DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE EMPLOYING AN ABSORBENT COMPOSITE, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Patent 1231878

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EP 1 231 878 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	06.12.2001

(43)	Date of publication:
	21.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/34

(21)	Application number: 00948728.1

(22)	Date of filing: 14.07.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61F 13/15

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0019/493

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0100/5440 (25.01.2001 Gazette 2001/04)

(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:

16.07.1999 US 144345 P

(71)	Applicants:
	DRYPERS CORPORATION Houston, TX 77009 (US) Japan Absorbent Technology Institute Chuo-ku,Tokyo 103-0007 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	KLEMP, Walter, V. Houston, TX 77019 (US) DUCKER, Paul, M. Vancouver, WA 98661 (US) SNEED, Scott, W. Friendswood, TX 77546 (US) SUZUKI, MigakuSeaside Chigasaki Higashi Chigasaki, Kanagawa 253-0054 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Price, Nigel John King
	J.A. KEMP & CO.14 South SquareGray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE EMPLOYING AN ABSORBENT COMPOSITE, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME