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EP 1 532 520 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 31.03.2005 (43) Date of publication: 25.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/21 (21) Application number: 02806874.0 (22) Date of filing: 09.12.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 9/30 (86) International application number: PCT/US2002/039232 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/071419 (28.08.2003 Gazette 2003/35)

(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: 10.12.2001 US 340050 P 29.03.2002 US 368940 P 13.08.2002 US 218098 13.08.2002 US 218189 13.08.2002 US 218195 13.08.2002 US 218192 13.08.2002 US 218186 (71) Applicant: Incipient, Inc. Waltham, MA 02451 (US)	(72) Inventor: TESTARDI, Richard Boulder, CO 80302 (US) (74) Representative: Freischem, Stephan, Dipl.-Ing.  Patentanwälte FreischemAn Gross St. Martin 2 50667 Köln 50667 Köln (DE)