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EP 1 175 447 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 30.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/05 (21) Application number: 99951024.1 (22) Date of filing: 28.10.1999

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: C08F 2/26, C09D 157/06 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9903/574 (87) International publication number: WO 0027/890 (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 Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 06.11.1998 GB 9824267 05.06.1999 GB 9913034 (71) Applicant: Rhodia Consumer Specialties Limited Oldbury, West Midlands B68 0NN (GB)	(72) Inventor: HASLING, Peter, David StourbridgeWest Midlands DY8 3XR (GB) (74) Representative: Kinton, Colin David  Barker Brettell 138 Hagley Road, Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)