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(43) Date of publication: 06.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/19 (21) Application number: 02734364.9 (22) Date of filing: 10.05.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01L 31/00, H02N 11/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US2002/014907 (87) International publication number: WO 2002/091479 (14.11.2002 Gazette 2002/46)

(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: 10.05.2001 US 290058 P (71) Applicant: Neokismet L.L.C. San Francisco, CA 94104 (US)	(72) Inventors: ZUPPERO, Anthony, C. Pollock Pines, CA 95726-9456 (US) GIDWANI, Jawahar, M. San Francisco, CA 94133 (US) (74) Representative: Brown, Kenneth Richard et al R.G.C. Jenkins & Co.26 Caxton Street London SW1H 0RJ London SW1H 0RJ (GB)