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EP 1 046 140 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 25.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/43 (21) Application number: 98963298.9 (22) Date of filing: 30.12.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G07D 7/00 (86) International application number: PCT/CA9801/194 (87) International publication number: WO 9935/618 (15.07.1999 Gazette 1999/28)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES GB (30) Priority: 06.01.1998 CA 2226244 (71) Applicant: Cashcode Company Inc. Concord,Ontario L4K 4W8 (CA)	(72) Inventor: SALTSOV, Leon Thornhill, Ontario L3T 7N3 (CA) (74) Representative: Brooks, Nigel Samuel  Hill HamptonEast Meon PetersfieldHampshire GU32 1QN PetersfieldHampshire GU32 1QN (GB)