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(11) EP 1 423 026 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
02.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/23

(21) Application number: 02750493.5

(22) Date of filing: 20.08.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7A44B 18/00, A61F 13/56, A61F 13/62, A61F 13/476
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/026802
(87) International publication number:
WO 2003/015560 (27.02.2003 Gazette 2003/09)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 20.08.2001 US 313604 P
20.12.2001 US 37287
16.08.2002 US 222116

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

(72) Inventors:
  • COUTURE, Denise, R.
    Appleton, WI 54914 (US)
  • HAMMONDS, Yvette, L.
    Oshkosh, WI 54904 (US)
  • KURBEC, Valerie, L.
    Neenah, WI 54956 (US)
  • RASMUSSEN, Shelley, R.
    Oshkosh, WI 54904 (US)
  • REEVES, William, G.
    Appleton, WI 54911 (US)
  • STRATTON, William, G.
    Anoka, MN 55303 (US)
  • TORRES, Manuel, A.
    Cumming, GA 30041 (US)
  • CASSON, Kenneth
    Appleton, WI 54915 (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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