Source: http://www.google.com/patents/US6006748?dq=7,172,682
Timestamp: 2016-10-27 01:46:31
Document Index: 33341091

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 452033', 'art 302142', 'art 231700', 'art 616329', 'art 616324', 'art 73510', 'art 73510', 'art 572004', 'art 572011', 'art 702510', 'art 702020', 'art 73510', 'art 302180']

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