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(43) Date of publication: 26.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/26 (21) Application number: 00965644.8 (22) Date of filing: 21.09.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G02B 5/20, G02B 5/26, G02B 5/28, G02B 6/18, G02B 6/14 (86) International application number: PCT/AU0001/151 (87) International publication number: WO 0122/126 (29.03.2001 Gazette 2001/13)

(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: 21.09.1999 AU PQ300199 (71) Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Sydney,New South Wales 2006 (AU)	(72) Inventors: STEPANOV, Dmitrii, Yu Croydon Park, New South Wales 2133 (AU) SCEATS, Mark Pyrmont, New South Wales 2009 (AU) (74) Representative: Schoppe, Fritz, Dipl.-Ing. et al Patentanwälte Schoppe, Zimmermann, Stöckeler & Zinkler,Postfach 71 08 67 81458 München 81458 München (DE)