ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOOTING OF AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - Patent 1407352

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EP 1 407 352 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	29.01.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	14.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/16

(21)	Application number: 02730195.1

(22)	Date of filing: 24.04.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 9/445

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2002/004480

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/095581 (28.11.2002 Gazette 2002/48)

(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:

19.05.2001 EP 01112316

(71)	Applicants:
	International Business Machines Corporation Armonk, NY 10504 (US) IBM DEUTSCHLAND GMBH D-70569 Stuttgart (DE)

(72)	Inventor:
	STAIGER, Dieter E. 71093 Weil im Schönbuch (DE)

(74)	Representative: Klein, Hans-Jörg
	IBM Deutschland GmbH,Patentwesen und Urheberrecht 70548 Stuttgart 70548 Stuttgart (DE)

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