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(11) EP 1 113 733 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
11.07.2001 Bulletin 2001/28

(21) Application number: 99949711.8

(22) Date of filing: 17.09.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A44B 18/00, A61F 13/62
(86) International application number:
PCT/US9921/495
(87) International publication number:
WO 0015/069 (23.03.2000 Gazette 2000/12)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 17.09.1998 US 156185

(71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LONG, Andrew, Mark
    Appleton, WI 54915 (US)
  • HUNTOON, Andrew, Edsel
    Appleton, WI 54915 (US)
  • KILLIAN, Thomas, Michael
    Sobieski, WI 54171 (US)
  • LORD, Patrick, Robert
    Neenah, WI 54956 (US)
  • NORTMAN, Brian, Keith
    Appleton, WI 54914 (US)
  • ZOROMSKI, Paula, Kay
    Appleton, WI 54914 (US)
  • SCHMIDT, Richard, John
    Roswell, GA 30076 (US)
  • VONFELDT, Mari-Pat, Yvonne
    Atlanta, GA 30306 (US)

(74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert 
Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


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