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EP 0 916 006 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 19.05.1999 Bulletin 1999/20 (21) Application number: 96928044.0 (22) Date of filing: 02.08.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B63B 21/ 50( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/012639 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/005825 (12.02.1998 Gazette 1998/06)

(84) Designated Contracting States: FR GB NL (71) Applicant: IMODCO, INC. Calabasas Hills, California 91301-5359 (US)	(72) Inventor: POLLACK, Jack Calabasas Hills, CA 91301 (US) (74) Representative: Hackney, Nigel John, et al  Mewburn Ellis, York House, 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)