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EP 1 015 954 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 05.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/27 (21) Application number: 98938533.1 (22) Date of filing: 19.08.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/AU9800/655 (87) International publication number: WO 9909/508 (25.02.1999 Gazette 1999/08)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT DE ES FR GB IE IT PT SE (30) Priority: 19.08.1997 AU PO867397 (71) Applicant: IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES PTY LIMITED Crows Nest, NSW 2065 (AU)	(72) Inventor: SMITH, Gower,Imaging Technologies Pty. Limited Crows Nest, NSW 2065 (AU) (74) Representative: Granleese, Rhian Jane  Marks & Clerk,57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3LS London WC2A 3LS (GB)