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(43) Date of publication: 16.12.1998 Bulletin 1998/51 (21) Application number: 97902293.0 (22) Date of filing: 29.01.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C10M 173/ 02( . ) C10N 40/ 00( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/EP1997/000455 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/031992 (04.09.1997 Gazette 1997/38)

(84) Designated Contracting States: CH DE ES FR GB IT LI NL SE (30) Priority: 27.02.1996 EP 19960200495 (71) Applicants: UNILEVER N.V. 3013 AL Rotterdam (NL) UNILEVER PLC London EC4P 4BQ (GB)	(72) Inventors: OFFILER, Michael, Thomas, Lever Industrial Ltd. Cheshire WA7 3JZ (GB) VERBIEST, Willem, P. NL-3606 AN Maarssen (NL) (74) Representative: Rosen Jacobson, Frans Lucas M., et al  Unilever N.V., Patent Division, P.O. Box 137 3130 AC Vlaardingen 3130 AC Vlaardingen (NL)