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                        | (30) | Priority: | 21.08.1997 GB 19970017818 
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                        | (71) | Applicants: |  
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                              HUNTLEIGH TECHNOLOGY PLCBedfordshire LU1 1SS (GB)
GARDNER, Arthur Michael NewsamIpplepen, Newton Abbott, Devon TQ12 5RT (GB)
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                        | (72) | Inventors: |  
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                              GARDNER, Arthur Michael NewsonNewton Abbot, Devon TQ12 5RT (GB)
DAUGHTERY, Christopher JohnBishop's Stortford, Hertfords. CM23 4PX (GB)
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                        | (74) | Representative: Milhench, Howard Leslie, et al |  
                        |  | R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ
 London SW1H 0RJ (GB)
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