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(43) Date of publication: 02.02.2000 Bulletin 2000/05 (21) Application number: 98917362.0 (22) Date of filing: 15.04.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41M 3/14, G09F 3/02, B42D 15/00 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9801/090 (87) International publication number: WO 9847/715 (29.10.1998 Gazette 1998/43)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE ES FR GB LI NL SE (30) Priority: 18.04.1997 GB 9707849 (71) Applicant: De La Rue International Limited London WC2N 4DE (GB)	(72) Inventors: TRINDER, Rosemary SudburySuffolk CO10 8NW (GB) RAISHBROOK, Martin AlresfordHants SO24 9PD (GB) SHENTON, Colin, Norman Worcester ParkSurrey KT4 7JJ (GB) (74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund  GILL JENNINGS & EVERYBroadgate House7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)