United States Patent and Trademark Office OG Notices: 15 April 2003

                       37 CFR 1.47 Notice by Publication

   Notice is hereby given of the filing of an 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
(Hitoshi Tambo) may join in the application by promptly filing an
appropriate oath or Declaration complying with 37 CFR 1.497. The
international application number is PCT/JP00/07229 and was filed on 18
October 2000 in the name of Teruyuki Nakano, Yasuhiro Kozawa, and
Hitoshi Tambo for the invention entitled DEVICE FOR POLISHING OUTER
PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER. The national stage application
number is 09/856,402 and has a 35 U.S.C. 371 date of 12 October 2001.

                       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
(Jean-Marc Toussaint) 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/FR99/02503 and was filed on 14
October 1999 in the names of Jean-Marc Toussaint and Michael Breysse for
the invention entitled Revision Femoral Component for Knee Joint Prothesis.
The national stage application is assigned number 09/807,583 and has a
35 U.S.C. 371(c) date of 02 April 2002.