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(43) Date of publication: 04.09.1991 Bulletin 1991/36 (21) Application number: 89912804.0 (22) Date of filing: 17.11.1989

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B41M 1/ 30( . ) B41M 5/ 34( . ) B41M 3/ 14( . ) B41M 5/ 382( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1989/001375 (87) International publication number: WO 1990/005640 (31.05.1990 Gazette 1990/12)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE (30) Priority: 18.11.1988 GB 19880027062 02.06.1989 GB 19890012664 (71) Applicant: THE DE LA RUE COMPANY PLC London W1A 1DL (GB)	(72) Inventors: CAUDELL, Martin, John 3 Woodside Cottages Berkshire RG10 8QU (GB) ELDRED, James, Raymond 21 Hill Farm Road Buckinghamshire SL7 3LX (GB) EZRA, David Berkshire RG10 0EZ (GB) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund, et al  GILL JENNINGS & EVERY Broadgate House 7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)