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(43) Date of publication: 02.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/01 (21) Application number: 02728560.0 (22) Date of filing: 25.03.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01B 1/20, H01B 1/22, H01B 1/24, H05K 1/09 (86) International application number: PCT/US2002/009118 (87) International publication number: WO 2002/080197 (10.10.2002 Gazette 2002/41)

(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: 28.03.2001 US 279206 P (71) Applicant: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Wilmington, DE 19898 (US)	(72) Inventor: OGIWARA, Toshiaki Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi 320-0003 (JP) (74) Representative: Woodman, Derek  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)