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(11) EP 0 587 560 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
23.03.1994 Bulletin 1994/12

(21) Application number: 91915508.0

(22) Date of filing: 06.06.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B22D 11/ 00( . )
B22D 27/ 02( . )
B22D 19/ 14( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1991/003994
(87) International publication number:
WO 1992/021458 (10.12.1992 Gazette 1992/31)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(71) Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Cambridge, MA 02139 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • MORTENSEN, Andreas
    Cambridge, MA 02139 (US)
  • ANDREWS, Richard M.
    Cambridge, MA 02138 (US)
  • FLEMINGS, Merton C.
    Cambridge, MA 02139 (US)

(74) Representative: Greenwood, John David, et al 
Graham Watt & Co. Riverhead
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN
Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2BN (GB)

   


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