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(43) Date of publication: 08.11.2006 Bulletin 2006/45 (21) Application number: 04818061.6 (22) Date of filing: 21.12.2004

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01S 5/024(2006.01) H01S 3/042(2006.01) H01S 5/02(2006.01) H01S 3/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2004/042945 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/067112 (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: 31.12.2003 US 749278 (71) Applicant: The Boeing Company Chicago, IL 60606 (US)	(72) Inventors: VETROVEC, Jan Thousand Oaks, CA 91362 (US) SAVICH, Michael Moorpark, CA 93021 (US) (74) Representative: McLeish, Nicholas Alistair Maxwell  Boult Wade Tennant Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)