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(43) Date of publication: 18.08.2010 Bulletin 2010/33 (21) Application number: 07867691.3 (22) Date of filing: 06.12.2007

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  G01N 21/17(2006.01) G01N 25/72(2006.01) G01N 21/88(2006.01) G01N 29/24(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2007/025228 (87) International publication number: WO 2009/073014 (11.06.2009 Gazette 2009/24)

(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 (71) Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation Bethesda, MD 20817 (US)	(72) Inventors: LORRAINE, Peter, William Niskayuna NY 12309 (US) HOWARD, Donald, Robert Troy NY 12180 (US) RINGERMACHER, Henry, Israel Delanson NY 12053 (US) DUBOIS, Marc Keller TX 76248 (US) DRAKE, Peter, William Fort Worth TX 76110 (US) (74) Representative: Lockey, Robert Alexander  Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22 80336 München 80336 München (DE)