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(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 12.06.2009 US 186759 P (71) Applicant: Consolidated Research, Inc. Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (US)	(72) Inventor: RIDGEWAY, Gregory, K. Venice CA 90291 (US) (74) Representative: Müller, Wolfram Hubertus et al Patentanwälte Maikowski & Ninnemann Postfach 15 09 20 10671 Berlin 10671 Berlin (DE)