United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 12 August 2003

                       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 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 (Darren
SHARMAN) 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/GB01/00430 and was filed 01 February 2001 in
the names of James CHURCHMAN, Jeffrey Alun HARRIS, and Darren SHARMAN
for the invention entitled COIN VALIDATION ARRANGEMENT. The national
stage number is 10/203,394 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 28 February
2003.

                       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 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 (Mr. Solomon Flax)
may join in the application by promptly filing an appropriate oath or
Declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.47(a) and (b). The international
application number is PCT/USIL00/00513 and was filed on 29 August 2000
in the name of Solomon Flax for the invention entitled PROCESS FOR
PRODUCING METAL-CONTAINING SULFID ORES. The national stage application
number is 09/830,830 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 28 February 2002.