37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given the filing of an application with a petition
under 37 CFR 1.47 requesting acceptance of the application without the
signature of all 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 (Jean-Pierre Robin) 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/FR96/01676 and was filed on 25 October 1996 in the names of Luc
Chanteloup, Bruno Chaveau, Christine Corbin, Robert Dhal, Sonia Le Guen,
Arnaud Lamy, Antoine Leze and Jean-Pierre Robin for the invention
entitled In re Application of Intermediary Compounds for the
Hemisynthesis of Taxanes and Preparation Processes Thereof. The national
stage application number is 09/065,041 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371(c) date
of 27 April 1999.