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(11) EP 1 185 959 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
13.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/11

(21) Application number: 00913322.4

(22) Date of filing: 07.03.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G07B 15/04
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0002/535
(87) International publication number:
WO 0075/876 (14.12.2000 Gazette 2000/50)
(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: 04.06.1999 US 137681 P
12.11.1999 US 439709

(71) Applicant: Catalina Marketing International, Inc.
St. Petersburg, FL 33716 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • BECHTOL, Michael, G.
    Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047 (US)

(74) Representative: Molyneaux, Martyn William 
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon11th Floor, Tower 3,Clements Inn,
London WC2A 2AZ
London WC2A 2AZ (GB)

   


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