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
(Christopher M. Fountain) 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/US99/22066 and was filed on
23 September 1999 in the name of Edison Welding Institute for the
invention entitled PENETRATION FLUX. The national stage application
number is 09/787,800 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 24 July 2001.


                      37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an national stage
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
(Rene Gral) may join in the application by promptly filing an
appropriate oath or declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.497. The
international application number is PCT/FR98/01214 and was filed on 11
June 1998, in the name of Rene Gral for the invention entitled DEVICE
FOR ALTERING THE APPEARANCE OF VALUABLE ARTICLES AND CONTAINER
COMPRISING SAME. The national stage application number is 09/445,731
and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 9 May 2000.


                      37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice hereby is given of the filing of a national stage
application with a petition under 37 CFR 1.47(a) 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
(Helmut Blender) may join in the application by promptly filing an
appropriate oath or declaration complying with the provisions of 37 CFR
1.497. The international application number is PCT/DE98/03752 and was
filed on 16 December 1998 in the names of Helmut Blender, Rolf Jager,
Karl-Heinz Kulas, Horst Masuch, Patrick Muller and Wolfgang Tempel for
the invention entitled Multi-Flow Liquid Ring Pump. The national stage
application number is 09/581,390, and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 16
July 2001.