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EP 1 704 483 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 09.02.2006 (43) Date of publication: 27.09.2006 Bulletin 2006/39 (21) Application number: 04815452.0 (22) Date of filing: 21.12.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G06F 12/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/043377 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/066792 (21.07.2005 Gazette 2005/29)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (30) Priority: 30.12.2003 US 750155 13.08.2004 US 917888 (71) Applicant: SanDisk Corporation Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (US)	(72) Inventors: GOROBETS, Sergey Anatolievich Edinburgh Midlothian EH9 3ES (GB) SMITH, Peter John Eskbank, Midlothian Scotland EH22 3HA (GB) BENNETT, Alan David Edinburgh Midlothian EH13 0BQ (GB) (74) Representative: Hitchcock, Esmond Antony  Lloyd Wise Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1LW London WC1A 1LW (GB)