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ROCHESTER, NY—Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) has been granted 17 additional U.S. patents in 2003 for its Digimaster printing technology. The new patents are on top of the more than 40 patents the company had already received for its black-and-white printing product line and the more than 200 U.S. patent applications that are currently pending. (www.heidelberg.com)