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(88) Date of publication A3: 05.10.2006 (43) Date of publication: 20.12.2006 Bulletin 2006/51 (21) Application number: 05731120.1 (22) Date of filing: 30.03.2005

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B05D 3/12(2006.01) B02B 1/00(2006.01) B02C 1/00(2006.01) B01F 15/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2005/010673 (87) International publication number: WO 2005/100680 (27.10.2005 Gazette 2005/43)

(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 Designated Extension States: AL BA HR LV MK YU (30) Priority: 06.04.2004 US 559940 P (71) Applicant: Thi International, LLC Toms River, NJ 08755 (US)	(72) Inventors: HESSE, Anthony, C. Tom River, NJ 08755 (US) KAZMIER, Joseph Jackson, NJ 08527 (US) LOGAN, Douglas, Jr. Elizabethtown, PA 17022 (US) (74) Representative: Jones, Graham Henry et al Graham Jones & Company Blackheath 77 Beaconsfield Road London SE3 7LG London SE3 7LG (GB)