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(88) Date of publication A3: 23.11.2000 (43) Date of publication: 10.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/41 (21) Application number: 99971635.0 (22) Date of filing: 09.11.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G02B 6/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9926/516 (87) International publication number: WO 0036/441 (22.06.2000 Gazette 2000/25)

(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: 08.12.1998 US 206855 (71) Applicant: Honeywell Inc. Morristown,New Jersey 07962 (US)	(72) Inventor: KALISZEK, Andrew, W. Phoenix, AZ 85022 (US) (74) Representative: Hucker, Charlotte Jane  Gill Jennings & EveryBroadgate House,7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)