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EP 1 687 461 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 20.10.2005 (43) Date of publication: 09.08.2006 Bulletin 2006/32 (21) Application number: 04791626.7 (22) Date of filing: 29.10.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C23C 18/16(2006.01) C23C 18/30(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/GB2004/004589 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/045095 (19.05.2005 Gazette 2005/20)

(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 (30) Priority: 29.10.2003 GB 0325247 05.12.2003 GB 0328221 08.12.2003 US 527948 P 28.01.2004 GB 0401826 (71) Applicant: Conductive Inkjet Technology Limited 27 Dewsbury Road Ossett WF5 9WS (GB)	(72) Inventors: FOX, James, Edward Cambridge CB1 3SL (GB) HUDD, Alan, Lionel Nuthampstead, Herts SG8 8NQ (GB) ROBINSON, Martyn, John Cambridge CB1 8QW (GB) BENTLEY, Philip, Gareth Cambridge CB1 3HL (GB) (74) Representative: Matthews, Heather Clare  Keith W Nash & Co Pearl Assurance House 90-92 Regent Street Cambridge CB2 1DP Cambridge CB2 1DP (GB)