
7,361,697	      7,601,613		    7,684,363		  7,713,514
7,369,058	      7,601,759		    7,684,611		  7,713,531
7,375,502	      7,602,256		    7,686,008		  7,713,726
7,388,026	      7,604,933		    7,686,199		  7,713,866
7,396,426	      7,605,339		    7,686,876		  7,713,939
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7,400,329	      7,605,416		    7,687,252		  7,713,996
7,409,635	      7,607,978		    7,687,455		  7,714,003
7,411,011	      7,608,251		    7,687,563		  7,714,007
7,414,416	      7,608,329		    7,687,859		  7,714,158
7,415,202	      7,613,306		    7,688,028		  7,714,763
7,416,300	      7,615,350		    7,688,514		  7,715,091
7,416,950	      7,618,701		    7,689,206		  7,715,493
7,417,079	      7,619,652		    7,689,282		  7,716,127
7,426,348	      7,620,425		    7,689,539		  7,716,240
7,430,821	      7,622,002		    7,691,249		  7,716,375
7,433,223	      7,622,369		    7,691,367		  7,717,081
7,435,450	      7,622,585		    7,691,442		  7,717,141
7,436,830	      7,622,686		    7,691,897		  7,717,320
7,443,857	      7,623,182		    7,691,926		  7,717,352
7,445,382	      7,625,969		    7,692,010		  7,718,225
7,446,174	      7,628,359		    7,692,142		  7,718,268
7,449,312	      7,632,326		    7,692,165		  7,718,897
7,449,584	      7,632,398		    7,692,521		  7,719,282
7,459,428	      7,632,641		    7,692,784		  7,719,356
7,459,900	      7,633,850		    7,692,930		  7,720,189
7,464,113	      7,635,041		    7,692,994		  7,720,234
7,465,343	      7,638,640		    7,693,830		  7,720,815
7,466,184	      7,638,641		    7,694,091		  7,720,995
7,466,760	      7,638,954		    7,694,175		  7,721,207
7,467,315	      7,640,007		    7,694,193		  7,721,489
7,476,362	      7,641,193		    7,694,202		  7,722,313
7,479,539	      7,641,608		    7,694,995		  7,723,108
7,481,875	      7,641,947		    7,695,056		  7,723,343
7,482,626	      7,641,961		    7,696,213		  7,723,532
7,484,631	      7,642,654		    7,696,481		  7,723,537
7,490,220	      7,643,456		    7,696,751		  7,724,655
7,498,117	      7,643,674		    7,697,211		  7,725,497
7,498,424	      7,643,755		    7,697,368		  7,727,389
7,503,308	      7,643,811		    7,697,481		  D.347,585
7,507,769	      7,643,952		    7,697,641		  D.593,651
7,510,561	      7,645,540		    7,697,701		  D.600,880
7,510,764	      7,646,110		    7,697,757		  D.606,728
7,512,278	      7,646,514		    7,698,098		  D.607,022
7,512,808	      7,646,831		    7,698,113		  D.609,711
7,515,026	      7,647,046		    7,698,169		  D.612,996
7,519,098	      7,647,658		    7,698,242		  D.614,159
7,519,567	      7,647,752		    7,698,575		  D.614,592
7,519,857	      7,648,828		    7,699,698		  PP.21,030
7,527,675	      7,650,111		    7,699,699		  RE.36,769C1
7,528,406	      7,651,216		    7,699,899		  RE.37,807C1
7,529,431	      7,651,747		    7,699,944		  RE.38,660C1
7,531,580	      7,651,887		    7,699,992		  RE.39,392
7,532,406	      7,651,916		    7,700,025		  RE.39,406C1
7,532,659	      7,651,958		    7,700,082		  RE.40,520C1
7,534,276	      7,651,980		    7,700,289
7,536,961	      7,652,054		    7,700,458
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Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 




SUMMARY OF FINAL DECISIONS ISSUED BY THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
June 14 – June 18, 2010
 





 

Date Issued
 		
Type of Case(1)
Proceeding or Appn. No.
Party or Parties
Issue
TTAB Decision
Opposer's or Petitioner's Mark and Goods or Services
Applicant's or Respondent's Mark and Goods or Services
Mark and Goods Cited by Examining Attorney
Issued as Precedent of TTAB

 

 

  6-14
  EX
  77049193
  H.H.H.: Heroes Helping Heroes, Inc.
  2(d)
  Refusal Affirmed
   
  "HELPING KIDS HELP THEMSELVES BY HELPING OTHERS" [non-profit after school development programs for at-risk youth involving education, namely, tutoring for elementary school, middle school and high school curriculum; programs featuring information about college preparation and opportunities; career counseling; teaching life skills through community outreach education programs and conducting basketball practices and games for at-risk youth]
  "HELPING KIDS HELP THEMSELVES" (two registrations) [various printed educational and teaching materials in various fields, including self-esteem and self-awareness, stress management, school success, leadership development, and character education] [retail and wholesale mail order services and online services in the fields noted above] [prerecorded books on CD, and electronic books on the subjects noted above] 
  No
 

 

  6-14
  EX
  77417467
  G & R Brands, LLC
  2(e)(3)
  Refusal Affirmed as to the tobacco products
   
  "HAVANA TIME" [various tobacco products "grown from Cuban seed tobacco"; various smoker’s articles for pipes, cigars and cigarettes]
   
  No
 

 

  6-15
  OPP
  91162780
  Message in a Bottle, Inc. f/k/a Gold Shells, Inc. v. Keith Cangiarella
  2(a), 2(d), for opposition; Fraud, for counterclaim
  Counter-claim Dismissed; Opposition sustained on 2(d) ground
  "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE" [receiving communications from others, recording such communications in written or printed form, and transmitting such communications to others]
  "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE" [novelty, favor and souvenir bottle containing message and greetings, invitations, promotional materials of others, and advertising of others; kits for making such bottles and for packaging and mailing]
   
  No
 

 

  6-15
  EX
  77705840
  Best Lab Deals, Inc.
  2(e)(1), 6(a), Disclaimer 
  Refusal Affirmed in the absence of a disclaimer of SCIENTIFICS
   
  "PGC SCIENTIFICS" [Laboratory apparatus,  instruments, and supplies, namely, filters for purification of culture media, centrifuges, pipettes and tips and racks therefor, test tubes, plates, slides or chips for analysis lab or medical use]
   
  No
 

 

  6-15
  EX
  77562153
  Enzo Biochem, Inc.
  2(e)(1)
  Refusal Affirmed in the absence of a disclaimer of GFP
   
  "GFP CERTIFIED" [assays and reagents for genomic, cellular and diagnostic applications for clinical or medical laboratory use]
   
  No
 

 

  6-16
  OPP (MC)
  91182207
91184467		
  Johnson & Johnson and RoC International S.A.R.L. v. Obschestvo s ogranitchennoy; otvetstvennostiu "WDS"
  Motion to Compel
  Motion Granted
   
   
   
  Yes
 

 

  6-16
  EX
  77524268
  Snowizard, Inc.
  2(e)(1)
  Refusal Affirmed
   
  "COOKIE DOUGH" [food flavorings]
   
  No
 

 

  6-16
  EX
  77436425
  Princeton Tectonics, Inc.
  2(d)
  Refusal Reversed
   
  "EPIC" [personal headlamps]
  "EPIC" [electric lighting fixtures]
  Yes
 

 

  6-16
  EX
  77018496
  Foster’s Wine Estates Americas Company
  1, 2 and 45 (specimen)
  Refusal Affirmed
   
  "CELLAR 360" [wine]
   
  No
 

 

  6-16
  EX
  77614485 77614491
  Deslauriers, Inc.
  2(e)(1)
  Refusal Affirmed as to GROUT SAMPLE BOX; Refusal Reversed as to GSB
   
  "GROUT SAMPLE BOX" and "GSB" [both for: cardboard containers including divider inserts]
   
  No
 

 

  6-17
  EX
  77380007
  Fiesta Palms, LLC
  2(d)
  Refusal Affirmed
   
  "SKY CASINO" [casino services, excluding casino services provided in airports or on airplanes]
  "SKY CASINOS INTERNATIONAL 'WE MAKE TIME FLY!'" (and design) [entertainment services in the form of card games and other similar games of chance made playable via electronic gamesets, which services shall be offered on air flights; and rental of electronic gamesets used to play card games and other casino games on air flights]
  No
 




(1) EX=Ex Parte Appeal; OPP=Opposition; CANC=Cancellation; CU=Concurrent Use; (SJ)=Summary Judgment; (MD)=Motion to Dismiss; (MR)=Motion to Reopen; (R)=Request for Reconsideration   (2) *=Opinion Writer; (D)=Dissenting Panel Member
 
 












  

    
    
    
    

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    Mailing and Hand Carry Addresses for Mail to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  




		     MAILING AND HAND CARRY ADDRESSES FOR
	     MAIL TO THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

	      MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS

   For most correspondence (e.g., new patent applications) no mail stop
is required because the processing of the correspondence is routine.
If NO mail stop is included on the list below, no mail stop is required
for the correspondence. See the listing under "Mail to be Directed to the
Director of the Patent And Trademark Office" for additional mail stops
for patent-related correspondence. Only the specified type of document
should be placed in an envelope addressed to one of these special mail
stops. If any documents other than the specified type identified for each
special mail stop are addressed to that mail stop, they will be
significantly delayed in reaching the appropriate area for which they are
intended. The mail stop should generally appear as the first line in
the address.

   Most correspondence may be submitted electronically. See the USPTO's
Electronic Filing System (EFS-Web) internet page
http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/file/efs/index.jsp for additional
information.

   Please address mail to be delivered by the United States Postal Service
(USPS) as follows:

	Mail Stop _____
	Commissioner for Patents
	P.O. Box 1450
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

   If no Mail Stop is indicated below, the line beginning Mail Stop should
be omitted from the address.

   Except correspondence for Maintenance Fee payments, Deposit Account
Replenishments (see 37 CFR 1.25(c)(4)), and Licensing and Review (see 37 CFR
5.1(c) and 5.2(c)), please address patent-related correspondence to be
delivered by other delivery services (Federal Express (Fed Ex), UPS, DHL,
Laser, Action, Purolator, etc.) as follows:

	United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Customer Service Window, Mail Stop _____
	Randolph Building
	401 Dulany Street
	Alexandria, VA 22314


Mail Stop
Designations		Explanation

Mail Stop 12		Contributions to the Examiner Education Program.

Mail Stop 313(c)	Petitions under 37 CFR 1.313(c) to withdraw a
			patent application from issue after payment of
			the issue fee and any papers associated with the
			petition, including papers necessary for a
			continuing application or a request for
			continued examination (RCE).

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			rejection (e.g., a notice of appeal (and any
			request for pre-appeal brief conference)),
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			replies to Office actions in patent applications
			with or without an amendment to the application or
			a terminal disclaimer. (Use Mail Stop AF for
			replies after final rejection.)

Mail Stop Appeal 	For appeal briefs or other briefs under
 Brief-Patents		part 41 of title 37 of the Code of Federal
			Regulations (e.g., former 37 CFR 1.192).

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 Comments-Patent 	regulations and procedures.


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 Abandonment		application pursuant to 37 CFR 1.138,
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Mail Stop ILS		Correspondence relating to international patent
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Mail Stop Issue Fee	All communications following the receipt of a
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			for which expedited handling is requested, and
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			Technology Center 3600, Office of the Director
			Room 4B41
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Mail Stop MPEP		Submissions concerning the Manual of Patent
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Mail Stop Patent Ext.	Applications for patent term extension or
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			35 U.S.C. 156, use Mail Stop Hatch-Waxman PTE.
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Mail Stop Patent 	Submission of comments regarding search templates.
 Search Template
 Comments

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			under 35 U.S.C. 371 prior to mailing of a
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			PCT/DO/EO/903).

Mail Stop Petition	Petitions to be decided by the Office of Petitions,
			including petitions to revive and petitions to
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			fees.

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			patent application publication, and refund of
			publication fee.

Mail Stop Post 		In patented files: requests for changes of
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			revocations of powers of attorney, withdrawal as
			attorney or agent and submissions under 37
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			address should be addressed to Mail Stop M
			Correspondence. Requests for Certificate of
			Correction need no special mail stop, but
			should be mailed to the attention of Certificate
			of Correction Branch.

Mail Stop RCE		Requests for continued examination under
			37 CFR 1.114.

Mail Stop 		Correspondence pertaining to the reconstruction
 Reconstruction		of lost patent files.

Mail Stop Ex Parte 	Original requests for Ex Parte Reexamination
 Reexam 		and all subsequent corresponcence other
			than correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
			(see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Inter  	Original requests for Inter Partes Reexamination
 Partes Reexam		and all subsequent correspondence other than
			correspondence to the Office of the Solicitor
			(see 37 CFR 1.1(a)(3) and 1.302(c)).

Mail Stop Reissue	All new and continuing reissue application filings.

Mail Stop Sequence	Submission of the computer readable form (CRF) for
			applications with sequence listings, when the CRF
			is not being filed with the patent application.

Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/patents/mail.jsp.


	    MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRADEMARKS

   Please address trademark-related correspondence to be delivered by the
United States Postal Service (USPS), except documents sent to the Assignment
Services Division for recordation, requests for copies of trademark
documents, and documents directed to the Madrid Processing Unit, as follows:

	Commissioner for Trademarks
	P.O. Box 1451
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1451

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be mailed to:

	Madrid Processing Unit
	600 Dulany Street
	MDE-7B87
        Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Office's Deputy Commissioner for
Trademark Policy regarding Letters of Protest must be mailed to:

	Letter of Protest
	ATTN: Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Policy
	600 Dulany Street
	Alexandria, VA 22314-5796

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Director regarding the Fastener
Quality Act (FQA) must be mailed to:

	Director, USPTO
	ATTN: FQA
	600 Dulany Street, MDE-10A71
	Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

   Mail to be delivered by the USPS to the Commissioner regarding the
recordal of a Native American Tribal Insignia (NATI) must be mailed to:

	Native American Tribal Insignia
	ATTN: Commissioner for Trademarks
	600 Dulany Street
	MDE-10A71
	Alexandria, VA 22314-5793

Do NOT send any of the following via USPS certified mail or with a
"signature required" option: submissions to the Madrid Processing Unit,
Letters of Protest, applications for recordal of insignia under the
Fastener Quality Act, notifications of Native American Tribal Insignia.

   Trademark-related mail to be delivered by hand or other private courier
or delivery service (e.g., UPS, Federal Express) to the Trademark Operation,
the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, or the Office's Madrid Processing Unit,
must be delivered to:

	Trademark Assistance Center
	Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55
	600 Dulany Street
	Alexandria, VA 22314

Information for addressing trademark-related correspondence may also be found
on the USPTO's web site at http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/mail.jsp.


	   MAIL TO BE DIRECTED TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
			  PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

   Please address mail to be directed to a mail stop identified below to
be delivered by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as follows (unless
otherwise instructed):

	Mail Stop _____
	Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 1450
	Alexandria, VA 22313-1450

Mail Stop
Designations		Explanation

Mail Stop 3 		Mail for the Office of Personnel from NFC.

Mail Stop 6		Mail for the Office of Procurement.

Mail Stop 8		All papers for the Office of the Solicitor except
			communications relating to pending litigation and
			disciplinary proceedings; papers relating to
			pending litigation in court cases shall be mailed
			only to Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 15667,
			Arlington, VA 22215 and papers related to pending
			disciplinary proceedings before the Administrative
			Law Judge or the Director shall be mailed only to
			the Office of the Solicitor, P.O. Box 16116,
			Arlington, VA 22215.

Mail Stop 11 		Mail for the Electronic Ordering Service (EOS).

Mail Stop 13 		Mail for the Employee and Labor Relations Division.

Mail Stop 16 		Mail related to refund requests, other than
			requests for refund of a patent application
			publication fee. Such requests should be directed
			to Mail Stop PGPub.

Mail Stop 17 		Invoices directed to the Office of Finance.

Mail Stop 24 		Mail for the Inventor's Assistance Program,
			including complaints about Invention Promoters.

Mail Stop 171		Vacancy Announcement Applications.

Mail Stop Assignment 	All assignment documents, security interests,
 Recordation Services	and other documents to be recorded in the
			Assignment records. Note that documents with
			cover sheets that are faxed to 571-273-0140 or
			submitted electronically (http://epas.uspto.gov)
			are processed much more quickly than those
			submitted by mail.

Mail Stop Document 	All requests for certified or uncertified
 Services		copies of patent or trademark documents.

Mail Stop EEO   	Mail for the Office of Civil Rights.

Mail Stop External 	Mail for the Office of External Affairs.
 Affairs

Mail Stop Interference 	Communications relating to interferences and
			applications and patents involved in interference.

Mail Stop M		Mail to designate or change a fee
 Correspondence		address, or other correspondence related to
			maintenance fees, except payments of
			maintenance fees in patents. See below for
			the address for maintenance fee payments.

Mail Stop OED		Mail for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline.


			   Maintenance Fee Payments

   Unless submitted electronically over the Internet at www.uspto.gov,
payments of maintenance fees in patents should be mailed through the
United States Postal Service to:

	United States Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 979070
	St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, payment of maintenance fees in patents (Attn:
Maintenance Fee) using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier
may be made to:

	Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
	Attn: Maintenance Fee
	2051 Jamieson Avenue, Suite 300
	Alexandria, Virginia 22314


			Deposit Account Replenishments

   To send payment to replenish deposit accounts, send the payments through
the United States Postal Service to:

        United States Patent and Trademark Office
	P.O. Box 979065
	St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

   Alternatively, deposit account replenishments (Attn: Deposit Accounts)
using hand-delivery and delivery by private courier (e.g., FedEx, UPS, etc.)
may be delivered to:

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    Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in Patent Depository Libraries
  




	     Reference Collections of U.S. Patents and Trademarks
     Available for Public Use in Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries

The following libraries, designated as Patent and Trademark Depository
Libraries (PTDLs), provide public access to patent and trademark
information received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO). This information includes all issued patents, all registered
trademarks, the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
search tools such as the Cassis CD-ROM suite of products and supplemental
information in a variety of formats including online, optical disc,
microfilm and paper. Each PTDL also offers access to USPTO resources on
the Internet and to PubWEST (Web based examiner search tool), a system
used by patent examiners that is not available on the Internet.

Staff assistance and training is provided in the use of this information.
All information is available free of charge. However, there may be charges
associated with the use of photocopying and related services. Hours of
service to the public vary, and anyone contemplating use of these
collections at a particular library is urged to contact that library in
advance about its services and hours to avoid inconvenience.

State      		Name of Library                  Telephone Contact

Alabama 		Auburn University Libraries         (334) 844-1737
      			Birmingham Public Library      	    (205) 226-3620
Alaska			Fairbanks: Keith B. Mather Library,
			Geophysical Institute,
			University of Alaska, Fairbanks	    (907) 474-2636
Arkansas   		Little Rock: Arkansas State
			Library  			    (501) 682-2053
California   		Los Angeles Public Library          (213) 228-7220
      			Riverside: University of
			California, Riverside Libraries	    (951) 827-3316
                        Sacramento: California State
    			Library				    (916) 654-0069
      			San Diego Public Library      	    (619) 236-5813
			San Francisco Public Library	    (415) 557-4500
      			Sunnyvale Public Library 	    (408) 730-7300
Colorado  		Denver Public Library         	    (720) 865-1711
Connecticut		Fairfield: Ryan-Matura Library
			Sacred Heart University		    (203) 371-7726
Delaware   		Newark: University of Delaware
			Library  			    (302) 831-2965
Dist. of Columbia	Washington: Howard University
			Libraries 			    (202) 806-7252
Florida      		Fort Lauderdale: Broward County
         		Main Library            	    (954) 357-7444
      			Miami-Dade Public Library      	    (305) 375-2665
      			Orlando: University of Central
			Florida Libraries  		    (407) 823-2562
Georgia      		Atlanta: Price Gilbert Memorial
			Library, Georgia Institute
         		of Technology   		    (404) 385-7185
Hawaii      		Honolulu: Hawaii State Public
			Library System			    (808) 586-3477
Illinois   		Chicago Public Library         	    (312) 747-4450
Indiana      		Indianapolis-Marion County Public
			Library            		    (317) 269-1741
     			West Lafayette Siegesmund
			Engineering Library,
         		Purdue University   		    (765) 494-2872
Kansas      		Wichita: Ablah Library, Wichita
			State University          	  1 (800) 572-8368
Kentucky   		Louisville Free Public Library      (502) 574-1611
Louisiana   		Baton Rouge: Troy H. Middleton
         		Library, Louisiana State University (225) 388-8875
Maine 			Orono: Raymond H. Fogler Library,
			University of Maine		    (207) 581-1678
Maryland		Baltimore: University of Baltimore
			Law Library 			    (410) 837-4554
			College Park: Engineering and
			Physical Sciences Library,
         		University of Maryland		    (301) 405-9157
Massachusetts   	Amherst: Physical Sciences Library,
         		University of Massachusetts   	    (413) 545-2765
      			Boston Public Library         	    (617) 536-5400
							         Ext. 4256
Michigan   		Ann Arbor: Art, Architecture &
  			Engineering Library,
         		University of Michigan      	    (734) 647-5735
      			Big Rapids: Ferris Library for
                        Information, Technology &
                        Education, Ferris State
         		University                          (231) 592-3602
      			Detroit: Public Library             (313) 481-1391
Minnesota 		Hennepin County Library
			Minneapolis Central Library  	    (952) 847-8000
Mississippi   		Jackson: Mississippi Library
			Commission 			    (601) 961-4111
Missouri   		Kansas City: Linda Hall Library     (816) 363-4600
								  Ext. 724
      			St. Louis Public Library      	    (314) 241-2288
								  Ext. 390
Montana      		Butte: Montana College of Mineral
         		Science and Technology Library      (406) 496-4281
Nebraska   		Lincoln: Engineering Library,
			University of Nebraska-Lincoln      (402) 472-3411
Nevada      		Las Vegas--Clark County Library
			District 		       	    (702) 507-3421
			Reno: University of Nevada, Reno
         		Library            		    (775) 784-6500
								  Ext. 257
New Jersey   		Newark Public Library         	    (973) 733-7779
      			Piscataway: Library of Science and
         		Medicine, Rutgers University   	    (732) 445-2895
New Mexico   		Albuquerque: University of
   			New Mexico General Library          (505) 277-4412
New York   		Albany: New York State Library      (518) 474-5355
      			Buffalo and Erie County Public
			Library  			    (716) 858-7101
			Rochester Public Library       	    (716) 428-8110
      			New York  Library
			(The Research Libraries)	    (212) 592-7000
			Stony Brook: Engineering Library,
   			State University of New York	    (631) 632-7148
North Carolina   	Charlotte: J. Murrey Atkins
			Library, 			    (704) 687-2241
                        University of North Carolina at
         		Charlotte    	                    (919) 515-2935
North Dakota   		Grand Forks: Chester Fritz Library,
         		University of North Dakota   	    (701) 777-4888
Ohio      		Akron - Summit County Public        (330) 643-9075
			Library
			Cincinnati and Hamilton County,
			Public Library of		    (513) 369-6932
      			Cleveland Public Library      	    (216) 623-2870
			Dayton: Paul Laurence Dunbar
			Library, Wright State
			University		       	    (937) 775-3521
      			Toledo/Lucas County Public Library  (419) 259-5209
Oklahoma   		Stillwater: Oklahoma State
			University
         		Edmon Low Library  		    (405) 744-6546
Oregon      		Portland: Paul L. Boley Law Library,
			Lewis & Clark College 		    (503) 768-6786
Pennsylvania   		Philadelphia, The Free Library of   (215) 686-5394
      			Pittsburgh, Carnegie Library of     (412) 622-3138
      			University Park: Pattee Library,
         		Pennsylvania State University       (814) 865-7617
Puerto Rico             Mayaquez General Library,
                        University of Puerto Rico           (787) 993-0000
							         Ext. 3244
			Bayamon, Learning Resources Center,
                        University of Puerto Rico      	    (787) 786-5225
Rhode Island   		Providence Public Library      	    (401) 455-8027
South Carolina		Clemson University Libraries        (864) 656-3024
South Dakota		Rapid City: Devereaux Library,
			South Dakota School of Mines and
			Technology			    (605) 394-1275
Tennessee   		Nashville: Stevenson Science
         		Library, Vanderbilt University      (615) 322-2717
Texas      		Austin: McKinney Engineering
         		Library, University of Texas at
      			Austin 				    (512) 495-4511
			College Station: West Campus
         		Library, Texas A & M University	    (979) 845-2111
      			Dallas Public Library         	    (214) 670-1468
      			Houston: The Fondren Library, Rice
			University			    (713) 348-5483
			Lubbock: Texas Tech University	    (806) 742-2282
			San Antonio Public Library          (210) 207-2500
Utah      		Salt Lake City: Marriott Library,
         		University of Utah      	    (801) 581-8394
Vermont			Burlington: Bailey/Howe Library,
			University of Vermont               (802) 656-2542
Washington   		Seattle: Engineering Library,
         		University of Washington   	    (206) 543-0740
West Virginia   	Morgantown: Evansdale Library,
         		West Virginia University      	    (304) 293-4695
Wisconsin   		Madison: Kurt F. Wendt Library,
         		University of Wisconsin Madison     (608) 262-6845
      			Milwaukee Public Library      	    (414) 286-3051
Wyoming			Cheyenne: Wyoming State	Library	    (307) 777-7281





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    Patent Technology Centers
  





	
	
	
	

	PATENT TECHNOLOGY CENTERS
	

	

	AVERAGE FILING DATE OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVING A FIRST OFFICE ACTION IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS
	

	

	Technology
Center		
	GAU
	Avg Filing Date1
	

	

	1600
	BIOTECHNOLOGY, AND ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
	

	

	 
	1610
	7/1/2007
	

	

	 
	1620
	1/18/2008
	

	

	 
	1630
	12/19/2007
	

	

	 
	1640
	4/5/2008
	

	

	 
	1650
	1/3/2008
	

	

	 
	1660
	10/26/2008
	

	

	 
	TOTAL 
	12/22/2007
	

	

	 
	 
	 
	

	

	1700/2900
	CHEMICAL AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND DESIGNS
	

	

	 
	1790
	9/5/2007
	

	

	 
	TOTAL 
	9/5/2007
	

	

	 
	 
	 
	

	

	 
	2910
	1/30/2009
	

	

	 
	TOTAL 
	1/30/2009
	

	

	 
	 
	 
	

	

	2100
	COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND SOFTWARE
	

	

	 
	2110
	8/27/2007
	

	

	 
	2120
	6/16/2007
	

	

	 
	2150
	8/30/2007
	

	

	 
	2160
	8/30/2007
	

	

	 
	2170
	2/22/2007
	

	

	 
	2180
	9/23/2007
	

	

	 
	2190
	3/29/2006
	

	

	 
	TOTAL 
	5/14/2007
	

	

	 
	 
	 
	

	

	2400
	NETWORKING, MULTIPLEXING, CABLE AND SECURITY
	

	

	 
	2420
	5/29/2007
	

	

	 
	2430
	1/20/2007
	

	

	 
	2440
	8/3/2007
	

	

	 
	2450
	9/5/2007
	

	

	 
	2460
	10/11/2007
	

	

	 
	2470
	11/10/2007
	

	

	 
	TOTAL 
	6/10/2007
	

	

	 
	 
	 
	

	

	2600
	COMMUNICATIONS
	

	

	 
	2610
	2/28/2007
	

	

	 
	2620
	2/4/2007
	

	

	 
	TOTAL 
	2/16/2007
	

	

	 
	 
	 
	

	

	2800
	 
	SEMICONDUCTORS/MEMORY, CIRCUITS/MEASURING AND TESTING, OPTICS/PHOTOCOPYING
	

	

	 
	2810
	3/21/2008
	

	

	 
	2820
	2/26/2008
	

	

	 
	2830
	3/21/2008
	

	

	 
	2840
	11/28/2007
	

	

	 
	2850
	11/7/2007
	

	

	 
	2860
	12/10/2007
	

	

	 
	2870
	1/12/2008
	

	

	 
	2880
	1/18/2008
	

	

	 
	2890
	3/24/2008
	

	

	 
	TOTAL 
	2/8/2008
	

	

	 
	 
	 
	

	

	3600
	 
	 
	TRANSPORTATION, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, NATIONAL SECURITY AND LICENSE AND REVIEW
	

	

	 
	3610
	2/5/2008
	

	

	 
	3620
	12/18/2006
	

	

	 
	3630
	12/19/2007
	

	

	 
	3640
	1/9/2008
	

	

	 
	3650
	10/14/2007
	

	

	 
	3660
	9/23/2007
	

	

	 
	3670
	4/2/2008
	

	

	 
	3680
	12/27/2006
	

	

	 
	3690
	11/4/2007
	

	

	 
	TOTAL 
	10/14/2007
	

	

	 
	 
	 
	

	

	3700
	 
	MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTS
	

	

	 
	3710
	8/12/2007
	

	

	 
	3720
	12/19/2007
	

	

	 
	3730
	6/4/2007
	

	

	 
	3740
	7/28/2007
	

	

	 
	3750
	7/16/2007
	

	

	 
	3760
	10/23/2007
	

	

	 
	3770
	5/20/2007
	

	

	 
	3780
	6/4/2007
	

	

	 
	TOTAL 
	8/21/2007
	

	

	 
	 
	 
	

	

	 
	1 Average Filing date of applications receiving a First Office action in the last 3 months.
	





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