But the most dramatic applications await a superconductor that requires no cooling at all.

Again in 2013 an application has been filed for a Roadside Marker and awaits a decision on approval.

But most applications from India have been filed in the last two years and still await decisions by the patent examiners in Washington.

Bonds are expected to be issued in the fall, and applications for site plan review and environmental permits await completion of building plans.

So far, 45,600 students have been accepted this spring; 6,500 applications await processing.

Switch in Emphasis More than 180 applications for animal patents are awaiting Government action, many of them having been pending for years.

Up to 100 more applications are awaiting approval.

It was not immediately known how many applications were awaiting review, but the board has looked at 14 cases involving the 500-foot rule so far this year.

The company's applications await final approval from the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture.

Further applications which require actual manipulation or arrangement of nanoscale components await further research.