AUTOMATED IN-PROCESS ISOTOPE AND MASS SPECTROMETRY - Patent 1355728

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EP 1 355 728 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	03.10.2002

(43)	Date of publication:
	29.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/44

(21)	Application number: 01996118.4

(22)	Date of filing: 05.12.2001

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B01D 59/44, H01J 49/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0146/539

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0206/0565 (08.08.2002 Gazette 2002/32)

(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:

29.01.2001 US 264748 P

(71)	Applicant: Metara, Inc.
	Sunnyvale, CA 94085 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	KINGSTON, Howard, M. Pittsburgh, PA 15229 (US)

(74)	Representative: Parry, Simon James et al
	Forrester & Boehmert,Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München 80336 München (DE)

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