(19)
(11) EP 0 941 374 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
15.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/37

(21) Application number: 97951492.0

(22) Date of filing: 25.11.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D01D 5/ 098( . )
D01D 11/ 00( . )
D02J 1/ 22( . )
D01D 5/ 16( . )
D01F 6/ 60( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1997/021903
(87) International publication number:
WO 1998/023797 (04.06.1998 Gazette 1998/22)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR IT

(30) Priority: 27.11.1996 GB 19960024683

(71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
Wilmington Delaware 19898 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • MARLOW, Stephen, Walter
    Gloucestershire GL51 6EE (GB)
  • STAVELEY, Malcolm ,George
    Gloucestershire GL20 8JA (GB)

(74) Representative: Jones, Alan John, et al 
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square
London, WC1A 2RA
London, WC1A 2RA (GB)

   


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