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(11) EP 2 020 103 A2

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(43) Date of publication:
04.02.2009 Bulletin 2009/06

(21) Application number: 07811907.0

(22) Date of filing: 18.05.2007
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04J 1/05(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2007/069312
(87) International publication number:
WO 2007/137205 (29.11.2007 Gazette 2007/48)
(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 LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(30) Priority: 19.05.2006 US 801757 P

(71) Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
Pullman Washington 99163 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • SCHWEITZER, Edmund, O., III
    Pullman, WA 99163 (US)
  • ANDERSEN, Luther, S.
    Pullman, WA 99163 (US)
  • BOSOLD, Mark, J.
    Pullman, WA 99163 (US)
  • FEIGHT, Laurence, Virgil
    Island Lake, IL 60042 (US)
  • PARK, Douglas, A.
    Palousa, WA 99161 (US)
  • TELLER, Witold, R.
    Pullman, WA 99163 (US)
  • MCMAHON, Steven, A.
    Clarkson, WA 99403 (US)
  • KESLER, James, R.
    Pullman, Washington 99163 (US)
  • HICKS, Donald, C.
    Pullman, WA 99163 (US)

(74) Representative: Schmid, Wolfgang 
Lorenz & Kollegen Patentanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft Alte Ulmer Straße 2
89522 Heidenheim
89522 Heidenheim (DE)

   


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