(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)
(54)
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