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(43) Date of publication: 10.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/41 (21) Application number: 99962689.8 (22) Date of filing: 04.11.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C08F 8/44, C08F 210/02, C08J 5/18, B32B 27/00, C08L 23/08 // C08F210:02, C08F220:06 (86) International application number: PCT/US9925/994 (87) International publication number: WO 0027/892 (18.05.2000 Gazette 2000/20)

(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: 05.11.1998 US 186986 (71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY INCORPORATED Wilmington,Delaware 19898 (US)	(72) Inventors: HAUSMANN, Karlheinz CH-2012 Auvernier (CH) POWELL, Richard, James Orange, TX 77632 (US) (74) Representative: Jones, Alan John  CARPMAELS & RANSFORD43 Bloomsbury Square London, WC1A 2RA London, WC1A 2RA (GB)