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(11) EP 1 472 615 A2

(12)

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.08.2004

(43) Date of publication:
03.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/45

(21) Application number: 02720126.8

(22) Date of filing: 25.03.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7G06F 15/78
(86) International application number:
PCT/GB2002/001417
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/036461 (01.05.2003 Gazette 2003/18)
(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: 26.10.2001 GB 0125711

(71) Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Armonk, NY 10504 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • KNOX, Andrew Ramsay
    Kilbirnie,Ayrshire KA25 7JZ (GB)

(74) Representative: Ling, Christopher John 
IBM United Kingdom Limited,MP 110,Hursley Park
Winchester,Hampshire SO21 2JN
Winchester,Hampshire SO21 2JN (GB)

   


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