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(43) Date of publication: 18.07.2001 Bulletin 2001/29 (21) Application number: 99926081.3 (22) Date of filing: 28.05.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D06F 39/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US9912/043 (87) International publication number: WO 9963/142 (09.12.1999 Gazette 1999/49)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE ES FR GB IT (30) Priority: 01.06.1998 US 88511 12.03.1999 US 267806 (71) Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser AG 8405 Winterthur (CH)	(72) Inventors: FELSTEAD, Philip, S. Delray Beach, FL 33483 (US) ZISKIND, Stephen Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 (US) (74) Representative: Dickson, Elizabeth Anne  Reckitt Benckiser plc,Group Patents Department,Dansom Lane Hull HU8 7DS Hull HU8 7DS (GB)