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(11) EP 1 454 337 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.10.2003

(43) Date of publication:
08.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/37

(21) Application number: 02785654.1

(22) Date of filing: 12.12.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7H01J 49/42
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB2002/005628
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/050843 (19.06.2003 Gazette 2003/25)
(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 SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 12.12.2001 GB 0129693
05.07.2002 GB 0215626
25.07.2002 GB 0217217
07.08.2002 US 401517 P

(71) Applicant: Micromass UK Limited
Manchester M22 5PP (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • BATEMAN, Robert Harold
    Knutsford,Cheshire WA16 8NP (GB)
  • HOYES, John Brian
    Stockport,Cheshire SK4 4JU (GB)
  • WILDGOOSE, Jason Lee
    Stockport SK4 3PJ (GB)
  • GILBERT, Anthony James
    High Peak SK25 9TN (GB)

(74) Representative: Jeffrey, Philip Michael 
Frank B. Dehn & Co.179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


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