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(88) Date of publication A3: 31.03.2005 (43) Date of publication: 28.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/39 (21) Application number: 03816402.6 (22) Date of filing: 12.12.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G02B 26/10 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/039535 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/083795 (30.09.2004 Gazette 2004/40)

(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: 13.12.2002 US 433301 P (71) Applicant: Areté Associates Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 (US)	(72) Inventor: KANE, David Rowley, MA 01969 (US) (74) Representative: Fiener, Josef et al Patentanw. J. Fiener et col. Maximilianstrasse 57 Postfach 12 49 D-87712 Mindelheim D-87712 Mindelheim (DE)