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(11) EP 1 689 913 A2

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(43) Date of publication:
16.08.2006 Bulletin 2006/33

(21) Application number: 04816943.7

(22) Date of filing: 04.11.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C25C 1/00(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2004/037180
(87) International publication number:
WO 2005/045101 (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 IS IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL HR LT LV MK YU

(30) Priority: 05.11.2003 US 702419

(71) Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Chicago, IL 60637 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BOYD, R., Davis
    Canada K7P 1S6 (CA)
  • YANG, Jianhong
    Bolingbrook, IL 60440 (US)
  • ROY, Alain
    Canada K7P 2L7 (CA)
  • HRYN, John
    Naperville, IL 60564 (CA)

(74) Representative: Smith, Peter James 
Serjeants, 25 The Crescent, King Street
Leicester LE1 6RX
Leicester LE1 6RX (GB)

   


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