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EP 1 085 815 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 28.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/13 (21) Application number: 98930250.0 (22) Date of filing: 12.06.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A23B 4/01, A23L 3/26, A23L 3/365, A23L 3/37 (86) International application number: PCT/US9812/450 (87) International publication number: WO 9963/833 (16.12.1999 Gazette 1999/50)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT NL PT SE (71) Applicant: Winterlab Limited New York, NY 10014 (US)	(72) Inventors: LIBERMAN, Barnet, L. New York, NY 10014 (US) GLIDDEN, Peter, H. Whiting, ME 04691 (US) (74) Representative: Effert, Bressel und Kollegen  Radickestrasse 48 12489 Berlin 12489 Berlin (DE)