® B 3 Office # os %, * Application No: GB 9905655.8 Claims searched: 1 to 9 Patents Act 1977 'O. Examiner: QO [WESTOR IX PEOPLE Trevor Berry Date of search: 25 May 2000 Search Report under Section 17 Databases searched: UK Patent Office collections, including GB, EP, WO & US patent specifications, in: UK Cl (Ed.R): F3C (CFD) Int Cl (Ed.7): F41B 11/06, 11/32 Other: _ ONLINE: EPODOC, JAPIO, WPI Documents considered to be relevant: [category] Identity of document and relevant passage Relevant to claims x |GB2324137A BSA 1 at east x | GB 1354307 S-G-L INDUSTRIES 1 atleast x | EP 0626552 Al STEYR-DAIMLER-PUCH 1 atleast x | Wo 98/30859 Al McMULLEN 1 atleast x | Wo 87/03081 Al FORD 1 atleast x | Us 5613483 LUKAS 1 at east x | DE 36029494 = KULLMAN 1 at east x | JP 6159994 A NIPPON TANSAN GAS 1 at east X Docume inating ck ofnovehyorinvesive dep A_Doctnct nding uchaclogieal background andlor of eat. Y¥ Document ndiating lack of inventive sep ifeombined with P_Dacument published om or after the declared priority date bat before the ‘one or mere other documents of same category. E Member ofthe same patent family filing dat ofthis invention Patent document published on rafter, but with priority date cartier han, the filing date af this application ‘An Executive Agency of the Department of Trade and Industry