(26)             Closing of the Patent and Trademark Office
                         on Friday, Jan. 20, 1989

   In view of the fact that Federal and District of Columbia government 
offices in Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, including the Patent and 
Trademark Office were officially closed on Jan. 20, 1989, the Patent and 
Trademark Office will consider Jan. 20, 1989, a "holiday within the 
District of Columbia" under 35 U.S.C. 21. Any action or fee due that day
will be considered as timely for the purposes of e.g. 35 U.S.C.      119, 
133 and 151, if the action is taken, or fee paid, on Jan. 23, 1989. 
Papers deposited in U.S. Department of Commerce District Offices on
Jan. 20, 1989, will similarly be considered timely for the purposes of 
35 U.S.C.      119, 133 and 151.

Jan. 6, 1989                                              DONALD J. QUIGG
                                                  Assistant Secretary and
                                                  Commissioner of Patents
                                                           and Trademarks

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