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(11) EP 1 385 923 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3:
04.12.2003

(43) Date of publication:
04.02.2004 Bulletin 2004/06

(21) Application number: 02720468.4

(22) Date of filing: 17.04.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7C10J 1/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/JP2002/003820
(87) International publication number:
WO 2002/086026 (31.10.2002 Gazette 2002/44)
(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: 19.04.2001 JP 2001121385
19.04.2001 JP 2001121387
27.06.2001 JP 2001195268

(71) Applicant: EBARA CORPORATION
Ohta-ku,Tokyo 144-8510 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • ISHIKAWA, Ryuichi
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 213-0021 (JP)
  • GOKE, Chikao
    Inzai-shi, Chiba 270-1315 (JP)
  • HAYAKAWA, Junichi
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 245-0061 (JP)
  • HIROSE, Tetsuhisa
    Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-0062 (JP)
  • NAKAJIMA, Takashi
    Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 (JP)
  • ICHIHARA, Osamu
    Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 236-0032 (JP)
  • NAKAMURA, Yuichi
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-0022 (JP)

(74) Representative: Wagner, Karl H., Dipl.-Ing. et al
Wagner & Geyer,Patentanwälte,Gewürzmühlstrasse 5
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


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