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EXHIBIT 10.1

         REIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         AIRPONIC   INTERNATIONAL    CORPORATION,   a   California   Corporation
("Employer")  and RANDALL S. REIS  ("Employee") in  consideration  of the mutual
promises made herein, agree as follows:

         1.       Employment.
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         1.01. Employer hereby employs Employee to perform,  and Employee hereby
accepts   employment  with  Employer  and  agrees  to  perform  the  duties  and
responsibilities  of Chairman  and Co-CEO of the  Employer,  together  with such
additional  powers and duties  with  respect to  Employer's  business  as may be
assigned  to  Employee  by the Board of  Directors  of  Employer,  effective  as
provided hereinbelow.

         1.02.  Except  for  legal  holidays,  vacations  and  absences  due  to
temporary illness, Employee shall devote his time, attention and energies to the
business of Employer on a full time basis during the term hereof.

         1.03.  Employee  represents  and warrants  that he is not a party to or
bound by any  agreement  which  forbids his entry  into,  or limits his right of
action under this Agreement.

         2.       Conditions of Employment.
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         2.01. The term of this Agreement  shall commence on the date hereof and
shall  continue  for a period of five (5)  years  thereafter  ("Initial  Term"),
unless extended or terminated as provided elsewhere herein.

         2.02.  After the expiration of each year during the Initial Term,  this
Agreement  shall be  automatically  extended  for an  additional  one-year  term
("Renewal  Term") beyond the balance of the Initial Term plus any Renewal Terms,
but may be  terminable  by either  party by giving  written  notice to the other
party six calendar  months prior to the  expiration  date of the Initial Term or
any Renewal Term.

         2.03. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Employer may, at
any  time,  discharge  Employee  with  or  without  just  cause,  whereupon  his
employment  hereunder  shall  terminate  immediately  upon the giving of written
notice of such discharge. As used in this Agreement,  the term "with just cause"
shall  mean:  (i)  the  conviction  of the  commission  of any  crime  involving
dishonesty or resulting in  imprisonment  without the option of a fine, (ii) the
material  non-observance  or material  breach by Employee of any of the material
provisions  of this  Agreement,  or (iii) the  neglect,  failure  or  refusal of
Employee  to carry out the duties  properly  assigned to him after due notice to
the  Employee  of such  neglect,  failure or  refusal.  In the event  Employee's
employment is terminated  for any reason other than just cause,  or in the event
Employee is  constructively  terminated,  the  Employee  (a) will be entitled to
receive,  within 15 days after such  termination,  a cash  payment in the amount
equal to three  times the sum of (x) the  Employee's  then  current  annual base
salary  and (Y) the  amount of the  bonus,  if any,  earned by the  Employee  in
respect of the  previous  fiscal year (a  "severance  Payment")  and (b) will be
entitled to participate  in all benefit  programs of the Company for a period of
one year following such termination. The Employee's employment will be deemed to
have been  "constructively  terminated" (i) if his responsibilities or authority
have been significantly reduced or (ii) if his salary is reduced in violation of
his employment  agreement.  In the event that the Employee becomes entitled to a
Severance  Payment subject to the tax (the "Excise Tax") imposed by Section 4999
of the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986,  as amended  (the  "Code"),  the Employer
shall pay to the Employee an additional amount (the"Gross-Up Payment") such that
the net amount  retained by the employee  after payment of any Excise Tax on the
Severance Payment and Gross-Up Payment shall be equal to the Severance  Payment.
In the event of any discharge with just cause pursuant to this Section 2.03, all
obligations of Employer in respect of this Agreement will terminate,  except the
obligation  to pay  Employee any  compensation  which shall have accrued but not
been paid in respect of the portion of the term hereof  which shall have elapsed
prior to the date of such termination,  based upon the number of days elapsed in
such period through the date of such discharge.

         3.    Compensation.
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         Employer   shall  pay,  and   Employee   shall  accept  as  his  entire
compensation  for the services  rendered by him pursuant to this agreement,  the
following:
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         3.01. An annual base salary for any and all services which Employee may
render to  Employer,  in the  amount  of  $120,000  per  annum,  which  shall be
increased as set forth in Section  3.03 below,  if  applicable,  or from time to
time by appropriate action of the Board of Directors of Employer.

         3.02.  For the fiscal year ended June 30,  1993,  and for every  fiscal
year  thereafter  for so long as  Employee  remains in the  full-time  employ of
Employer, a bonus equal to theree (3) percentage of the net profits before taxes
of Employer for each such fiscal year:

         3.03. The annual base salary of Employee under this Agreement  shall be
increased at the rate of $50,000 per year following any fiscal year in which the
pre-tax net profit of the Employer equals or exceeds $1,000,000.

         3.04.   Employer  shall  reimburse  Employee  for  all  reasonable  and
necessary expenses paid or incurred by Employee in the performance of his duties
during the term of this  Agreement  upon  receipt of  vouchered  statements  and
reasonable evidence of the incurrence thereof.

         3.05.  The  compensation  provided  for in this  Section  3 shall be in
addition  to any pension or  retirement  benefits,  additional  bonuses or stock
options to which employee may become  entitled at the discretion of the Board of
Directors of Employer.  The existence of this  Agreement  shall not be deemed in
any way to preclude Employee from receiving any such additional  benefits nor to
oblige  the Board of  Directors  of  Employer  to  provide  any such  additional
benefits, except as provided herein.

         4.       Vacation and Fringe Benefits.
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         4.01 Employee  shall receive paid vacations of six (6) weeks each year,
but shall not take more than (3) weeks at a time  without  the prior  consent of
Employer.

         4.02.    Employee  shall  receive a business  vehicle  allowance not to
exceed $750.00 per month.

         4.03.    Employee  shall  receive  all the paid  holidays  observed  by
Employer each year.

         4.04.  Employee shall receive such health,  medical and other insurance
coverage  and fringe  benefits as are provided to its  employees  or  executives
generally or as may be determined by the Board of Directors.

         5.       Confidentiality; Non-Competition.
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         5.01.    Except for the  information  described  in Section 5.02 below,
employee during his employment and thereafter, will not:

         (i)  communicate,  publish or disseminate  any information to any third
              party  regarding the operations or methods of operation  which are
              unique  to  the  Employer  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the
              disclosure,  publication  or  dissemination  of  (A)  any  written
              materials prepared by or on behalf of Employer,  including without
              limitation  processes,  formulae and technical  data and know-how:
              (B)  the  names  of  customers  of  Employer;  (C)  the  names  of
              prospective  customers  of Employer;  (D) the names of  employees,
              suppliers,   independent   contractors,   consultants   or  others
              providing  services  or  products  to  Employer;  (E)  methods  or
              techniques  by  which  Employer   solicits  business  markets  its
              services  or  products,   services  its  customers  or  implements
              customer  services;  (F) the  pricing of  services  or products of
              Employer,  or the  methods  or  techniques  used  by  Employer  in
              arriving   at  its   pricing;   (G)  any   financial   information
              specifically  relating to Employer:  or (H) any other  information
              pertaining  to the conduct of business by  Employer:  (ii) use for
              his own account any  property or  information  secured,  acquired,
              developed  or  produced  by him while  employed  by  Employer  and
              relating to the conduct of Employer's  business:  (iii) solicit or
              otherwise  communicate  with any employee,  supplier,  independent
              contractor or consultant of Employer  encouraging  such individual
              to engage in any "Competitive Business" as hereinafter defined.

         5.02.    The  provisions  of this  Paragraph  5 shall  not apply to, or
include, any information:

         (i)      in possession of the Employee prior to its disclosure by the
         (ii)     independently developed by the Employee:

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         (iii)    publicly disclosed by the Employer:

         (iv)     rightfully  received by the  Employee  from any third party or
              public source  without  restrictions  on disclosure or use; or (v)
              approved in writing for disclosure by the Employer.

         5.03.  During his  employment  and for one year  after the  termination
thereof for any reason  whatsoever,  Employee will not,  directly or indirectly:
(i) purchase any equity, profit or other participation  interest, as investor or
otherwise,  in any  business  or  enterprise  which is  engaged  in  Competitive
Business in the "Territory",  as hereinafter defined:  provided,  however,  that
nothing herein  contained  shall prohibit the acquisition of stock or securities
listed on a national  securities  exchange  or  actively  traded in the over the
counter market, so long as such investments, in the aggregate, in any particular
business enterprise, constitutes less than five percent (5%) of the total issued
and outstanding voting securities of such business  enterprise:  (ii) conduct or
engage in any  Competitive  Business in the  Territory  as a  principal,  agent,
employee,  consultant, or otherwise: (iii) solicit Competitive Business from any
customers to which  Employer is  furnishing  products or services on the date of
termination of Employee's  employment or to whom Employer has furnished products
or services  during the two-year  period prior to the  termination of Employee's
employment (the  "Customers"):  (iv) divert or attempt to divert any Competitive
Business  from the  Customers:  (v) in any  manner  interfere  with,  disrupt or
attempt to disrupt the contractual or business relationship between Employer and
its Customers: or (vi) influence or attempt to influence any of the Customers to
transfer their  patronage from Employer to any other business or company engaged
in any Competitive Business.

         5.04. (a)  "Competitive  Business"  shall mean a business or enterprise
which  manufactures  and sells airponic  growing  equipment or employs  airponic
growing technology to conduct plant biotechnology or horticultural  research, or
to engage in commercial plant production.

               (b)  "Territory" shall mean worldwide.

         6.       Disability or Death
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         6.01. If Employee  shall at any time be  incapacitated  or prevented by
illness,   injury,   accident   or  other   circumstances   beyond  his  control
("incapacity")  from  discharging  his duties  pursuant to this  Agreement for a
total of 120 days or more in any 24 consecutive  calendar months,  Employer may,
by notice in writing  to  Employee  given at any time so long as the  incapacity
shall  continue   terminate  this  Agreement   forthwith  and  declare  Employee
"disabled"  on such date as may be  specified  in the  notice.  Employee's  base
salary shall, notwithstanding the incapacity, continue to be paid to Employee in
accordance  with the  provisions  of this  Agreement in respect of the period of
incapacity prior to such or termination.

         6.02.  If the Employee is declared  "disabled"  (under Sec. 6.01 above)
ordies prior to the expiration of the term of employment,  the  compensation due
him (or his estate) from the Employer under this  Agreement  shall be the amount
which Employee would be paid under Section 2.03 above if he had been  terminated
for any reason other than just cause.

         7.       Miscellaneous.
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         7.01.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon
Employer  and  its   successors,   and   Employee  and  his  heirs,   executors,
administrators and legal representatives.

         7.02.  Any notice or other  communication  required or  permitted to be
given under this Agreement  shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given if delivered  personally or mailed (by registered or certified  mail,
postage  prepaid)  to Employer  or  Employee,  as the case may be, at its or his
address hereinabove stated.

         7.03. If any part of this Agreement shall be found in any action,  suit
or  proceeding  to be invalid or  ineffective,  the  validity  and effect of the
remaining  parts (as construed  without  regard to such invalid and  ineffective
part) shall not be affected.

         7.04.  This  Agreement is personal in its nature and the parties hereto
shall not,  without the consent of the other,  assign or transfer this Agreement
or any rights or obligations hereunder.

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         7.05. This Agreement may be amended, modified, superseded or cancelled,
and any of the  terms or  conditions  hereof  may be  waived,  only be a written
instrument executed by the parties hereto.

         7.06. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,  each
of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

         7.07.  This Agreement  supercedes any and all other  agreements  either
oral or in writing, between the parties hereto with respect to the employment of
the Employee by the Employer and contains all of the  covenants  and  agreements
between the parties with respect to such employment.

         7.08.   Employee  has  been  advised  of  his  right  to  consult  with
independent  counsel and has consulted with independent counsel to the degree he
deemed necessary.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties hereto have executed this  Employment
Agreement on July 5, 1991 at Mill Valley, California.

                  EMPLOYER:

                  AIRPONIC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

                  By:  /s/ Steven M. Schorr
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                           Steven M. Schorr, President

                  EMPLOYEE:

                  By:  /s/ Randall S. Reis
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                           Randall S. Reis, Chairman
                                       4EXHIBIT 10.2

         DEVOE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS  EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT  entered into as of this 7th day of October
1997, between Bioponic International,  a California corporation,  located at 767
Lincoln Avenue,  Suite #3, San Rafael,  CA 94901 (the "Company"),  and Irving W.
DeVoe,  Ph.D.,  of  50  Front  Street,  Marblehead,   Massachusetts  01945  (the
"Executive").

         WHEREAS,  the  Company  desires to employ  Executive  and to ensure the
continued  availability  to the  Company of the  Executive's  services,  and the
Executive is willing to accept such  employment  and render such  services,  all
upon and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the  premises  and  the  mutual
covenants set forth in this  Agreement,  and intending to be legally bound,  the
Company and the Executive agree as follows:

         1.       Term of Employment.
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         (a) Term. The Company  hereby employs the Executive,  and the Executive
hereby accepts employment with the Company,  for a period commencing on the date
of this Agreement and ending five years from the date hereof (the "Term").

         (b)  Continuing  Effect.   Notwithstanding   any  termination  of  this
Agreement at the end of the Term or otherwise,  the provisions of Sections 6 and
7 shall  remain in full force and effect and the  provisions  of Sections  6(a),
6(b) and 7 shall be  binding  upon the  legal  representatives,  successors  and
assigns of the Executive, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement.

         2.       Duties.
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         (a) General  Duties.  The Executive shall serve as Vice Chairman of the
Board of  Directors  and Chief  Science  Officer for the Company with duties and
responsibilities that are customary for such executives. The Executive will also
perform services for such  subsidiaries as may be necessary.  The Executive will
use his best efforts to perform his duties and  discharge  his  responsibilities
pursuant to this Agreement competently, carefully and faithfully. In determining
whether or not the Executive has used his best efforts hereunder,  the Company's
delegation  of authority to other  employees and all  surrounding  circumstances
shall be taken into account and the best efforts of the  Executive  shall not be
judged  solely on the  Company's  earnings or other  results of the  Executive's
performance.

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         (b) Devotion of Time. The Executive will devote substantially full time
normal  business  hours  (exclusive of periods of sickness and disability and of
such  normal  holiday  and  vacation  periods  as have been  established  by the
Company) to the affairs of the  Company.  It is  expressly  understood  that the
Executive  will not enter the employ of or serve as a  consultant  to, or in any
way perform any  services  with or without  compensation  to any other  persons,
business  or  organization  (other  than as set forth  above)  without the prior
consent of the Board of Directors of the Company.

         3.       Compensation and Expenses.
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         (a) Salary. For the services of the Executive to be rendered under this
Agreement,  the Company shall pay the Executive an annual base salary of $96,000
during the Term.  Said annual base salary will be increased to $120,000 per year
once the Company has either (i) raised sufficient  capital, or (ii) has realized
sufficient  profits, to cover such an increase without  substantially  impairing
the financial  condition of the Company.  The Company will pay the Executive his
annual salary in equal installments no less frequently than monthly.

         (b) Royalty.  The Company shall pay to the Executive an annual  royalty
equal  to 4% of the  Net  Profits  of the  Company  received  from  the  sale or
utilization of its MR3 technologies during the Company's fiscal year ending June
30 of each year.  Such royalties shall be paid on or before July 31 of each year
during  the Term  hereof,  and shall  terminate  once a total of  $2,500,000  in
royalties has been paid to the Executive hereunder.

         (c)      Bonuses.

                  (i) The  Executive  will  receive a bonus upon the  signing of
this Agreement of 810,000 five-year warrants to purchase shares of the Company's
Common  Stock,  exercisable  at a price of $4.00 per share at any time  after 90
days from the date of this Agreement, in whole or in part.

                  (ii) The Executive may receive  additional  annual  bonuses if
and when authorized by the Company's Board of Directors.

         (c)  Expenses.  In addition to any  compensation  received  pursuant to
Section 3(a),  the Company will  reimburse or advance funds to the Executive for
all reasonable  travel,  entertainment  and  miscellaneous  expenses incurred in
connection  with the  performance of his duties under this  Agreement,  provided
that the  Executive  properly  accounts  for such  expenses  to the  Company  in
accordance with the Company's practices.  Such reimbursement or advances will be
made in accordance  with  policies and  procedures of the Company in effect from
time to time relating to reimbursement of or advances to executive officers.

         4.       Benefits.
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         (a) Vacation.  For each 12-month  period during the Term, the Executive
will be entitled to four weeks of vacation without loss of compensation or other
benefits to which he is entitled under this Agreement, to be taken at such times
as the Executive may select and the affairs of the Company may permit.

         (b) Employee  Benefit  Programs.  Without  limiting the compensation to
which the Executive is entitled  pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 or this
Section 4, during the Term, the Executive will be entitled to participate in any
pension,  insurance or other  employee  benefit plan that is  maintained at that
time by the Company for its executive  officers,  including  programs of medical
insurance.

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         5.       Termination.
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         (a)  Termination  for Cause.  The Company may terminate the Executive's
employment  pursuant  to the  terms of this  Agreement  at any time for cause by
giving written notice of termination.  Such  termination  will become  effective
upon the giving of such notice,  except that termination based upon clause (iii)
below shall not become effective unless the Executive shall fail to correct such
breach within 45 days of receipt of written notice. At the conclusion of such 45
day  period,  this  alleged  breach  shall be deemed to have been  cured  unless
written notice to the contrary is given.  Upon any such  termination  for cause,
the Executive shall have no right to compensation,  bonus or reimbursement under
Section 3. "Cause" shall mean:  (i) the Executive is convicted of a felony which
is related to the  Executive's  employment or the business of the Company;  (ii)
the Executive,  in carrying out his duties hereunder,  has been found in a civil
action to have committed gross negligence or gross  misconduct,  misappropriated
Company funds, or otherwise defrauded the Company, in any case, in material harm
to the Company;  and (iii) the  Executive  materially  breaches any provision of
Section 6 or Section 7.

         (b) Special Termination.  In the event that (i) the Executive,  with or
without change in title or formal corporate action, shall no longer exercise all
of the duties and responsibilities and shall no longer possess substantially all
the  authority set forth in Section 2; or (ii) the Company  materially  breaches
this Agreement or the performance of its duties and obligations  hereunder,  the
Executive,  by written notice to the Company,  may elect to deem the Executive's
employment  hereunder to have been  terminated by the Company  without cause, in
which event the Executive shall be entitled to the  compensation,  reimbursement
and benefits  payable  pursuant to Section 3 and 4 herein for two years from the
date of such notice.  If the  remaining  term of the  Agreement is less than two
years,  the Executive  shall receive two year's salary at his then current rate.
Alternatively,  in such event, the Executive,  by written notice to the Company,
may elect to refuse all further obligations of the Company under Section 3 and 4
and to release  the Company  with  respect  thereto,  in which event the Company
shall release the Executive from the provision of Section 6.

         (c)      Continuing  Effect.  Notwithstanding  any  termination  of the
Executive's employment as provided in this Section 5, the provisions of Sections
6 and 7 shall remain in full force and effect.

         6.       Non-Competition Agreement.
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         (a)  Competition  with the Company.  Except as provided for in Sections
2(b) and 6(b) hereof,  until termination of his employment and for a period of 6
months  commencing  on the  date of  termination,  the  Executive,  directly  or
indirectly,  in  association  with  or  as  a  stockholder,  director,  officer,
consultant, employee, partner, joint venturer, member or otherwise of or through
any person, firm,  corporation,  partnership,  association or other entity, will
not compete  with the  Company or any of its  affiliates  in the offer,  sale or
marketing  of products or services  that are  competitive  with the  products or
services  offered by the  Company,  within any  metropolitan  area in the United
States or  elsewhere  in which the Company is then engaged in the offer and sale
of  competitive  products or services.  Additionally,  the  foregoing  shall not
prevent Executive from accepting employment with an enterprise engaged in two or
more lines of  business,  one of which is the same or  similar to the  Company's
business  (the  "Prohibited  Business")  if  Executive's  employment  is totally
unrelated to the Prohibited Business.

         (b)  Solicitation  of  Customers.  During  the  periods  in  which  the
provisions  of Section  6(a)  shall be in effect,  the  Executive,  directly  or
indirectly,  will not seek  Prohibited  Business  from any  Customer (as defined
below) on behalf of any  enterprise  or business  other than the Company,  refer
Prohibited  Business from any customer to any  enterprise or business other than
the Company or receive  commissions based on sales or otherwise  relating to the
Prohibited Business form any Customer,  or any enterprise or business other than
the Company.  For purposes of this Section 6(b), the term  "Customer"  means any
person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other entity to which the
Company or any of its affiliates  sold or provided goods or services  during the
12-month period prior to the time at which any  determination  is required to be
made as to whether any such person, firm, corporation,  partnership, association
or other entity is a Customer.

         (c)      No  Payment.  The  Executive  acknowledges  and agrees that no
separate  or  additional  payment  will  be  required  to  be  made  to  him  in
consideration of his undertakings in this Section 6.

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         7.       Proprietary Information and Inventions.
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         (a) The  Executive  acknowledges  that  the  Company  is  engaged  in a
continuous  program of  research,  development  and  production  respecting  its
business, present and future, including fields generally related to its business
and that the Company possesses and will continue to possess information that has
been  created by,  discovered  or developed  by, or made known to the  Executive
during the period of or arising out of his  employment by the Company  and/or in
which property  rights have been assigned or otherwise  conveyed to the Company,
which  information has commercial  value in the business in which the Company is
engaged.   All  of  the   aforementioned   information  is  hereinafter   called
"Proprietary  Information."  By the way of  illustration,  but  not  limitation,
Proprietary  Information  includes trade  secrets,  processes,  formulas,  data,
know-how, software programs,  improvements,  inventions,  techniques,  marketing
plans,  strategies,  forecasts,  computer programs,  copyrightable material, and
customer lists.

         (b) All  Proprietary  Information  shall  be the sole  property  of the
Company and its  assignees,  and the  Company and its assigns  shall be the sole
owner of all patents and other rights in connection therewith.

         The Executive  hereby  assigns to the Company any rights he may have or
acquire in such  Proprietary  Information,  as well as any rights he may have to
the patents and patents  "pending"  listed in the  attached  Exhibit "A." At all
times, both during his employment by the Company and after its termination,  the
Executive will keep in confidence  and trust all  Proprietary  Information,  and
will not use or disclose any Proprietary  Information or anything relating to it
without the written  consent of the  Company,  except as may be necessary in the
ordinary course of performing his duties to the Company.

         (c) All  documents,  records,  apparatus,  equipment and other physical
property, whether or not pertaining to Proprietary Information, furnished to the
Executive by the Company or produced by the  Executive  or others in  connection
with his  employment  shall be and remain the sole  property  to the Company and
shall be returned to it immediately  as and when requested by the Company.  Even
if the Company does not so request,  the Executive  shall return and deliver all
such  property  upon  termination  of his  employment  for  any  reason  and the
Executive will not take with him any such property or any  reproduction  of such
property upon such termination.

         (d) The Executive will promptly disclose to the Company, or any persons
designated by it, all  improvements,  inventions,  formulas,  ideas,  processes,
techniques,  know-how and data, whether or not patentable,  made or conceived of
reduced to practice or learned by the  Executive,  either  alone or jointly with
others,  during the term of his employment (all said  improvements,  inventions,
formulas, ideas, processes,  techniques,  know-how and data shall be hereinafter
collectively called "Inventions").

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         (e) The  Executive  agrees that all  Inventions  which he developed (in
whole  or in  part,  either  alone  or  jointly  with  others)  and (I) used the
equipment,  supplies,  facilities or trade secret information of the Company, or
(II) used the hours for which he was compensated by the Company,  or (III) which
relates to the business of the Company or its actual or demonstrably anticipated
research and  development or (IV) which results,  in whole or in part, from work
performed by him for the Company,  shall be the sole property of the Company and
its  assigns,  and the Company  and its  assigns  shall be the sole owner of all
patents and other rights in connection  therewith.  The Executive hereby assigns
to the  Company  any  rights he may have or  acquires  in such  Inventions.  The
Executive  further  agrees as to all such  Inventions  to assist the  Company in
every proper way, but at the Company's expense;  to obtain and from time-to-time
enforce  patents on said  Inventions in any and all countries,  and to that end,
the  Executive  will execute all documents for use in applying for and obtaining
such  patents and  copyrights  thereon and  enforcing  same,  as the Company may
desire,  together  with  any  assignments  thereof  to the  Company  or  persons
designated by it. The Executive's  obligation to assist the Company in obtaining
and  enforcing  patents  for  such  Inventions  in any and all  countries  shall
continue  beyond  the  termination  of his  employment,  but the  Company  shall
compensate  the  Executive at a reasonable  and mutually  agreed upon rate after
such  termination  for time  actually  spent by the  Executive at the  Company's
request  on such  assistance.  In the event  that the  Company is unable for any
reason  whatsoever  to  secure  the  Executive's  signature  to any  lawful  and
necessary document required to apply for or execute any patent applications with
respect to such an Invention  (including  renewals,  extensions,  continuations,
divisions  or  continuations  in  part  thereof),   the  Executive   irrevocably
designates and appoints the Company and its duly authorized officers and agents,
as his agents and  attorneys-in-fact to act for and in his behalf and instead of
him, to execute and file any such application to do all other lawfully permitted
acts to further the  prosecution  and issuance of patents  thereon with the same
legal force and effect as if executed by the Executive.

         (f) The  Executive  represents  to the best of his  knowledge  that his
performance  of all the terms of this Agreement will not breach any agreement to
keep in confidence  proprietary  information acquired by him in confidence or in
trust prior to his  employment  by the Company.  The  Executive  has not entered
into, and agrees he will not enter into, any agreement either written or oral in
conflict herewith.

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         8.       Assignability.
                  ---------------
                  With the  written  consent  of the  Executive,  the rights and
obligations  of the Company under this  Agreement  shall inure to the benefit of
and be binding upon the successors or assigns of the Company, provided that such
successor or assign  shall  acquire all or  substantially  all of the assets and
business  of the  Company.  The  Executive's  obligations  hereunder  may not be
assigned or alienated and any attempt to do so by the Executive will be void.

         9.       Severability.
                  -------------
         (a) The Executive  expressly  agrees that the  character,  duration and
geographical  scope of the provisions set forth in this Agreement are reasonable
in light  of the  circumstances  as they  exist  on the  date  hereof.  Should a
decision,  however,  be made at a later date by a court or legal proceeding that
the  character,   duration  or   geographical   scope  of  such   provisions  is
unreasonable, then it is the intention of the agreement of the Executive and the
Company that this Agreement  shall be construed by the court or tribunal in such
a manner as to impose only those  restrictions on the  Executive's  conduct that
are reasonable in the light of the  circumstances and as are necessary to assure
to the Company the benefits of this Agreement. If in a legal proceeding, a court
shall refuse to enforce all of the separate  covenants  deemed  included  herein
because taken  together they are more  extensive than necessary to assure to the
Company the intended benefits of this Agreement,  it is expressly understood and
agreed by the parties  hereto that the  provisions  of this  Agreement  that, if
eliminated,  would permit the  remaining  separate  provisions to be enforced in
such proceeding shall be deemed eliminated, for the purposes of such proceeding,
from this Agreement.

         (b) If any  provision  of this  Agreement  otherwise  is  deemed  to be
invalid  or  unenforceable  or is  prohibited  by  the  laws  of  the  state  or
jurisdiction  where it is to be performed,  this  Agreement  shall be considered
divisible as to such provision and such  provision  shall be inoperative in such
state or  jurisdiction  and shall not be part of the  consideration  moving from
either of the parties to the other.  The remaining  provisions of this Agreement
shall be valid and binding and of like effect as though such  provision were not
included.

        10.       Notices and Addresses.
                  ----------------------
         All notices, offers, acceptance and any other acts under this Agreement
(except  payment)  shall  be in  writing,  and  shall be  sufficiently  given if
delivered to the addressees in person,  by Federal Express or similar  receipted
delivery,  by facsimile  delivery or, if mailed,  postage prepaid,  by certified
mail, return receipt requested to the respective  addresses first above written,
or to such  other  address  as either  of them,  by  notice  to the  other,  may
designate  from time to time.  The  transmission  confirmation  receipt from the
sender's facsimile machine shall be conclusive evidence of successful  facsimile
delivery. Time shall be counted to, or from, as the case may be, the delivery in
person or by mailing.

         11.      Counterparts.
                  ------------
         This  Agreement  may be executed in one or more  counterparts,  each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one
and the same  instrument.  The  execution of this  Agreement may be by actual or
facsimile signature.

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         12.      Attorneys'  Fees.
                  -----------------
         In the event that there is any  controversy  or claim arising out of or
relating to this  Agreement,  or to the  interpretation,  breach or  enforcement
thereof,  and any action or proceeding including that in arbitration as provided
for in Section 12 of this  Agreement,  is commenced to enforce the provisions of
this Agreement,  the prevailing party shall be entitled to an award by the court
or arbitrator, as appropriate, of reasonable attorney's fee, costs and expenses.

         13.      Governing  Law.
                  ---------------
         This Agreement and any dispute,  disagreement, or issue of construction
or  interpretation  arising  hereunder  whether  relating to its execution,  its
validity,  the obligations  provided therein or performance shall be governed or
interpreted  according to the internal laws of the State of  California  without
regard to choice of law considerations.

         14.      Entire Agreement.
                  -----------------
         This Agreement constitutes the entire Agreement between the parties and
supersedes all prior oral and written agreements between the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may not be changed, waived,
discharged or terminate  orally,  except by a statement in writing signed by the
party or parties against which enforcement of the change,  waiver,  discharge or
termination is sought.

         15.      Section and Paragraph Headings.
                  -------------------------------
         The section and paragraph  headings in this Agreement are for reference
purposes  only and  shall not  affect  the  meaning  or  interpretation  of this
Agreement.

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         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the Company and the Executive  have executed this
Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

BIOPONIC INTERNATIONAL                         EXECUTIVE

By:  /s/ Randall S. Reis                       By: /s/ Irving W. DeVoe
     -----------------------------                 --------------------
         Randall S. Reis, Chairman                     Irving W. DeVoe, Ph.D.
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