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.