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(43) Date of publication: 26.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/17 (21) Application number: 98935673.8 (22) Date of filing: 13.07.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01S 3/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9814/639 (87) International publication number: WO 9904/463 (28.01.1999 Gazette 1999/04)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE DK GB IT (30) Priority: 15.07.1997 US 52591 P (71) Applicant: Hanchett, Neville Blake Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 (US)	(72) Inventor: Hanchett, Neville Blake Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 (US) (74) Representative: Wilson, Nicholas Martin et al Withers & RogersGoldings House2 Hays Lane London SE1 2HW London SE1 2HW (GB)