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EP 1 977 210 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 08.10.2008 Bulletin 2008/41 (21) Application number: 06707867.5 (22) Date of filing: 27.01.2006

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G01M 11/00(2006.01) G01J 3/44(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2006/050483 (87) International publication number: WO 2007/085301 (02.08.2007 Gazette 2007/31)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT (71) Applicant: Agilent Technologies, Inc., a corporation of the State of Delaware Palo Alto, CA 94303-0870 (US)	(72) Inventors: GUENTHER, Martin-Georg 72218 Wildberg (DE) NEBENDAHL, Bernd 71254 Ditzingen (DE) (74) Representative: Dilg, Haeusler, Schindelmann Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH  Nußbaumstraße 6 80336 München 80336 München (DE)