EXHIBIT
        10.17

      


      FORM
        OF
        ASSIGNMENT OF APPLICATION

      


      Whereas,
        I/We, _______________________________________________ of
        _______________________,
        hereafter referred to as applicant, have invented certain new and useful
        improvements in
        _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

      


      for
        which
        an application for a United States Patent was filed on
        _________________________________

      Application
        Number ______________________________

      


      for
        which
        an application for a United States Patent was executed on
        ____________________________,
        and

      


      Whereas,
        ______________________________________ of
        _____________________________________ here
        referred to as "assignee" whose mailing address is
        _________________________________________________________________________
        is
        desirous of acquiring the entire right, title and interest in the
        same;

      


      Now,
        therefore, in consideration of the sum of _______ dollars ($______), the
        receipt
        whereof is acknowledge, and other good and valuable consideration, I/We,
        the
        applicant(s), by these presents do sell, assign and transfer unto said assignee
        the full and exclusive right to the said invention in the United States and
        the
        entire rights, title and interest in and to any and all Patents which may
        be
        granted therefore in the United States. I/We hereby authorize and request
        the
        Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to issue said United States
        Patent to said assignee, of the entire right, title, and interest in and
        to the
        same, for his sole use and behoof, and for the use and behoof of his legal
        representatives, to the full end of the term for which said Patent may be
        granted, as fully and entirely as the same would have been held by me had
        this
        assignment and sale not bee made.

      


      Executed
        this _________ day
        of
        ___________________________,
        20
        _________

      at_________________________________________________________________________________________________

      


       

      
        
          
Signature

      

       

      
        
          

        

      

      Printed
        Name/Registration No., if applicable

      State
        of
        _______________________

      SS:

      County
        of
        _____________________

      


      Before
        me
        personally appeared said ______________________________________________________
        and
        acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed this
        _______________ day
        of
        ____________,
        20________

      


      Seal

      


      Note:
        Signature of all the inventors or assignees of record of the entire interest
        or
        their representative(s) are required. Submit multiple forms if more than
        one
        signature is required. See below.

      


      Total
        of
        ________________________ forms
        are
        submitted.

      This
        form
        offers a sample or suggested format for an assignment document. This sample
        form
        is not an OMB officially approved form.