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(88) Date of publication A3: 14.12.2000 (43) Date of publication: 05.12.2001 Bulletin 2001/49 (21) Application number: 00907815.5 (22) Date of filing: 09.03.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04R 17/00, H04R 7/06, H04M 1/03 (86) International application number: PCT/GB0000/802 (87) International publication number: WO 0054/549 (14.09.2000 Gazette 2000/37)

(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: 10.03.1999 GB 9905373 (71) Applicant: New Transducers Limited London SW3 3QH (GB)	(72) Inventors: AZIMA, Henry Cambridge CB2 2TT (GB) HARRIS, Neil Cambridge CB2 4NL (GB) (74) Representative: Maguire, Peter Albert et al Maguire Boss,5 Crown Street St. Ives,Cambridgeshire PE27 5EB St. Ives,Cambridgeshire PE27 5EB (GB)