ABSORBENT MACROSTRUCTURE MADE FROM MIXTURES OF DIFFERENT HYDROGEL-FORMING ABSORBENT POLYMERS FOR IMPROVED FLUID HANDLING CAPABILITY - Patent 0955981

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EP 0 955 981 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	17.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/46

(21)	Application number: 97935067.0

(22)	Date of filing: 01.08.1997

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61F 13/ 15^{( . )}
A61L 15/ 60^{( . )}
C08L 101/ 00^{( . )}

A61F 13/ 53^{( . )}
C08J 9/ 00^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1997/012854

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1998/006364 (19.02.1998 Gazette 1998/07)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE

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Priority:

08.08.1996 JP 19960225879

(71)	Applicant: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
	Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HSUEH, Kesyin Kobe 658 (JP) NAKAMURA, Reiko Nishinomiya 663 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Canonici, Jean-Jacques, et al
	Procter & Gamble European Service GmbH, Sulzbacher Strasse 40-50 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus 65824 Schwalbach am Taunus (DE)

(54)	ABSORBENT MACROSTRUCTURE MADE FROM MIXTURES OF DIFFERENT HYDROGEL-FORMING ABSORBENT POLYMERS FOR IMPROVED FLUID HANDLING CAPABILITY