METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING THE CLEANLINESS OF A DEVICE - Patent 1609168

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EP 1 609 168 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.12.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	28.12.2005 Bulletin 2005/52

(21)	Application number: 04758407.3

(22)	Date of filing: 26.03.2004

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H01J 49/40

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/009325

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/088278 (14.10.2004 Gazette 2004/42)

(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

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Priority:

28.03.2003 US 402525

(71)	Applicant: Smiths Detection
	Warren, NJ 07059 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	DEBONO, Reno, Francis Annandale, NJ 08801 (US) CARROLL, John, J. Madison, NJ 07940 (US) SANDOR, Robert, Bruce South Orange, NJ 07079 (US)

(74)	Representative: Price, Nigel John King
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING THE CLEANLINESS OF A DEVICE