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EP 0 879 044 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 25.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/48 (21) Application number: 96903559.0 (22) Date of filing: 18.01.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61K 8/ 49( . ) A61Q 3/ 02( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/000710 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/025962 (24.07.1997 Gazette 1997/32)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IE IT LI LU NL PT SE (71) Applicant: Nimni, Marcel E. Santa Monica, CA 90405-4037 (US)	(72) Inventor: Nimni, Marcel E. Santa Monica, CA 90405-4037 (US) (74) Representative: Münsterer, Heribert, et al  R.A. Kuhnen & P.A. Wacker Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising 85354 Freising (DE)