SUPERABSORBENT MATERIALS HAVING HIGH, CONTROLLED GEL-BED FRICTION ANGLES AND COMPOSITES MADE FROM THE SAME - Patent 1525009

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EP 1 525 009 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.03.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	27.04.2005 Bulletin 2005/17

(21)	Application number: 03771649.5

(22)	Date of filing: 18.07.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61L 15/60

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/022423

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/011045 (05.02.2004 Gazette 2004/06)

(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:

30.07.2002 US 399794 P
13.06.2003 US 460874

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

(72)	Inventors:
	KAINTH, Arvinder, Pal Singh Neenah, WI 54956 (US) DODGE, Richard, Norris II Appleton, WI 54911 (US) FELDKAMP, Joseph, Raymond Appleton, WI 54914 (US) MUNDSCHAU, Stacy, Averic Oshkosh, WI 54901 (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)	SUPERABSORBENT MATERIALS HAVING HIGH, CONTROLLED GEL-BED FRICTION ANGLES AND COMPOSITES MADE FROM THE SAME