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EP 1 127 330 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 29.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/35 (21) Application number: 99960126.3 (22) Date of filing: 05.11.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06K 9/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9924/007 (87) International publication number: WO 0028/466 (18.05.2000 Gazette 2000/20)

(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: 05.11.1998 US 107095 P (71) Applicant: Arch Development Corporation Chicago, IL 60637 (US)	(72) Inventors: DOI, Kunio Willowbrook, IL 605421 (US) LI, Qiang Clarendon Hills, IL 60514 (US) KATSURAGAWA, Shigehiko Morioka 020-0845 (JP) ISHIDA, Takayuki Hiroshima 724-0613 (JP) (74) Representative: Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, PoltePartnerschaft  Patent- und RechtsanwaltskanzleiAlois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising 85354 Freising (DE)