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EP 1 077 801 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 28.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/09 (21) Application number: 99910494.6 (22) Date of filing: 15.03.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B29C 47/50 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9900/768 (87) International publication number: WO 9947/337 (23.09.1999 Gazette 1999/38)

(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: 18.03.1998 GB 9805609 (71) Applicant: LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY INNOVATIONS LIMITED Loughborough,Leicestershire LE11 3TU (GB)	(72) Inventor: FREAKLEY, Philip Kenneth Hinckley,Leicestershire LE10 2JG (GB) (74) Representative: Collingwood, Anthony Robert et al McNeight & Lawrence,Regent HouseHeaton Lane Stockport,Cheshire SK4 1BS Stockport,Cheshire SK4 1BS (GB)