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(11) EP 0 838 069 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
29.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/18

(21) Application number: 97921354.0

(22) Date of filing: 23.04.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G07B 17/ 04( . )
G06Q 50/ 00( . )
G07B 17/ 02( . )
G07F 7/ 10( . )
 G06Q 10/ 00( . )
G07B 17/ 00( . )
G07F 7/ 08( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1997/006831
(87) International publication number:
WO 1997/040472 (30.10.1997 Gazette 1997/46)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
CH DE FR GB LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 23.04.1996 US 19960016082P
23.04.1996 US 19960017911P
23.04.1996 US 19960015528P
03.05.1996 US 19960016760P

(71) Applicant: Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems, Inc.
Shelton, CT 06484-0904 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • GARDNER, Gary +di
    Palm Desert, CA 92211 (US)
  • SCHWARTZ, Robert
    Branford, CT 06405 (US)
  • BROOKNER, George
    Norwalk, CT 06851 (US)
  • ESKANDARI, Fetneh
    Middletown, CT 96457 (US)
  • BROWN, Michael
    Norwalk, CT 06851 (US)
  • MECHLER, David
    Oxford, CT 06478 (US)
  • HEROY, Douglas
    Meriden, NH 03770 (US)

(74) Representative: Frei, Alexandra Sarah 
Frei Patentanwaltsbüro Postfach 768
8029 Zürich
8029 Zürich (CH)

   


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