United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 12 November 2002

                       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 the inventor. The petition has been granted. A
notice has been sent to the last known address of each non-signing
inventor. The inventors whose signatures are missing (Eric Pirony and
David Trimmings) 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/FR99/02509 and was filed on 05
August 1999 in the names of Claude TRICHARD, Eric PIRONY and David
TRIMMINGS for the invention entitled TRACTION DEVICE FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF AN UNDERWATER NETWORK FOR TRANSPORTING FLUID, ENERGY OR
SIGNALS. The national stage application number is 09/787,540 and has a
35 U.S.C. 371 date of 19 November 2001.