['-2-', 'III.', 'DIET', 'Patent', 'Appeal', '(F.', 'Utsch,', 'R.', 'Burde', 'and', 'P.', 'Aument)', 'The', 'test', 'data', 'to', 'be', 'submitted', 'for', 'the', 'DIET', 'Appeal', 'case', 'were', 'analyzed', 'and', 'summarized', 'in', 'a', 'concise', 'tabulated', "manner.'", 'Photographic', 'evidence', 'of', 'the:', 'entire', 'process', 'and', 'the', 'resulting', 'product', 'were', 'taken', 'and', 'are', 'being', 'submitted', 'for', 'use', 'as', 'Court', 'evidence.', 'Consulations', 'with', 'the', 'attorneys', 'in', 'preparation', 'for', 'the', 'trial', 'which', 'is', 'scheduled', 'for', 'June', '25,', '26,', 'are', 'continuing.', 'Iv.', 'Carbamate', 'Powder', 'ET', 'The:', 'prototype', 'carbamate', 'ET', 'system', 'providing', 'continuous', 'feed', 'to', 'the', '8"', 'tower', 'lacks', 'only', 'the', 'completion', 'of', 'the', 'electrical', 'controls', 'and', 'should', 'be', 'operational', 'by', 'late', 'June.', 'V.', 'New', 'Tobacco', 'Treatments', 'A.', 'Freeze', 'Drying', 'of', 'Tobacco', '(B.', 'Donenfeld)', 'A', 'memo', 'summariziing', 'the', 'initial', 'turgor', 'conditioning', 'trials', 'performed', 'by', 'co-op', 'student', 'Amelia', 'Morris', 'was', 'issued.®', 'A', 'new', 'program', 'using', 'a', 'recycle', 'of', 'the', 'decanted', 'excess', 'liquid', 'was', 'begun.®', 'The', 'new', 'Virtis', 'freeze', 'dry', 'unit', 'recently', 'obtained!', 'by', 'Den', 'Teng', 'will', 'be', 'used', 'to', 'complete', 'the', 'ambient-heat', 'i', 'series', 'studying', 'the', 'setting', 'mechanisms', 'of', 'freeze', 'drying.', 'I', 'B.', 'Crimping', 'of', 'RL', 'for', 'Improved', 'Filling', 'Power', '(R.', 'Burde', 'and', 'P.', 'Aument)', 'Soldered', 'beliting', 'and', 'woven', 'wire', 'webs', 'proved', 'unsuitable', 'for', 'use', 'in', 'crimping', 'of', 'RL', 'because', 'of', 'the', 'low', '"relief"', 'and', 'limited', 'flexibility.', 'Manufacturers', 'of', 'woven', 'wire', 'fabrics', 'will', 'be', 'contacted', 'to', 'obtain', 'samples.', 'of', 'materials:', 'for', 'testing.', 'While:', 'the', 'program', 'faces', 'substantial', 'technical', 'diifficulties,', 'the', 'concept', 'and', 'the', 'observable', 'changes', 'in', 'the', 'characteristics', 'of', 'RL', 'hold!', 'sub-', 'stantial', 'promise.’', 'C.', 'Diellectric', 'Drying', 'of', 'RL', 'for', 'Improved', 'CV', '(R.', 'Burde', 'andl', 'P.', 'Aument)', 'A', 'nondiisclosure:', 'agreement', 'has', 'been', 'signed', 'with', 'the', 'Finessa', 'Corporation..', 'They', 'willl', 'process', 'RL', 'and', 'tobacco', 'filler', 'on', 'their', '15', 'KW', 'microwave', 'unit,', 'since', 'the', 'experiments', 'on', 'our', 'smalll', 'laboratory', 'unit', 'did', 'notcause', 'structural', 'deformation', 'of', 'the', 'material.', 'Contacts', 'with', 'the', 'Speco', 'Corporation', 'to', 'process', 'RL', 'and', 'Tobacco', 'in', 'a', 'diellectric', 'field', 'will', 'be', 'initiated', 'D.', 'Reduction', 'of', 'Clumping', 'in', 'DIET', 'Impregnation', '(R.', 'Burde', 'and', 'P.', 'Aument)', 'A', 'detailedl', 'program', 'has', 'been', 'proposed', 'to', 'determine', 'the', 'nature', 'of', '“clumped”', 'filler.', 'Methods', 'which', 'could', 'prevent', 'the', 'formation', 'of', 'the', 'clumps', 'or', 'cause', 'their', 'breakage', 'without', 'an', 'adverse', 'effect', 'on', 'the', 'length', 'of', 'tobacco', 'fibers', 'was', 'prepared', 'and', 'initial', 'experiments', 'have', 'been', 'run.', 'The', 'evidence', 'supports', 'the', 'hypothesis:', 'that', 'the', 'clumps', 'are', 'primarily', 'due', 'to', 'excessive', 'CO2', 'retention:', 'on', '6S0Se22202']