FABRIC FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE PRODUCTS HAVING VISUALLY DISCERNABLE BACKGROUND TEXTURE REGIONS BORDERED BY CURVILINEAR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS - Patent 1440195

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EP 1 440 195 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.03.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	28.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/31

(21)	Application number: 02784144.4

(22)	Date of filing: 17.10.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D04H 1/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/033225

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/040450 (15.05.2003 Gazette 2003/20)

(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

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Priority:

02.11.2001 US 15838
02.11.2001 US 15858

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

(72)	Inventors:
	BURAZIN, Mark, Alan Oshkosh, WI 54902 (US) CHIU, Kai, F. Bellevue, WA 98004 (US) LINDSAY, Jeffrey, D. 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)

(54)	FABRIC FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE PRODUCTS HAVING VISUALLY DISCERNABLE BACKGROUND TEXTURE REGIONS BORDERED BY CURVILINEAR DECORATIVE ELEMENTS