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(88) Date of publication A3: 17.04.2003 (43) Date of publication: 27.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/35 (21) Application number: 01989889.9 (22) Date of filing: 01.11.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61F 13/56, A61F 13/496 (86) International application number: PCT/US0146/309 (87) International publication number: WO 0203/6060 (10.05.2002 Gazette 2002/19)

(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: 03.11.2000 US 706294 (71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)

(72) Inventors: POZNIAK, Jennifer, Elizabeth Appleton, WI 54915 (US) BLENKE, Timothy, James Neenah, WI 54956 (US) MORRIS, Cassandra, Elizabeth Charlottesville, VA 22902 (US) ROESSLER, Thomas, Harold Menasha, WI 54952 (US) SUPRISE, Jody, Dorothy Pine River, WI 54965 (US) VOGT, Robert, Eugene Neenah, WI 54956 (US) (74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert  Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)