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(43) Date of publication: 18.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/25 (21) Application number: 96922551.0 (22) Date of filing: 24.06.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C05F 17/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/010752 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/001519 (16.01.1997 Gazette 1997/04)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 29.06.1995 US 19950496111 (71) Applicant: BEDMINSTER BIOCONVERSION CORPORATION Haddonfield, NJ 08033 (US)	(72) Inventor: FINN, Larry, James Gladewater, TX 75647 (US) (74) Representative: Feldkamp, Rainer, Dipl.-Ing.  Garmischer Strasse 4 80339 München 80339 München (DE)