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EP 0 941 044 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 15.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/37 (21) Application number: 96939523.0 (22) Date of filing: 04.11.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61K 8/ 00( . ) A61K 8/ 89( . ) A61K 8/ 892( . ) A61Q 5/ 00( . ) A61Q 5/ 12( . ) A61K 8/ 04( . ) A61K 8/ 891( . ) A61K 8/ 898( . ) A61Q 5/ 06( . ) C08L 83/ 04( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/017520 (87) International publication number: WO 1998/019654 (14.05.1998 Gazette 1998/19)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE (71) Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US)	(72) Inventors: UCHIYAMA, Hirotaka Kobe 658 (JP) MOSS, Brett, Kenneth Oatlands, NSW 2117 (AU) (74) Representative: Clemo, Nicholas Graham, et al  Procter & Gamble Technical Centres Limited Patent Department Lovett House Lovett Road Staines, Middlesex TW18 3AZ Staines, Middlesex TW18 3AZ (GB)