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                        Designated Contracting States: | 
                      
                     
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                        AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE  | 
                      
                     
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                        Designated Extension States: | 
                      
                     
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                        AL LT LV MK RO SI  | 
                      
                   
 
                     
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                        Priority: | 
                        29.07.1998 US 124675
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                        Applicant: UNION CARBIDE CHEMICALS & PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION | 
                      
                     
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                        Danbury,Connecticut 06817-0001 (US) | 
                      
                   
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                              - WASSERMAN, Eric, Paul
 Hopewell, NJ 08525 (US) 
                              - FOX, Elizabeth, Clair
 Easton, PA 18042 (US) 
                              - BAI, Xinlai
 Piscataway, NJ 08854 (US) 
                            
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                        Representative: Hayes, Adrian Chetwynd et al | 
                      
                     
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                        Boult Wade Tennant,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB) | 
                      
                   
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