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EP 1 324 775 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 09.07.2003 Bulletin 2003/28 (21) Application number: 00968315.2 (22) Date of filing: 28.09.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61K 47/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0021/987 (87) International publication number: WO 0202/6261 (04.04.2002 Gazette 2002/12)

(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 (71) Applicant: Japan Clean System New York, Inc. White Plains, NY 10607-2202 (US)	(72) Inventor: IWAI, Kazuo Yasugun Shiga Prefecture (JP) (74) Representative: Marsden, John Christopher et al Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)