Description

The description contains the following components:

• an indication of the technical field to which the invention relates
• a summary of the background prior art useful in order to understand the invention
• a disclosure of the invention as claimed, describing the technical problem and its solution and stating the advantageous effects of the invention with regard to the background art
• a brief description of the figures in any drawings, indicating their numbers
• a detailed account of at least one way of carrying out the claimed invention
• a statement of how the invention is capable of industrial application.

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