NONWOVEN WEB INCLUDING A SUPERABSORBENT REGION AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME - Patent 1471861

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EP 1 471 861 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	02.10.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	03.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/45

(21)	Application number: 03737608.4

(22)	Date of filing: 04.02.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61F 13/15

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/003267

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/065953 (14.08.2003 Gazette 2003/33)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO

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Priority:

04.02.2002 US 66935
18.10.2002 US 274335

(71)	Applicant: H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc.
	Saint Paul,Minnesota 55164-0683 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	MEHAWEJ, Fouad, D. Forest Lake, MN 55025 (US)

(74)	Representative: Maiwald, Walter, Dr. Dipl.-Chem.
	Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbHElisenhofElisenstrasse 3 80335 München 80335 München (DE)

(54)	NONWOVEN WEB INCLUDING A SUPERABSORBENT REGION AND ARTICLES INCLUDING THE SAME