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(43) Date of publication: 05.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/10 (21) Application number: 01943368.9 (22) Date of filing: 11.05.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D06L 1/02 (86) International application number: PCT/EP0105/508 (87) International publication number: WO 0109/4680 (13.12.2001 Gazette 2001/50)

(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 (30) Priority: 08.06.2000 US 590161 (71) Applicants: UNILEVER N.V. 3013 AL Rotterdam (NL) AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GR IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR  UNILEVER PLC London EC4P 4BQ (GB) CY GB IE	(72) Inventors: MURPHY, Dennis, Stephen Edgewater, NJ 07020 (US) BINDER, David, Alan Edgewater, NJ 07020 (US) AHART, Robert, Joseph Edgewater, NJ 07020 (US) (74) Representative: Rosen Jacobson, Frans  Unilever Patent Dept.,Olivier Van Noortlaan 120 3133 AT Vlaardingen 3133 AT Vlaardingen (NL)