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(43) Date of publication: 13.07.2005 Bulletin 2005/28 (21) Application number: 03737142.4 (22) Date of filing: 17.06.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C01B 11/00, C12N 9/00, B29D 22/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/019029 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/106333 (24.12.2003 Gazette 2003/52)

(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 (30) Priority: 17.06.2002 US 389246 P (71) Applicant: Nutricepts, Inc. Burnsville, MN 55337 (US)	(72) Inventors: CATER, Mark, W. Eden Prairie, MN 55347 (US) GRINDSTAFF, Donald, A. Apple Valley, MN 55124 (US) (74) Representative: Howe, Steven  Lloyd WiseCommonwealth House,1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW London WC1A 1LW (GB)