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(43) Date of publication: 17.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/42 (21) Application number: 99968982.1 (22) Date of filing: 30.12.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C08K 7/02, C08L 75/04 // (C08K7/02, 7:02), C08K7:02 (86) International application number: PCT/US9931/300 (87) International publication number: WO 0040/650 (13.07.2000 Gazette 2000/28)

(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: 08.01.1999 US 227111 (71) Applicant: Lear Automotive Dearborn, Inc. Southfield, MI 48034 (US)	(72) Inventor: BROWN, Bari, W. Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (US) (74) Representative: Baverstock, Michael George Douglas et al BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)