PLURALITY OF BINDING ELEMENTS FOR AUTOMATED PROCESSES - Patent 1343638

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EP 1 343 638 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	22.08.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	17.09.2003 Bulletin 2003/38

(21)	Application number: 01997399.9

(22)	Date of filing: 20.11.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B42B 5/10

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0143/252

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0204/2090 (30.05.2002 Gazette 2002/22)

(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

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Priority:

22.11.2000 US 252546 P

(71)	Applicant: General Binding Corporation
	Northbrook,Illinois 60062 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	AMDAHL, Samuel Des Plaines, IL 60016 (US) BATTISTI, Thomas, A. Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 (US) GREENBERG, Jacob Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 (US) ROTSCHILD, Wayne Northbrook, IL 60062 (US)

(74)	Representative: Sanderson, Michael John et al
	MEWBURN ELLISYork House23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)

(54)	PLURALITY OF BINDING ELEMENTS FOR AUTOMATED PROCESSES