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(43) Date of publication: 12.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/02 (21) Application number: 03726171.6 (22) Date of filing: 01.04.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B01J 19/08 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/009977 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/084658 (16.10.2003 Gazette 2003/42)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 01.04.2002 US 369554 P (71) Applicant: ZENION INDUSTRIES, INC. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (US)	(72) Inventors: LEE, Jim, L. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 (US) TAYLOR, Charles, E. Sebastopol, CA 95472 (US) LAU, Shek, Fai Foster City, CA 94404 (US) (74) Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell  Boult Wade TennantVerulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)