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EP 1 275 072 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 03.01.2002 (43) Date of publication: 15.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/03 (21) Application number: 01925063.8 (22) Date of filing: 17.04.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 17/60 (86) International application number: PCT/US0112/521 (87) International publication number: WO 0108/0142 (25.10.2001 Gazette 2001/43)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 17.04.2000 US 550129 (71) Applicant: Honeywell International Inc. Morristown, New Jersey 07960 (US)	(72) Inventor: SHANKLAND, Ian, Robert Randolph, NJ 07869 (US) (74) Representative: Hucker, Charlotte Jane  Gill Jennings & EveryBroadgate House,7 Eldon Street London EC2M 7LH London EC2M 7LH (GB)