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                        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 RS SE SI SK SM TR  | 
                      
                   
 
                     
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                        30.06.2010 US 827556
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                        08.05.2013 Bulletin 2013/19 | 
                      
                   
 
                     
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                        Proprietor: ALCATEL LUCENT | 
                      
                     
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                        92100 Boulogne-Billancourt (FR) | 
                      
                   
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                              - GOYAL, Suresh
 Warren, NJ 07059 (US) 
                              - PORTOLAN, Michele
 Blandshardstown
                                 Dublin 15 (IE) 
                              - VAN TREUREN, Bradford
 Lambertville, NJ 08530 (US) 
                            
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                        Representative: Wetzel, Emmanuelle  | 
                      
                     
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                        Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG 
                           Intellectual Property & Standards 
                           Lorenzstrasse 10 70435 Stuttgart 70435 Stuttgart (DE) | 
                      
                   
 
 
                     
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