BIODEGRADABLE CHEWING GUM BASES INCLUDING PLASTICIZED POLY(D,L-LACTIC ACID) AND COPOLYMERS THEREOF - Patent 1133240

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EP 1 133 240 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	19.09.2001 Bulletin 2001/38

(21)	Application number: 98950842.9

(22)	Date of filing: 02.10.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A23G 3/30

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9820/656

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0019/837 (13.04.2000 Gazette 2000/15)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

(71)	Applicant: WM. WRIGLEY JR. COMPANY
	ChicagoIllinois 60611-4287 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	LI, Weisheng Montclair, NJ 07043 (US)

(74)	Representative: Hayes, Adrian Chetwynd et al
	Boult Wade Tennant,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)

(54)	BIODEGRADABLE CHEWING GUM BASES INCLUDING PLASTICIZED POLY(D,L-LACTIC ACID) AND COPOLYMERS THEREOF