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(88) Date of publication A3: 16.09.1999 (43) Date of publication: 23.08.2000 Bulletin 2000/34 (21) Application number: 98967045.0 (22) Date of filing: 28.10.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01M 8/04, H01M 10/50, H01M 4/36, F24J 1/00, F24J 3/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9822/822 (87) International publication number: WO 9935/698 (15.07.1999 Gazette 1999/28)

(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: 29.10.1997 US 63451 P (71) Applicant: Blacklight Power, Inc. Cranbury, NJ 08512 (US)	(72) Inventors: MILLS, Randell, L. Yardley, PA 19067 (US) GOOD, William, R. Wayne, PA 19087 (US) KENDALL, James, M. Chadds Ford, PA 19317 (US) (74) Representative: UEXKÜLL & STOLBERG  PatentanwälteBeselerstrasse 4 22607 Hamburg 22607 Hamburg (DE)