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(88) Date of publication A3: 07.04.2005 (43) Date of publication: 28.12.2005 Bulletin 2005/52 (21) Application number: 04757676.4 (22) Date of filing: 19.03.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G01N 33/53, G01N 33/543 (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/008655 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/083405 (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 PL PT RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 19.03.2003 US 455767 P 19.12.2003 US 741313 (71) Applicant: Alfa Wassermann, Inc. West Caldwell, NJ 07006 (US)	(72) Inventor: LOEWY, Zvi, G. Fair Lawn, NJ 07410 (US) (74) Representative: Bösl, Raphael Konrad  Patentanwälte Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler Wichmann Huhn Prinzregentenstrasse 68 81675 München 81675 München (DE)