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EP 0 857 098 A1
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Date of publication:
12.08.1998
Bulletin 1998/33
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Application number:
96937024.0
(22)
Date of filing:
25.10.1996
(51)
International Patent Classification (IPC):
B23K
26/
04
( . )
B23K
26/
14
( . )
B23K
26/
06
( . )
B23K
26/
36
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International application number:
PCT/US1996/017226
(87)
International publication number:
WO 1997/015417
(
01.05.1997
Gazette 1997/19)
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Designated Contracting States:
AT CH FR GB LI
(30)
Priority:
27.10.1995
DE 95116959U
(71)
Applicant:
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Wilmington Delaware 19898 (US)
(72)
Inventor:
KOBSA, Henry
Wilmington, DE 19807-2201 (US)
(74)
Representative:
Jones, Alan John
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square
London, WC1A 2RA
London, WC1A 2RA (GB)
(54)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LASER CUTTING MATERIALS