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(11) EP 0 892 723 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
27.01.1999 Bulletin 1999/04

(21) Application number: 97917331.0

(22) Date of filing: 14.04.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B41J 2/ 32( . )
B41M 5/ 382( . )
B41M 5/ 50( . )
B41M 7/ 00( . )
 B41J 2/ 315( . )
B41M 5/ 46( . )
B41M 5/ 52( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB1997/001050
(87) International publication number:
WO 1997/038863 (23.10.1997 Gazette 1997/45)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB NL

(30) Priority: 12.04.1996 GB 19960007637

(71) Applicant: IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES PLC
London SW1P 3JF (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • HUTT, Kenneth, West
    Wix, Essex CO11 2RT (GB)
  • HANN, Richard, Anthony
    Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3TE (GB)
  • SU, Daoning
    ColchesterrCO3 5RE (GB)
  • MAZAR, Scott, Thomas
    Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076-1510 (US)
  • WHALEY, Gregory, Joseph
    Woodbury, MN 55125 (US)
  • NOURBAKHSH, Farhad
    Saint Paul, MN 55121-2087 (US)

(74) Representative: Price, Anthony Stuart 
Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


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