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EP 1 583 853 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/41 (21) Application number: 03815469.6 (22) Date of filing: 13.01.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D01F 9/12 (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/000839 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/065671 (05.08.2004 Gazette 2004/32)

(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 SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO (71) Applicant: Nantero, Inc. Woburn, MA 01801 (US)	(72) Inventors: WARD, Jonathan, W. Burlington, MA 01803 (US) RUECKES, Thomas Boston, MA 02114 (US) SEGAL, Brent, M. Woburn, MA 01801 (US) (74) Representative: Hutchinson, Glenn Stanley  Harrison Goddard Foote, Fountain Precinct Balm Green Sheffield S1 2JA Sheffield S1 2JA (GB)