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  <xs:element name="CommonStockBonusesMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_CommonStockBonusesMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="BrazilMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_BrazilMember"/>     
  <xs:element name="ZERUSTMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_ZERUSTMember"/>     
  <xs:element name="NaturTecMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_NaturTecMember"/>    
  <xs:element name="Exercise1Member" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_Exercise1Member"/> 
  <xs:element name="OtherCountriesMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_OtherCountriesMember"/> 
  <xs:element name="PolandMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_PolandMember"/>     
  <xs:element name="TwoThousandSevenPlanMember" type="nonnum:domainItemType" abstract="false" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_TwoThousandSevenPlanMember"/>   
  <xs:element name="DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract" type="xbrli:stringItemType" abstract="true" xbrli:periodType="duration" nillable="true" substitutionGroup="xbrli:item" id="ntic_DocumentAndEntityInformationAbstract"/> 
</xs:schema>   





