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(88) Date of publication A3: 27.02.2003 (43) Date of publication: 19.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/47 (21) Application number: 01973348.4 (22) Date of filing: 21.09.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F03H 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0129/626 (87) International publication number: WO 0206/9364 (06.09.2002 Gazette 2002/36)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR (30) Priority: 23.02.2001 US 271042 P (71) Applicant: KAUFMAN & ROBINSON, INC. Fort Collins,Colorado 80524 (US)	(72) Inventors: BUGROVA, Antonina I. Moscow, 129110 (RU) DESIATSKOV, Aleksei V. Moscow, 113525 (RU) MOROZOV, Aleksei I. Moscow, 123098 (RU) KHARCHEVNIKOV, Vadim K. Moscow, 113186 (RU) KAUFMAN, Harold, R. LaPorte, CO 80535 (US) ZHURIN, Viacheslav V. Ft. Collins, CO 80525 (US) (74) Representative: Doble, Richard George Vivian  Langner Parry52-54 High Holborn London, WC1V 6RR London, WC1V 6RR (GB)