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EP 2 432 671 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 19.08.2010 (43) Date of publication: 28.03.2012 Bulletin 2012/13 (21) Application number: 08876907.0 (22) Date of filing: 06.11.2008

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  B60W 10/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2008/082636 (87) International publication number: WO 2010/059147 (27.05.2010 Gazette 2010/21)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR (71) Applicant: Pem Management, Inc. Wilmington, DE 19803 (US)	(72) Inventor: PATTON, Roger B. North Wales Pennsylvania 19454 (US) (74) Representative: Gymer, Keith Francis  Page Hargrave Southgate Whitefriars Lewins Mead Bristol BS1 2NT Lewins Mead Bristol BS1 2NT (GB)