METHOD FOR IMPROVING CREEP RESISTANCE OF A SUBSTRATE COMPOSITE - Patent 1252380

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EP 1 252 380 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	30.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/44

(21)	Application number: 00980495.6

(22)	Date of filing: 17.11.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D02J 13/00, D01F 6/70, A61F 13/15

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0031/670

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0103/6726 (25.05.2001 Gazette 2001/21)

(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

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Priority:

19.11.1999 US 166348 P
22.12.1999 US 171467 P
22.12.1999 US 171437 P
16.11.2000 US 715806

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

(72)	Inventors:
	ZHOU, Peiguang Appleton, WI 54915 (US) NG, Wing-Chak Suwanee, GA 30024 (US)

(74)	Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert et al
	Frank B. Dehn & Co.Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR IMPROVING CREEP RESISTANCE OF A SUBSTRATE COMPOSITE