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(43) Date of publication: 22.03.1995 Bulletin 1995/12 (21) Application number: 92913918.0 (22) Date of filing: 05.06.1992

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61F 11/ 14( . ) H04R 5/ 033( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1992/004566 (87) International publication number: WO 1993/026083 (23.12.1993 Gazette 1993/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU MC NL SE (71) Applicant: NOISE CANCELLATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Linthicum, MD 21090 (US)	(72) Inventors: EVANS, Robert Baltimore, MD 21234 (US) CLAYBAUGH, David Germantown, MD 20874 (US) EATWELL, Graham Annapolis, MA 21401 (US) PARRELLA, Michael Weston, CT 06883 (US) (74) Representative: Wilhelm & Dauster Patentanwälte European Patent Attorneys  Hospitalstrasse 8 D-70174 Stuttgart D-70174 Stuttgart (DE)