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EP 1 056 944 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 06.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/49 (21) Application number: 98902602.6 (22) Date of filing: 20.01.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F02G 3/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9800/882 (87) International publication number: WO 9936/691 (22.07.1999 Gazette 1999/29)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (71) Applicant: Al-Qutub, Amro Huntsville, AL 35806 (US)	(72) Inventor: Al-Qutub, Amro Huntsville, AL 35806 (US) (74) Representative: Casey, Lindsay Joseph et al F. R. Kelly & Co.27 Clyde RoadBallsbridge Dublin 4 Dublin 4 (IE)