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EP 1 240 374 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 10.01.2002 (43) Date of publication: 18.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/38 (21) Application number: 00992741.9 (22) Date of filing: 23.10.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D04H 1/42 (86) International application number: PCT/US0041/456 (87) International publication number: WO 0103/1103 (03.05.2001 Gazette 2001/18)

(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: 28.10.1999 US 428811 (71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. Neenah, Wisconsin 54957 (US)	(72) Inventors: GRIESBACH, Henry, L., III Clarkston, GA 30021 (US) BAKER, Jerry, W. Appleton, WI 54913 (US) (74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & SchwanhäusserAnwaltssozietät  Maximilianstrasse 58 80538 München 80538 München (DE)