METHODS AND CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FOR MODIFYING POLYMERS - Patent 0845031

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EP 0 845 031 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	03.06.1998 Bulletin 1998/23

(21)	Application number: 96927804.0

(22)	Date of filing: 16.08.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12N 11/ 12^{( . )}
D21H 21/ 14^{( . )}
D21H 17/ 00^{( . )}

D21H 17/ 22^{( . )}
D21H 21/ 16^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB1996/002009

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/007203 (27.02.1997 Gazette 1997/10)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FI FR GB PT SE

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Priority:

16.08.1995 GB 19950016766

(71)	Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
	Wilmington, Delaware 19894-0001 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BATES, Robert NL-3817 JD Amersfoort (NL) GREENAWAY, Stephen David Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan CF37 4HR (GB) HARDMAN, David John Herne Bay, Kent CT6 7TZ (GB) HUXLEY, Margaret Herne Bay, Kent CT6 7QY (GB) SLATER, James Howard Cardiff CF4 5SR (GB)

(74)	Representative: Howard, Paul Nicholas
	Carpmaels & Ransford 43 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	METHODS AND CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS FOR MODIFYING POLYMERS