ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES

            Newsletter of the Federal Depository Library Program


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                              April 15, 2000
                             GP 3.16/3-2:21/06
                             (Vol. 21, no. 06)

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                USAPat Subscriber Notice: USAPat on DVD-ROM

   [The following notice was provided by the U.S. Patent & Trademark
   Office.]

   We are pleased to announce that the USAPat production problems have
   been resolved. We have sent the first six weeks of 2000 for
   mastering and will ship at least two weeks of issued documents each
   week until the backlog is completely caught up. The discs will be
   shipped in the order they are issued. We expect to be caught up in
   April.

   Please be reminded that the USAPat discs you will receive will be on
   DVD-ROM as CD-ROM production has ceased.

   Thank you for your patience. We sincerely apologize for this delay
   in delivery.