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(11) EP 1 349 511 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.02.2003

(43) Date of publication:
08.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/41

(21) Application number: 01989219.9

(22) Date of filing: 14.12.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61C 1/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US0148/387
(87) International publication number:
WO 0205/4970 (18.07.2002 Gazette 2002/29)
(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: 18.12.2000 US 256579 P
14.12.2001 US 17023

(71) Applicant: DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
York, PA 17405-0872 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • PAPANEK, Tom
    Lake Forest, IL 60045 (US)
  • NOVAK, Eugene J.
    Deerfield, IL 60015 (US)
  • BARKER, Thomas Edward
    Rockford, IL 61109 (US)

(74) Representative: Wächtershäuser, Günter, Prof. Dr. et al
Wächtershäuser & Hartz,Patentanwälte,Tal 29
80331 München
80331 München (DE)

   


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