BIODISINTEGRATABLE NONWOVENS WITH FLUID MANAGEMENT PROPERTIES AND DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCTS CONTAINING SAME - Patent 1218575

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EP 1 218 575 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	03.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/27

(21)	Application number: 00967394.8

(22)	Date of filing: 16.08.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D01F 6/92, D04H 1/42, D04H 3/00, C08L 67/04, C08L 67/02, A61L 15/22, A61L 15/62

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0040/645

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0114/621 (01.03.2001 Gazette 2001/09)

(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

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Priority:

25.08.1999 US 383565
25.08.1999 US 383582

(71)	Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
	Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	TSAI, Fy-Jya Appleton, WI 54915 (US) WERTHEIM, Bridgette, C. Appleton, WI 54914 (US)

(74)	Representative: Beacham, Annabel Rose
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	BIODISINTEGRATABLE NONWOVENS WITH FLUID MANAGEMENT PROPERTIES AND DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCTS CONTAINING SAME