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(43) Date of publication: 05.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/10 (21) Application number: 00936487.8 (22) Date of filing: 01.06.2000

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D04H 13/00, A47L 13/17 (86) International application number: PCT/US0015/423 (87) International publication number: WO 0109/2622 (06.12.2001 Gazette 2001/49)

(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 (71) Applicant: Tredegar Film Products Corporation Richmond, VA 23225 (US)	(72) Inventors: GUTHRIE, Lee, F. New Bern, NC 28562 (US) THOMAS, Paul, E. Terre Haute, IN 47802 (US) (74) Representative: Baverstock, Michael George Douglas et al BOULT WADE TENNANT,Verulam Gardens70 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8BT London WC1X 8BT (GB)