37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a
petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted.
A notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing
inventor. The inventor whose signature is missing (Ivan DuBois) may
join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or
declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application
number is PCT/EP96/05125 and was filed on November 18, 1996 in the
names of Roger Standaert and Ivan DuBois for the invention entitled
Pre-Alloyed Powder And Its Use In The Manufacture Of Diamond Tools. The
national stage application number is 09/091149 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371
date of November 13, 1998.



                      37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an application with a
petition under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application
without the signature of all inventors. The petition has been granted.
A notice has been sent to the last known address of the non-signing
inventor. The inventor whose signature is missing (Dr. Martin Salzer)
may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or
declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.63. The international application
number is PCT/CH99/00063 and was filed on February 12, 1999 in the
names of Reinhard Graf, Martin Salzer, Gerhard Scheller, Ulrich
Bucken and Martin Imhof for the invention entitled Outer Shell Of
A Hip Joint Endoprosthesis. The national stage application number is
09/402876 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of December 17, 1999.