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(11) EP 0 778 904 A2

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(43) Date of publication:
18.06.1997 Bulletin 1997/25

(21) Application number: 95931565.0

(22) Date of filing: 29.08.1995
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D02G 3/ 44( . )
D04H 11/ 00( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1995/010728
(87) International publication number:
WO 1996/006685 (07.03.1996 Gazette 1996/11)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 31.08.1994 US 19940298642
10.08.1995 US 19950513281

(71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Wilmington Delaware 19898 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • POPPER, Peter
    Wilmington, DE 19810-3206 (US)
  • STAUNTON, Harold, Francis
    Avondale, PA 19311-9306 (US)
  • KUMAR, Vijayendra
    New Castle, DE 19720-4825 (US)
  • TAYLOR, Robert, Edward
    Colombia, SC 29223-6733 (US)
  • KODOKIAN, George, Kevork
    Wilmington, DE 19808-1990 (US)
  • YNGVE, Paul, Wesley
    Chapin, SC 29036-8869 (US)
  • MORIN, Carl, Frederick
    Brandywood, Wilmington, DE 19810-2304 (US)
  • ODLE, James, K.
    Newark, DE 19711-2426 (US)
  • PEARLMAN, Paul, Sheldon
    Thornton, PA 19373-1049 (US)
  • GUPTA, Mohinder, Kumar
    Bel Air, MD 21014 (US)

(74) Representative: Jones, Alan John, et al 
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square
London, WC1A 2RA
London, WC1A 2RA (GB)

   


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