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EP 0 391 964 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 17.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/42 (21) Application number: 89900870.0 (22) Date of filing: 16.12.1988

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B41M 5/ 30( . ) G06K 1/ 12( . ) B41M 5/ 34( . ) H04N 1/ 50( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1988/001127 (87) International publication number: WO 1989/005730 (29.06.1989 Gazette 1989/14)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE DE FR GB IT (30) Priority: 18.12.1987 GB 19870029591 (71) Applicant: THE DE LA RUE COMPANY PLC London W1A 1DL (GB)	(72) Inventors: EZRA, David Twyford Berkshire RG10 0EZ (GB) WALLACE, Derek, Michael Woodley Reading Berkshire RG5 4UW (GB) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)