United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 04 December 2001

                      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 two of the joint inventors. The petition has
been granted. A notice has been sent to the last known addresses of the
non-signing inventors. The inventors whose signatures are missing
(Alessandro Ciucci and Simone Rastelli) 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/EP99/01842 and
was filed on 18 March 1999 in the name of Vincenzo Palleschi et al for
the invention entitled "Method for Quantitative Analysis of Atomic
Components of Materials by LIBS Spectroscopy Measurements". The
national stage application number is 09/646,608 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371
date of 20 September 2000.



                      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. Naghi Momeni)
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/SE98/01871 and was filed on 16 October 1998
in the name of RAMANATHAN, Kumaran; TORABI, Fereidon; Momeni, Naghi,
KHAYYAMI, Masoud, DANIELSSON Bengt; BENGMARK, Stig; LARSSON, per-Olof
for the invention entitled CAPILLARY ASSAY METHOD. The national stage
application number is 09/509,271 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 10
November 2000.