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(43) Date of publication: 07.06.2000 Bulletin 2000/23 (21) Application number: 98903468.1 (22) Date of filing: 13.01.1998

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61F 13/56 (86) International application number: PCT/US9800/622 (87) International publication number: WO 9835/642 (20.08.1998 Gazette 1998/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: BE DE ES FR GB IT NL SE (30) Priority: 18.02.1997 US 801650 (71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)	(72) Inventors: FLETCHER, Amy, Lynn Appleton, WI 54911 (US) SCHMOKER, Suzanne, Marie Oshkosh, WI 54904 (US) (74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)