A SURFACE COVERING BACKING CONTAINING POLYMERIC MICROSPHERES AND PROCESSES OF MAKING THE SAME - Patent 0970274

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EP 0 970 274 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	04.11.1999

(43)	Date of publication:
	12.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/02

(21)	Application number: 99904068.6

(22)	Date of filing: 12.01.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D06N 7/00, D06N 3/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9900/605

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9935/327 (15.07.1999 Gazette 1999/28)

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

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Priority:

12.01.1998 US 71110 P

(71)	Applicant: Mannington Mills, Inc.
	SalemNew Jersey 08079 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BURNS, Alonzo, M., Jr. Mauricetown, NJ 08329 (US) CHEN, Hao, A. Chadds Ford, PA 19317 (US) ZEREBECKI, Nicholas Mullica Hill, NJ 08062 (US) PATTERSON, Charles Adaivsville, GA 30103 (US)

(74)	Representative: Lerwill, John et al
	A.A. Thornton & Co.,Northumberland House,303-306 High Holborn London WC1V 7LE London WC1V 7LE (GB)

(54)	A SURFACE COVERING BACKING CONTAINING POLYMERIC MICROSPHERES AND PROCESSES OF MAKING THE SAME