United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 17 December 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 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 (Sergei
Vasilievich Belyaev) 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/RU98/00250 and was filed on 03
August 1998 in the name of Optiva, Inc. et al for the invention
entitled "Liquid Crystal Display". The national stage application
number is 09/485,168 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 19 May 2000.

                       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 addresses of
the non-signing inventor. The inventor whose signature is missing (Mr.
Jayant Neogi) 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/US00/16761 and was filed on 16
June 2000 in the names of Jayant NEOGI, for the invention entitled
METHOD APPARATUS AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR BRANDING A DIAMOND WITH
A FOCUSED ION BEAM. The national stage application number is 10/018,817
and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 12 August 2002.