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(43) Date of publication: 30.09.1998 Bulletin 1998/40 (21) Application number: 96944356.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.12.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A01K 1/ 015( . ) E04B 5/ 48( . ) C05F 17/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/019868 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/022765 (26.06.1997 Gazette 1997/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI NL PT SE (30) Priority: 15.12.1995 US 19950008654P (71) Applicant: BEDMINSTER BIOCONVERSION CORPORATION Haddonfield, NJ 08033 (US)	(72) Inventor: FINN, Larry, James Marietta, GA 30064 (US) (74) Representative: Feldkamp, Rainer, Dipl.-Ing., et al  Patentanwälte Wallach, Koch, Dr. Haibach, Feldkamp, Garmischer Strasse 4 80339 München 80339 München (DE)