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EP 0 451 220 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 16.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/42 (21) Application number: 90909074.0 (22) Date of filing: 19.09.1990

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06F 3/ 03( . ) G06F 3/ 038( . ) G06F 3/ 033( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1990/005214 (87) International publication number: WO 1991/005326 (18.04.1991 Gazette 1991/09)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB NL (30) Priority: 02.10.1989 US 19890416142 (71) Applicant: AUTOMATED DECISIONS, INC. Ridgefield, CT 06877 (US)	(72) Inventor: CAMBRIDGE, Vivien, J. Slidell, LA 70458 (US) (74) Representative: UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG  Patentanwälte Beselerstrasse 4 D-22607 Hamburg D-22607 Hamburg (DE)