Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Trademarks 1997-01-21: Vol 1194 Iss 3

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OFFICVol.I 1194A NuLmber 3
GAZETTE
of the
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
TRADEMARKS
January 21, 1997
U.S.
| DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE
Patent
and
Trademark
Office PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS

OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
January 21, 1997 Volume 1194 Number 3
CONTENTS
Patent and Trademark Office Notices
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information
Patent Cooperation Treaty Update
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable
Notice of Expiration of Patents Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee From 1 1/22/96
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee From 11/29/96
Patents Reinstated Due to the Acceptance of a Late Maintenance Fee From 12/06/96
Reissue Applications Filed
Requests for Reexaminations Filed
Notice of Expiration of Trademark Registrations Due To Failure To Renew
Certificate of Correction
Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Special Boxes for Mail
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in
Patent Depository Libraries
Patent Examining Corps
Condition of Trademark Applications
Classification of
Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)
Designs and Plants Applications
Geographical Index of Residence of Inventors
Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)
Designs and Plants Applications
Marks Published for Opposition
Registrations Issued
Principal Register
Registrations Issued Under Section 1(d) ....
Supplemental Register
Registrations Renewed
Registrations Cancelled
Registrations Amended, Corrected, etc. .
Registrations—New Certificates
Index of Registrants
Change of Address Form 2222222222222
Subscription Order Form
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PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE NOTICES
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information — Designation fee
For information concerning PCT member countries, see the
notice appearing in the Official Gazette at 1190 O.G. 3, on International Application (PCT Chapter Il) fees
September 3, 1996. associated with filing a Demand for
For use of the European Patent Office as an International Preliminary Examination:
Searching Authority for international applications filed in the Handling fee
United States Receiving Office, see the notice in the Preliminary examination fee
Official Gazette at 1022 O.G. 52, on Septembe2r8 , 1982. USPTO as International Preliminary
For use of the European Patent Office as an International Examining Authority (IPEA)
Preliminary Authority for international applications — USPTwOas ISA in PCT ChapterI
filed in the United States Receiving Office, see the notices — Additional examination fee, per
appearing in the ialG azette at'1080 O.G. 2,o n July7 , additional invention (payable only
1987, and at 1091 O.G. 2, on June 7, 1988. Therei s no longer upon invitation)
a limit on the number of such international applications accepted — USPTO was not ISA in PCT Chapter I
for international preliminary examination by the — Additional examination fee, per
Patent Office; see the notice appearing at 1116 O.G. 32, on additional invention (payable only
July 17, 1990. upon invitation)
The search fee of the European Patent Office was changed,
effective July 1, 1996, due to a change in the exchange rate US. National Stage Fees Entity
of the U.S. dollar with regard to the German mark, and was
4 a in the Official Gazette at 1187 O.G. 73, on June
Basic National fee
International fees were changed, effective on January 1, USPTO was IPEA
1996, due to a change in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar — All claims presented satisfied
with regard to the Swiss franc, and were announced in the provisions of PCT Article
Official Gazette at 1181 O.G. 49, on December 19, 1995. 33(2) to (4)
Certain domestic PCT fees and charges for International — All claims presented did not
Search.and Preliminary Examination were chan; effective satisfy provisions of PCT
October1 , 1996, and were announcien dth e ial Gazette Article 33(2) to (4)
at 1189 O.G. 62, on Augus2t0 , 1996. USPTO was ISA but not IPEA
The schedule of PCT fees (in U.S. dollars), effective October USPTO was neither ISA nor IPEA
1, 1996, is as follows: — Search report has not been
prepared by the European
Patent Office or the Japanese
International a (PCT Chapter I) fees:
Transmit
Search og
y
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Office or the Japanese
(USPTO) as International Searching Patent Office
Authority (ISA)
— No corresponding prior U.S.
may applicationf iled — For each independcleainm ti n
— For each claim in excess of 20.
-- Fes search fee, per — For each application containing
additional invention (payable only a multiple dependent claim
— Surcharge for filing oath or decla-
ration the time limit appli-
cable under PCT Article 22 or
Basic supplemental fee (for each page — Processing fee for filing English
over 30) translation after the time limit
Designation fee per country or region applicable under PCT Article 22
— For the first 11 national or
regional offices designated
— For each designiant exiceossn o f
Sept. 10, 1996
Precautionary designation fee and Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
confirmation fee for each precautionary Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
designation confirmed (PCT Rule 15.5)
Patent Cooperation Treaty Update
The International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization has informed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
that, due to changes in the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar with regard to the Swiss franc, the dollar amount of the international
fees for international 1 filed in the United States Receiving Office will increase, effective February 1, 1997
Effective gar 7d» 1997, the amount of the international fees for international applications filed in the "United States
Receiving Office will
Basic fee (first 30 pages)
1194 TMOG 617
1194 TMOG 618 January 21,1997
Basic supplemental fee (for each page over 30)
on fee (per country or region up to 11).
Handling fee
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Patent Cooperation Treaty Update
Accession by Ghana
The United States Patent and Trademark Office received notification from the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO) that Ghana deposited its instruofm acecensstio n of theP CTo n Novembe2r6 , 1996. Ghana will become a Contracting
State of the PCT on February 26, 1997. Consequently, nationals and residents of Ghana are entitled to file international applications
under the PCT on and after February 26, 1997, and from the same date it is possible to file international applications designating
and electing Ghana (country code: GH).
Since Ghana is a member of the Harare Protocol with the framework of ARIPO, Ghana will be able to be designated for a
patent granted by ARIPO. As of February 26, 1997, any designation in an international application for an ARIPO patent will
automatically include the designation of Ghana for that purpose.
Listing of PCT Member Countries
Date of Deposit
Country of Instrument
(1) Central African Republic? i 15 September 1971
(2) Senegal? =e hs i i wan 08 March 1972
28 January 1975....
26 November 1975
19 July 1976
08 August 1977
_ ‘Sie 14 September 1977
(13) United Kingdom’ sede waa i ion.... 24 October 1977....
(14) France’ ois mae i ion... 25 November 1977
(15) Russian Federation aad i i ion..... 29 December 1977
(17) Luxembourg’
(18) Sweden?
01 July 1978
01 September 1978 01 December 1978
23 January 1979.... 23 April 1979
22 June 1979
10 July 1979
23 July 1979
01 January 1980
19 December 1979
19 March 1980
31 December 1979 31 March 1980
27 March 1980
27 June 1980
April 08 July 1980
01 July 1980 01 October 1980
14 September 1981 14 December 1981
26 November 1981 26 February 1982
13 April 1983
16 April 1984
21 May 1984
10 August 1984
19 October 1984
12 March 1985
28 March 1985
26 November 1986 26 February 1987
21 December 1988 21 March 1989
16 November 1989
02 January 1990
October 1990
25 December 1990
30 April 1991
27 May 1991
27 May 1991
JANUARY 21,1997 U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1194 TMOG 619
Entry into
Country Force!
01 January 1993
01 August 1992
24 November 1992
01 December 1992
25 December 1991
10 March 1993
01 January 1993
21 March 1993
25 December 1991
(66) Republic of Moldova
(67) Tajikistan
(68) Kenya®
(69) Lithuania.
(73) Swaziland’
01 January 1995
(75) Uganda*® 09 November 1994 09 February 1995
(76) Singapore... 23 November 1994 23 February 1995
(77) Iceland 23 March 1995
(78) Turkmenistan 25 December 1991
(79) — — — of Macedonia 10 August 1995
04 October 1995
( ) Ghana*® 26 February 1997
‘Although the PCT entered into force on January 24, 1978, the Assembly of the PCT Union fixed June 1, 1978, as the date
from which international applications could be filed and demands for international preliminary examination could be submitted.
*Member of African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) regional patent system.
3Member of European Patent Convention (EPC) regional patent system.
‘Declaration of continued application.
5Member of African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO) regional patent system.
December 26, 1996 BRUCE A. LEHMAN
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and
Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Notice of Maintenance Fees Payable Utility Patents 5,276,922 through 5,278,997
Reissue Patents based on the above identified
Attention is drawn to the patents which were pm on
Title 37 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 1.362(d) January 16, 1990 for which maintenance fees due at 7 years
provides that maintenance fees may be paid without surcharge and six months may now be paid. The patents have patent
for the six-month period beginning 3, 7, and 11 years after the numbers within the following ranges:
date of issue of patents based on applications filed on or after
Dec. 12, 1980. An additional six-month grace period is pro-
vided by 35 U.S.C. 41(b) and 37 CFR 1.362(e) for payment Utility Patents 4,893,355 through 4,894,864
of the maintenance fee with the surcharge set forth in 37 CFR Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.
1.2as0 am(endhed )eff,ecti ve Dec. 16, 1991. Ift he 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 which were issued on
January 14, 1996 for which maintenance fees due at 11 years
and six months may now be paid. The patehanve tpasten t
Attention is drawn to the patents which were issued on numbers within the following ranges:
January 18, 1994 for which maintenance fees due at 3 years
and six months may now be paid. The patents have patent a Patents — 776 through 4,564,955
numbers within the following ranges: Reissue Patents based on the above identified patents.
1194 TMOG 620 OFFICIAL GAZETTE January 21,1997
No maintenance fees are required for design or plant patents. PATENTS WHICH EXPIRED November 13, 1996
DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEES
Payments of maintenance fees in patents should be directed
to “Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, Box M. Fee,
Washington, D.C. 20231.” Patent Number Serial Number Issue Date
For patents based on applications filed on or after Dec. 12,
1980, but before Aug. 27, 1982, patent owners must establish Re. 32,142 06/736,662 05/13/86
small entity status according to 37 CFR 1.27 if they have not (4,481,986) (06/417,225) (11/13/84)
done so and if they wish to pay the small entity amount. Re. 32,530 06/712,251 10/27/87
The current amounts of the maintenance fees due at 3 years (4,482,051) (06/382,151) (11/13/84)
and six months, 7 years and six months, and 11 years and six Re. 33,066 06/899,058 09/26/89
months are set forth in 37 CFR 1.20(e)-(g), as amended Oct. (4,481,727) (06/390,380) (11/13/84)
1, 1996, which are reproduced below: Re. 34,304 07/610,412 07/06/93
(4,783,645) (06/719,060) (11/08/88)
4,481,679 06/434,543 11/13/84
37 CFR § 1.20 Post-issuance fees 4,481,681 06/367,102 11/13/84
4,481,696 06/354,670 11/13/84
(e) For maintaining an original or reissue patent, except a design 4,481,699 06/413,649 11/13/84
or plant patent, based on an application filed on or after 4,481,701 06/534,976 11/13/84
Dec. 12, 1980, in force beyond 4 years; the fee is due by 4,481,718 06/496,820 11/13/84
three years and six months after the original grant: 4,481,723 06/324,862 11/13/84
4,481,731 06/482,634 11/13/84
4,481,735 06/414,597 11/13/84
By a small entity (§ 1.9(f)) 4,481,742 06/473,511 11/13/84
By other than a small entity 4,481,747 06/437,201 11/13/84
4,481,748 06/298,474 11/13/84
(f) For maintaining an original or reissue patent, except a design 4,481,762 06/429,796 11/13/84
or plant patent, based on an application filed on or after Dec. 4,481,767 06/511,883 11/13/84
12, 1980 in force beyond 8 years; the fee is due by seven 4,481,774 06/330,238 11/13/84
years and six months after the original grant: 4,481,777 06/505,152 11/13/84
4,481,778 06/477,477 11/13/84
By a small entity (§ 1.9(f)) 4,481,780 06/568,909 11/13/84
By other than a small entity 4,481,783 06/440,529 11/13/84
4,481,785 06/402,469 11/13/84
(g) For maintaining an original or reissue patent, except a design 4,481,788 06/448,045 11/13/84
or plant patent, based on an application filed on or after 4,481,789 06/358,297 11/13/84
Dec. 12, 1980 in force beyond 12 years; the fee is due by 4,481,793 06/414,516 11/13/84
eleven years and six months after the original grant: 4,481,802 06/297,901 11/13/84
4,481,806 06/439,939 11/13/84
By a small entity (§ 1.9(f)) 4,481,814 06/392,844 11/13/84
By other than a small entity 4,481,819 06/465, 183 11/13/84
4,481,820 06/449,616 11/13/84
The amount of the surcharge for paying the maintenance fee 4,481,821 06/521,114 11/13/84
during the grace period or after expiration of the patent are set 4,481,822 06/434,879 11/13/84
forth in 37 CFR 1.20(h), and (i) which are reproduced below: 4,481,824 06/411,880 11/13/84
4,481,826 06/463,358 11/13/84
4,481,830 06/455,612 11/13/84
(h) Surcharge for paying a maintenance fee during the 6 month 4,481,833 06/453,038 11/13/84
grace period following the expiration of three years and six 4,481,834 06/416,220 11/13/84
months, seven years and six months, and eleven years and 4,481,838 06/369,495 11/13/84
six months after the date of the original grant of a patent 4,481,839 06/367,789 11/13/84
based on an application filed on or after Dec. 12, 1980: 4,481,848 06/386,085 11/13/84
4,481,851 06/275,723 11/13/84
By a small entity (§ 1.9(f)) 4,481,852 06/281,291 11/13/84
By other than a small entity 4,481,854 06/451,009 11/13/84
4,481,856 06/415,589 11/13/84
(i) Surcharge for accepting a maintenance fee after expiration 4,481,863 06/401,310 11/13/84
of a patent for non-timely payment of a maintenance fee 4,481,864 06/400, 159 11/13/84
where the delay is shown to the satisfaction of the Commis- 4,481,869 06/378,094 11/13/84
sioner to have been: 4,481,871 06/402,958 11/13/84
(1) unavoidable 4,481,884 06/334,889 11/13/84
4,481,886 06/458, 100 11/13/84
4,481,889 06/498,012 11/13/84
4,481,891 06/518,134 11/13/84
4,481,903 06/462,384 11/13/84
4,481,904 06/508,600 11/13/84
Notice of Expiration of Patents 4,481,905 06/509,944 11/13/84
Due to Failure to Pay Maintenance Fee 4,481,906 06/5 16,757 11/13/84
4,481,909 06/466,783 11/13/84
4,481,912 06/396,265 11/13/84
35 U.S.C. 41 and 37 CFR 1.362(g) provide that if the 4,481,915 06/490,321 11/13/84
required maintenance fee and any applicable surcharge are 4,481,919 06/447,158 11/13/84
not paid in a patent requiring such payment, the patent will 4,481,920 06/427,745 11/13/84
expire at the end of the 4th, 8th or 12th anniversary of the 4,481,926 06/406, 143 11/13/84
grant of the patent depending on the first maintenance fee 4,481,927 06/486,284 11/13/84
which was not paid. 4,481,930 06/468,310 11/13/84
According to the records of the Office, the patents listed 4,481,935 06/449,879 11/13/84
below have expired due to failure to pay the required mainte- 4,481,956 06/417,271 11/13/84
nance fee and any applicable surcharge. 4,481,957 06/421,922 11/13/84
January 21,1997 U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 1194 TMOG 621
Patent Number Serial Number Issue Date 4,482,353 11/13/84
11/13/84
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06/394,780 11/13/84 11/13/84
06/402,252 11/13/84 06/398,684 11/13/84
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06/440,872
06/421,157
06/454,724
06/371,533
06/346,892
06/431,579
06/594,109
06/412,0 47
06/357,769
06/507,814
06/501,031
06/458,979
06/430,474
06/340,732
06/496,453
06/528,821
06/415,373
06/445, ‘913
06/313,389
06/413,793
06/348,001
06/303,098
06/565,848
06/446,526 06/438, 375
06/413,742 06/487,501
06/480,320 06/449,671
06/343,017 4,4 8 06/538,352
06/344,934 06/506,772
06/457,686 06/588,581
4,482,352 06/586,408 7 06/S78,735
1194 TMOG 622 OFFICIAL GAZETTE JANUARY 21,1997
Patent Number i Issue Date 4,782,556 11/08/88
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06/548,063 11/13/84 07/058,568
06/483,665 11/13/84 07/123,310
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11/13/84 4,782. 07/153,492
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11/13/84 07/105,098
11/13/84 07/073,267
11/13/84 07/045,391
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11/13/84 07/021,835
11/13/84 06/910,038
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06/511,933 11/13/84 07/092,849
06/393,951 11/13/84 07/148,513
06/354,917 11/13/84 07/070,944
06/351,809 11/13/84 07/100,918
06/572,951 11/13/84 07/103,512
06/517,047 11/13/84 07/079,934
06/387,715 11/13/84 06/945,235
06/475,763 11/13/84 07/027,330
06/43 1,894 11/13/84 07/084,627
06/412,179 11/13/84 782. 07/063,231
06/507,980 11/13/84 06/896, 168
06/616,797 11/13/84 07/094,595
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