			    OFFICIAL GAZETTE of the
		   UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
			        
May 9, 2000                     Volume 1234  	               Number 2

			         CONTENTS                        Page

Patent and Trademark Office Notices				  
   Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Information			  
   Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) 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 3/24/00
   Reissue Applications Filed 					  
   Requests for Reexamination Filed				  
   Notice Regarding Technical Center
      Box Issue Fee Mailings					  
   Patents to Issue Within Twelve Weeks After
      Satisfaction of All Outstanding Requirements,
      Including Issue Fee Payment and Corrected Drawings
   Registration to Practice
   Service by Publication					  
   Applications and Patents
      Available for License or Sale
   Status of Office of Public Records Services
   Reestablishment of the Patent and Trademark Office
      as the United States Patent and Trademark Office
   Errata 
   Certificates of Correction					  
   Summary of Final Decisions Issued by the
      Trademark Trial and Appeal Board				  
   Fiscal Year 2000 Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
      Receipts and Dispositions by Group Ex Parte Appeals
Special Boxes for Mail						  
Reference Collections of U.S. Patents Available for Public Use in
   Patent Depository Libraries					  
Patent Technology Centers					  
Condition of Trademark Applications				  
Reexaminations 							 
Reissue Patents Granted (36,684)				 
Plant Patents Granted (11,373)   				 
Patents Granted
   General and Mechanical (6,058,503)				 
   Chemical (6,059,844)						 
   Electrical (6,060,650)					 
Design Patents Granted (424,278)				 
Index of Patentees						  
Indices of Reissue, Reexaminations, Design and Plant Patents	  
Classification of
   Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)		  
   Designs and Plants Applications				  
Geographical Index of Residence of Inventors
   Patents (Including Reissues and Reexaminations)		  
   Designs and Plant Applications				  
Change of Address Form						  
Subscription Order Form						  

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