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 one of the joint 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
(Hans-Ulrich Ammann) 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/CH99/00189 and was filed on 06
May 1999 in the name of Prospective Concepts AG et al for the invention
entitled TAKE-OFF DEVICE FOR AIRPLANES. The national stage application
number is 09/463,628 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 01 May 2000.