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(43) Date of publication: 28.02.2001 Bulletin 2001/09 (21) Application number: 99922345.6 (22) Date of filing: 17.05.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B65D 1/16, B21D 51/26 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9901/572 (87) International publication number: WO 9961/326 (02.12.1999 Gazette 1999/48)

(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: 22.05.1998 GB 9810952 (71) Applicant: ISIS INNOVATION LIMITED Summertown,Oxford OX2 7BZ (GB)	(72) Inventor: SEARLE, Matthew, John Bruton,Somerset BA10 0AJ (GB) (74) Representative: Needle, Jacqueline  W.H. BECK, GREENER & CO7 Stone BuildingsLincoln's Inn London WC2A 3SZ London WC2A 3SZ (GB)