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EP 0 935 450 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 18.08.1999 Bulletin 1999/33 (21) Application number: 96929811.0 (22) Date of filing: 29.08.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61F 13/ 15( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/013944 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/008474 (05.03.1998 Gazette 1998/09)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (71) Applicant: DRYPERS CORPORATION Houston, TX 77055 (US)	(72) Inventor: KLEMP, Walter, V. Houston, TX 77055 (US) (74) Representative: Every, David Aidan, et al  MARKS & CLERK, Sussex House, 83-85 Mosley Street Manchester M2 3LG Manchester M2 3LG (GB)