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EP 1 641 595 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 05.04.2006 Bulletin 2006/14 (21) Application number: 03742436.3 (22) Date of filing: 07.07.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B24B 31/02(1968.09) (86) International application number: PCT/US2003/021218 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/014226 (17.02.2005 Gazette 2005/07)

(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 (71) Applicant: Mikronite Technologies Group Inc. Eatontown, New Jersey 07724-2212 (US)	(72) Inventor: HOFFMAN, Steve, E. Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 (US) (74) Representative: Murnane, Graham John  Murgitroyd & Company 165-169 Scotland Street Glasgow G5 8PL Glasgow G5 8PL (GB)