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United States Patent: Kepler Patent Number: Date of Patent: Dec. 24, 1991
United States Patent: Kepler Patent Number: Date of Patent: Dec. 24, 1991
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UNITED STATES PATEWT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
PATENT NO. : 5,074,118
DATED ' December 2 4 , 1 9 9 1
'NVENToR(S) ' C h a r l e s E . Kepler
It is certified that error appears in the above-indentified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby
corrected as shown below:
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BRUCE LEHSfAN