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(11) EP 0 853 506 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
22.07.1998 Bulletin 1998/30

(21) Application number: 96933138.0

(22) Date of filing: 26.09.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B27K 5/ 00( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1996/015401
(87) International publication number:
WO 1997/011788 (03.04.1997 Gazette 1997/15)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 26.09.1995 US 19950534224
05.10.1995 US 19950539574

(71) Applicants:
  • Triangle Laboratories Inc.
    Durham, NC 27713 (US)
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-4105 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • PFAENDER, Frederic, K.
    Chapel Hill, NC 27514 (US)
  • BRANNING, Cloide, C.
    Hilton Head, SC 29928 (US)

(74) Representative: Boff, James Charles, et al 
c/o Phillips & Leigh 7 Staple Inn Holborn
London WC1V 7QF
London WC1V 7QF (GB)

   


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