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(43) Date of publication: 07.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/41 (21) Application number: 96944999.0 (22) Date of filing: 18.12.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C08J 3/ 16( . ) C08J 3/ 12( . ) C08G 63/ 06( . ) C08J 5/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/020545 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/023549 (03.07.1997 Gazette 1997/29)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 22.12.1995 GB 19950026388 (71) Applicant: MONSANTO COMPANY St. Louis, Missouri 63167 (US)	(72) Inventors: MONTADOR, James Henry Billingham on Tees TS23 3SU (GB) GEORGE, Neil Stockton on Tees, Cleveland TS17 0UY (GB) LIDDELL, John MacDonald Stockton on Tees, Cleveland TS16 0DP (GB) (74) Representative: Bosch, Henry  Monsanto Services International SA Avenue de Tervuren 270-272 1150 Bruxelles 1150 Bruxelles (BE)