FLUORESCENCE BASED LIQUID CORE WAVEGUIDE - Patent 1155347

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EP 1 155 347 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/47

(21)	Application number: 99969619.8

(22)	Date of filing: 22.12.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G02B 6/02, G01N 1/10

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9930/774

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0039/615 (06.07.2000 Gazette 2000/27)

(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

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Priority:

29.12.1998 US 114354 P
29.12.1998 US 114212 P

(71)	Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
	Tampa, FL 33620-7900 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	KALTENBACHER, Eric Clearwater, FL 33762 (US) LANGEBRAKE, Lawrence, C. Seminole, FL 33776 (US) BYRNE, Bob St. Petersburg, FL 33702 (US) WATERBURY, Robert Pal Harbor, FL 34683 (US)

(74)	Representative: Neill, Alastair William et al
	APPLEYARD LEES15 Clare Road Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2HY Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 2HY (GB)

(54)	FLUORESCENCE BASED LIQUID CORE WAVEGUIDE