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EP 1 086 139 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 28.03.2001 Bulletin 2001/13 (21) Application number: 99922339.9 (22) Date of filing: 17.05.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C08B 1/00, C08L 1/02, D01F 2/00, C08J 5/18 // C08L1:02 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9901/566 (87) International publication number: WO 9960/026 (25.11.1999 Gazette 1999/47)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT DE ES FR GB IT (30) Priority: 19.05.1998 GB 9810778 (71) Applicant: TENCEL LIMITED Spondon,Derby DE21 7BP (GB)	(72) Inventor: URBEN, Peter George Kenilworth,Warwickshire CV8 2PA (GB) (74) Representative: Hale, Stephen Geoffrey  JY & GW Johnson,Kingsbourne House,229-231 High Holborn London WC1V 7DP London WC1V 7DP (GB)