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EP 1 409 264 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 04.04.2002 (43) Date of publication: 21.04.2004 Bulletin 2004/17 (21) Application number: 01948501.0 (22) Date of filing: 19.06.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41M 5/025 (86) International application number: PCT/US2001/019648 (87) International publication number: WO 2001/098091 (27.12.2001 Gazette 2001/52)

(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: 19.06.2000 US 212421 P (71) Applicant: SAWGRASS SYSTEMS, INC. Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466 (US)	(72) Inventors: WAGNER, Barbara Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (US) THOMPSON, Kimberlee 5106 Atlanta, GA 30324 (US) XU, Ming Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 (US) (74) Representative: Brown, Fraser Gregory James et al fJ Cleveland 40-43 Chancery Lane London WC2A 1JQ London WC2A 1JQ (GB)