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(43) Date of publication: 10.12.1997 Bulletin 1997/50 (21) Application number: 96942468.0 (22) Date of filing: 17.12.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06F 1/ 18( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1996/003110 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/023818 (03.07.1997 Gazette 1997/29)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT CH DE ES FR GB IE IT LI NL (30) Priority: 21.12.1995 GB 19950026156 (71) Applicant: Neosystems Inc. New York, NY 10016 (US)	(72) Inventors: NEOMAN, Hany Camberley, Surrey GU15 2PS (GB) BARBER, Leonard, Reginald Winchester, Hampshire SO23 7RP (GB) (74) Representative: Harding, Richard Patrick, et al  Marks & Clerk, 31 Beaumont Street Oxford OX1 2NP Oxford OX1 2NP (GB)