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(88) Date of publication A3: 14.08.2003 (43) Date of publication: 12.11.2003 Bulletin 2003/46 (21) Application number: 01994429.7 (22) Date of filing: 20.12.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G01N 33/74 (86) International application number: PCT/US0150/220 (87) International publication number: WO 0206/2198 (15.08.2002 Gazette 2002/33)

(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: 20.12.2000 US 256812 P (71) Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc. Skillman, NJ 08558-9418 (US)	(72) Inventors: WIEGAND, Benjamin Newtown, PA 18940 (US) MCCULLOCH, Laura Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927 (US) (74) Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al Carpmaels & Ransford43, Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)