United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 02 July 2002

                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of a 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
(Franck SAVARD) 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/FR98/01854 and was filed on 26
August 1998 in the name of Franck SAVARD for the invention entitled
REAR CHANGER DEVICE FOR BICYCLE. The national stage application number
is 09/763,507 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 25 July 2001.