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
(Christian Darrel Decosterd) 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/AU98/00991 and was filed on
27 November 1998 in the name of Leslie Watson, Christoph Tschopp, Ross
Weaver, Ian Henderson, Pieter Kuiper and Christian Darrel Decosterd for
the invention entitled SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS SYSTEM. The
national stage application number is 09/555,360 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371
date of 26 September 2000.