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(11) EP 1 439 979 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
28.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/31

(21) Application number: 02776407.5

(22) Date of filing: 01.11.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B60Q 1/04, F21V 9/16, B60Q 1/00
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/035037
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/039906 (15.05.2003 Gazette 2003/20)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 02.11.2001 JP 2001337899

(71) Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
St. Paul, MN 55133-3427 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • EGASHIRA, Ken
    Odawara, Kanagawa 250-0055 (JP)
  • MURAOKA, Motoaki
    Susono, Shizuoka 410-1115 (JP)
  • NITTA, Hirofumi
    Hadano,Kanagawa 259-1325 (JP)

(74) Representative: Hilleringmann, Jochen, Dipl.-Ing. et al
Patentanwältevon Kreisler-Selting-Werner,Bahnhofsvorplatz 1 (Deichmannhaus)
50667 Köln
50667 Köln (DE)

   


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