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(88) Date of publication A3: 03.08.2000 (43) Date of publication: 10.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/41 (21) Application number: 99968157.0 (22) Date of filing: 21.12.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A47L 13/16, D04H 1/12 (86) International application number: PCT/US9930/481 (87) International publication number: WO 0037/724 (29.06.2000 Gazette 2000/26)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE (30) Priority: 21.12.1998 US 113189 P (71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY WilmingtonDelaware 19898 (US)	(72) Inventor: OATHOUT, James, Marshall Mount Juliet, TN 37122 (US) (74) Representative: Woodman, Derek  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)