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(43) Date of publication: 14.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/46 (21) Application number: 00980800.7 (22) Date of filing: 21.11.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B29D 11/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0032/332 (87) International publication number: WO 0142/001 (14.06.2001 Gazette 2001/24)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 09.12.1999 US 457830 (71) Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. Jacksonville, FL 32256 (US)	(72) Inventor: CLUTTERBUCK, Timothy, A. Jacksonville, FL 32225 (US) (74) Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al Carpmaels & Ransford43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)