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EP 0 875 043 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 04.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/45 (21) Application number: 97941122.0 (22) Date of filing: 24.09.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G07D 1/ 00( . ) G07F 19/ 00( . ) G07F 11/ 58( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1997/002597 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/013792 (02.04.1998 Gazette 1998/13)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR SE (30) Priority: 25.09.1996 GB 19960019971 (71) Applicant: DSD Systems, Inc. Marco Island, FL 34146 (US)	(72) Inventors: JENKINS, Stuart, McEwen West Sussex PO21 2NY (GB) HUCKLE, Ralph, Edward West Sussex PO18 8SP (GB) (74) Representative: Pedder, James Cuthbert  Hughes Clark & Co., 114/118 Southhampton Row London WC1B 5AA London WC1B 5AA (GB)