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(11) EP 1 153 510 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
14.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/46

(21) Application number: 00908633.1

(22) Date of filing: 14.02.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H04N 7/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0003/751
(87) International publication number:
WO 0049/804 (24.08.2000 Gazette 2000/34)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 17.02.1999 US 251957

(71) Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Seattle, WA 98105 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • FURNESS, Thomas, A.
    Seattle, WA 98115 (US)

(74) Representative: Cross, Rupert Edward Blount et al
BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8BT
London WC1X 8BT (GB)

   


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