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(11) EP 1 401 370 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
31.03.2004 Bulletin 2004/14

(21) Application number: 02739512.8

(22) Date of filing: 31.05.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A61F 13/84, A61F 13/472
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/016994
(87) International publication number:
WO 2002/100315 (19.12.2002 Gazette 2002/51)
(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: 08.06.2001 US 297000 P
31.12.2001 US 37286
31.12.2001 US 38969
31.12.2001 US 39452

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

(72) Inventors:
  • EDENS, Ronald, L.
    Cumming, GA 30041 (US)
  • HLABAN, James, J.
    Neenah, WI 54956 (US)
  • KEELY, Laura, J.
    Neenah, WI 54956 (US)
  • KEENAN, Thomas, P.
    Appleton, WI 54911 (US)
  • LITTLE, Sylvia, B.
    Marietta, GA 30062 (US)
  • MCDANIEL, Mary, L.
    Appleton, WI 54911 (US)
  • NUNN, Stephen, L.
    Appleton, WI 54914 (US)
  • REEVES, William, G.
    Appleton, WI 54911 (US)
  • SOREBO, Heather, A.
    Appleton, WI 54915 (US)
  • WEYENBERG, Susan, M.
    Appleton, WI 54911 (US)

(74) Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert 
Frank B. Dehn & Co.,European Patent Attorneys,179 Queen Victoria Street
London EC4V 4EL
London EC4V 4EL (GB)

   


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