METHOD FOR USING HYDROPHOBICALLY ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS IN PREPARING CELLULOSIC FIBER COMPOSITIONS, AND CELLULOSIC FIBER COMPOSITIONS INCORPORATING THE HYDROPHOBICALLY ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS - Patent 1257709

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EP 1 257 709 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.11.2002 Bulletin 2002/47

(21)	Application number: 00980943.5

(22)	Date of filing: 30.11.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D21H 21/10, D21H 17/37, D21H 17/42

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0032/820

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0104/0578 (07.06.2001 Gazette 2001/23)

(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:

06.12.1999 US 455027

(71)	Applicant: HERCULES INCORPORATED
	Wilmington,Delaware 19894-0001 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HARRINGTON, John, C. Jacksonville, FL 32257 (US) ZHANG, Huashi, T. Arcadia,CA 91007 (US)

(74)	Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE
	Patent- und RechtsanwälteArabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD FOR USING HYDROPHOBICALLY ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS IN PREPARING CELLULOSIC FIBER COMPOSITIONS, AND CELLULOSIC FIBER COMPOSITIONS INCORPORATING THE HYDROPHOBICALLY ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS