RELATED APPLICATION INFORMATION This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/853,832, filed May 10, 2001, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,559,176, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/203,000, filed May 10, 2000 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/254,398, filed Dec. 7, 2000, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/202,999, filed May 10, 2000, all of which are herein incorporated by reference.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 09/596,795 filed Jun. 19, 2000, which application is fully incorporated herein by reference.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This Application for Patent claims the benefit of priority from, and hereby incorporates by reference the entire disclosure of, co-pending U.S. Provisional Application for Patent Serial No. 60/161,588 filed Oct. 26, 1999.

This is a 371 of International Application Ser. No. PCT/US98/18167 filed on Sep. 11, 1998, which is based on U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/058,855, filed on Sep. 12, 1997 and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/058,856, filed Sep. 12, 1997.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/434,690, filed on Nov. 5, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,395,529, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/263,041 filed on Mar. 5, 1999, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/189,497 filed on Nov. 10, 1998, now abandoned, which applications are fully incorporated herein by reference.

The present application is a Divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/752,168, filed on Dec. 29, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,472,201, which is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/574,087, filed May 18, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,387,651, issued May 14, 2002, which is a Request for Continued Examination of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/333,802 filed Jun. 15, 1999, now abandoned, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/098,066, filed Jun. 16, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,021, issued Apr. 4, 2000, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/762,656, filed Dec. 9, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,882, issued Mar. 16, 1999, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/421,377, filed Apr. 12, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,045, issued May 6, 1997.

RELATED APPLICATIONS This a is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 09/258,613, filed Feb. 26, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,503,539 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Provisional Application 60/081,551, filed Apr. 13, 1998. The entireties of these applications arc incorporated by reference herein.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/205,948, filed May 19, 2000.

This application claims the benefit of Provisional Application No. 60/091,716, filed Jul. 6, 1998.

The present invention claims the benefit of provisional application 60/164,258 filed Nov. 9, 1999.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/224,645, filed on Dec. 31, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,214,617 U.S. application Ser. No. 09/316,566, filed on May 21, 1999, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/179,273, filed on Jan. 31, 2000.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/098,439, filed Aug. 31, 1998.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This Application for Patent claims the benefit of priority from, and hereby incorporates by reference the entire disclosure of, co-pending U.S. Provisional Application for Patent Ser. No. 60/161,588 filed Oct. 26, 1999 and Ser. No. 60/161,391, filed Oct. 26, 1999.

This application claims benefit from U.S. provisional application serial No. 60/136,564 on May 28, 1999.

The present application is a Continuation of U.S. patent appln. Ser. No. 09/574,087, filed May 18, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,387,651, issued May 14, 2002, which is a Continuation of U.S. patent appln. Ser. No. 09/333,802, filed Jun. 15, 1999, now abandoned, which is Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent appln. Ser. No. 09/098,066, filed Jun. 16, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,021, issued Apr. 4, 2000, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent appln. Ser. No. 08/762,656, filed Dec. 9, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,882, issued Mar. 16, 1999, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent appln. Ser. No. 08/421,377, filed Apr. 12, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,045, issued May 6, 1997.

The present application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 60/036,139, filed Jan. 21, 1997, now abandoned, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference without disclaimer.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Nos. 60/086,209, filed May 21, 1998 and 60/086,918, filed May 27, 1998, and this application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/224,645, filed Dec. 31, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,388,998 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/115,109, filed Jul. 13, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,133,019 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/784,718, filed Jan. 16, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,821,116, which is a division Ser. No. 08/412,289, of U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,819, filed Mar. 28, 1995.

CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/074,037, filed May 6, 1998, now abandoned, the contents of which are incorporated by reference.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/196,063, filed Apr. 10, 2000 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/196,258, filed Apr. 11, 2000.

This application claims priority to the U.S. provisional application No. 60/183,462, filed Feb. 18, 2000, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/203,000, filed May 10, 2000 and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/254,398, filed Dec. 7, 2000, both of which are herein incorporated by reference.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/229,944, filed Sep. 1, 2000.

This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No 09/232,922, filed on Jan. 19, 1999 now abandoned.

This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/139,522, filed Aug. 25, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,165,484 Which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/056,970 filed Aug. 26, 1997. This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/056,970, filed Aug. 26, 1997.

The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/081,551, filed Apr. 13, 1998, incorporated herein by reference.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/769,124, filed Apr. 27, 2001, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/277,295, filed Mar. 26, 1999 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,214,567, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/114,557, filed Jul. 13, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,989,837.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/1606,858, filed Jun. 28, 2000 now abandoned.

This application is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/277,295, filed Mar. 26, 1999, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,214,567, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 09/114,557, filed Jul. 13, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,989,837.

The present application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/574,087, filed May 18, 2000, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/333,802 filed Jun. 15, 1999, abandoned, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/098,066, filed Jun. 16, 1998 now U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,021, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/762,656, filed Dec. 9, 1996 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,882 which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application. Ser. No. 08/421,377, filed Apr. 12, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,045, issued May 6, 1997.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is the national stage of PCT/EP99/02098, filed Mar. 25, 1999, now WO 99/51578, which claims priority from EP Application No. 98201043.1, filed Apr. 2, 1998.

This application claims priority to U.S. No. 60/098,036, filed Aug. 27, 1998, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 09/263,041 filed on Mar. 5, 1999, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/189,497 filed on Nov. 10, 1998, now abandoned, which applications are fully incorporated herein by reference.

The present application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/333,802, filed Jun. 15, 1999, now abandoned, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/098,066, filed Jun. 16, 1998, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,046,021 on Apr. 4, 2000, and which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/762,656, filed Dec. 9, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,882, issued Mar. 16, 1999, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/421,377, filed Apr. 12, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,045, issued May 6, 1997.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/057,932, filed Sep. 4, 1997, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/056,963, filed Aug. 26, 1997.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Applications Nos. 60/070,304; 60/070,251; 60/070,270; 60/070,133; 60/070,283; 60/070,078; 60/070,301 all filed Dec. 31, 1997, and this application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/115,109, filed Jul. 13, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,133,019, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/784,718, filed Jan. 16, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,821,116, which is a division of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/412,289, filed Mar. 28, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,819.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation application of U.S. Ser. No. 09/114,557, filed Jul. 13, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,989,837.

PRIORITY CLAIM This application claims priority to co-pending U.S. provisional patent application serial No. 60/040,776, filed on Mar. 14, 1997, which is incorporated herein by reference.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/056,970, filed Aug. 26, 1997.

The present application is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/762,656, filed Dec. 9, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,822, issued Mar. 16, 1999, which is a Continuation-in-Part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/421,377, filed Apr. 12, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,045, issued May 6, 1997.

This application claims benefit from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/016,510 filed on Apr. 30, 1996 and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/039,473 filed on Feb. 27, 1997.

This is a division of application Ser. No. 09/021,984, filed Feb. 11, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,837,470, which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/766,308 filed Dec. 13, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,773,221 and claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/008,682, filed Dec. 15, 1995, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/148,945, filed Nov. 8, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,474,933, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/974,837, filed Nov. 10, 1992, now abandoned which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/496,804, filed Mar. 21, 1990 now abandoned.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/766,308, filed Dec. 13, 1996, and claims the benefit of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 60/008,682, filed Dec. 15, 1995, all of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The present invention is a continuation-in-part of the following co-pending applications: application Ser. No. 08/357,822, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,688,685; application Ser. No. 08/357,686; now U.S. Pat. No. 5,633,164; application Ser. No. 08/357,700, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,585,272; and application Ser. No. 08/357,821, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,571,705, which were all filed on Dec. 16, 1994.

This application is a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 08/150,472, filed Nov. 12, 1993 now abandoned, which was a continuation in part of U.S. Ser. No. 07/975,486, filed Nov. 12, 1992 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,362,754.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/206,062, filed Mar. 4, 1994, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of copending U.S. application Ser. No. 08/133,465, filed Oct. 8, 1993, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/854,286, filed Mar. 20, 1992, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,252,343 on Oct. 12, 1993.

This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/357,822, filed Dec. 16, 1994.

This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/901,528, filed Jun. 19, 1992, now abandoned.

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/104,847, filed Aug. 12, 1993 now abandoned.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/974,837, now abandoned, filed Nov. 10, 1992, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/496,804, now abandoned, filed Mar. 21, 1990.

This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/654,007 filed Feb. 12, 1991, now abandoned.

This application is a Continuation-in-Part of application Ser. No. 06/772,141 filed Sept. 3, 1985, now abandoned.

This application is a continuation division of application Ser. No. 06/889,251, filed July 25, 1986, now abandoned.