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(11) EP 0 985 184 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
15.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/11

(21) Application number: 98917545.0

(22) Date of filing: 23.04.1998
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 17/30, G06F 15/02
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB9800/758
(87) International publication number:
WO 9848/361 (29.10.1998 Gazette 1998/43)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 23.04.1997 GB 9708172

(71) Applicant: XEROX CORPORATION
Rochester,New York 14644 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • ANDREOLI, Jean-Marc
    F-38240 Meylan (FR)
  • BORGHOFF, Uwe
    85635 Hoehenkirchen (DE)

(74) Representative: Skone James, Robert Edmund 
GILL JENNINGS & EVERYBroadgate House7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


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