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EP 0 777 462 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 11.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/24 (21) Application number: 95924771.0 (22) Date of filing: 30.06.1995

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C11D 3/ 20( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1995/008341 (87) International publication number: WO 1996/003974 (15.02.1996 Gazette 1996/08)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE (30) Priority: 30.07.1994 GB 19940015452 (71) Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US)	(72) Inventors: GIRET, Michel Joseph Marie Camberley Surrey GU15 3LD (GB) RICHARDSON, Wendy Victoria Jane Staines Middlesex TW18 2ES (GB) BELLEMAIN, Chantal Marie-Claude Riverside Staines Middlesex TW18 3NJ (GB) (74) Representative: Brooks, Maxim Courtney  Procter & Gamble (Health & Beauty Care) Limited, Lovett House, Lovett Road Staines, Middlesex TW18 3AZ Staines, Middlesex TW18 3AZ (GB)