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EP 1 340 311 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 06.09.2002 (43) Date of publication: 03.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/36 (21) Application number: 01989173.8 (22) Date of filing: 06.11.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H02M 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0146/652 (87) International publication number: WO 0204/9195 (20.06.2002 Gazette 2002/25)

(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: 06.11.2000 US 246409 P (71) Applicant: BCN Data Systems San Francisco, CA 94111-3106 (US)	(72) Inventor: JONES, Alan Clayton,Newcastle Staffs ST538A (GB) (74) Representative: Casey, Lindsay Joseph et al F. R. Kelly & Co.27 Clyde RoadBallsbridge Dublin 4 Dublin 4 (IE)