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(11) EP 0 879 450 A2

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(43) Date of publication:
25.11.1998 Bulletin 1998/48

(21) Application number: 97900303.0

(22) Date of filing: 08.01.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G06K 17/ 00( . )
G06K 19/ 07( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB1997/000053
(87) International publication number:
WO 1997/025688 (17.07.1997 Gazette 1997/31)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 10.01.1996 GB 19960000442

(71) Applicants:
  • Coulson, Roger, Malcom, Wylie
    Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 2PG (GB)
  • Richardson, Hartley, Thorbjörn
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 0B1 (CA)
  • Fowers, Stanley William
    London SE18 3DQ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • FOWERS, Stanley, William
    London SE18 3DQ (GB)

(74) Representative: Meddle, Alan Leonard, et al 
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT Franz-Joseph-Strasse 38
80801 München
80801 München (DE)

   


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