IMPROVED ABRASION RESISTANCE OF NONWOVENS - Patent 1517788

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EP 1 517 788 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	30.03.2005 Bulletin 2005/13

(21)	Application number: 03726879.4

(22)	Date of filing: 15.05.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B32B 27/12, D04H 1/58, D04H 13/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/015311

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/097353 (27.11.2003 Gazette 2003/48)

(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

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Priority:

15.05.2002 US 380624 P

(71)	Applicant: Ahlstrom Windsor Locks LLC
	Windsor Locks, CT 06096 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BAIS, Smita Middletown, CT 06457 (US) MEIKLE, Gordon D. Berwickshire TD11 3HR (GB) DHARMADHIKARY, Rahul Manchester, CT 06040 (US)

(74)	Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al
	Carpmaels & Ransford,43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	IMPROVED ABRASION RESISTANCE OF NONWOVENS