METHOD OF FORMING A 3-DIMENSIONAL FIBER AND A WEB FORMED FROM SUCH FIBERS - Patent 1532298

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EP 1 532 298 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	25.05.2005 Bulletin 2005/21

(21)	Application number: 03791601.2

(22)	Date of filing: 24.07.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D01F 8/06, D01F 8/12, D01F 8/14, D01F 8/16, D04H 3/14

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/023147

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/020709 (11.03.2004 Gazette 2004/11)

(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:

30.08.2002 US 232059

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

(72)	Inventors:
	TOPOLKARAEV, Vasily, Aramovich Appleton, WI 54915 (US) POSSELL, Kevin, Christopher Appleton, WI 54911 (US) WIDEMAN, Gregory, James Menasha, WI 54952 (US) WALLAJAPET, Palani, Raj Ramaswami Neenah, WI 54956 (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)	METHOD OF FORMING A 3-DIMENSIONAL FIBER AND A WEB FORMED FROM SUCH FIBERS