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(43) Date of publication: 06.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/19 (21) Application number: 01959891.1 (22) Date of filing: 08.08.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C30B 25/02, C30B 29/04 (86) International application number: PCT/US2001/041660 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/014427 (20.02.2003 Gazette 2003/08)

(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 (71) Applicant: Apollo Diamond, Inc. Medfield, MA 02052 (US)	(72) Inventors: LINARES, Robert, C. Sherborn, MA 0170 (US) DOERING, Patrick, J. Holliston, MA 01746 (US) (74) Representative: Gowshall, Jonathan Vallance  FORRESTER & BOEHMERTPettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München 80336 München (DE)