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EP 0 986 787 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 12.08.1999 (43) Date of publication: 22.03.2000 Bulletin 2000/12 (21) Application number: 98924857.0 (22) Date of filing: 22.05.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 13/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9810/549 (87) International publication number: WO 9855/932 (10.12.1998 Gazette 1998/49)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 04.06.1997 US 869148 04.06.1997 US 869277 (71) Applicant: Rubinstein, Richard Vancouver, WA 98662 (US)	(72) Inventor: Rubinstein, Richard Vancouver, WA 98662 (US) (74) Representative: Weatherald, Keith Baynes  Castles,17 Landsdowne Road Croydon CR0 2BX Croydon CR0 2BX (GB)