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EP 1 495 177 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 12.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/02 (21) Application number: 03712427.8 (22) Date of filing: 20.03.2003

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: D06F 58/20 (86) International application number: PCT/GB2003/001333 (87) International publication number: WO 2003/087462 (23.10.2003 Gazette 2003/43)

(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 RO SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK (30) Priority: 11.04.2002 GB 0208343 (71) Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser N.V. 2132 NZ Hoofddorp (NL)	(72) Inventor: ROUSSELLE, Christophe Hull HU8 7DS (GB) (74) Representative: Brown, Andrew Stephen et al Reckitt Benckiser plc,Group Patents Department,Dansom Lane Hull HU8 7DS Hull HU8 7DS (GB)