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(11) EP 1 750 534 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
14.02.2007 Bulletin 2007/07

(21) Application number: 05723523.6

(22) Date of filing: 23.02.2005
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A44B 18/00(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2005/005674
(87) International publication number:
WO 2005/110142 (24.11.2005 Gazette 2005/47)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 30.04.2004 US 837346

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

(72) Inventors:
  • EFREMOVA, Nadezhda
    Neenah, WI 54956 (US)
  • PIERCE, Joseph, Earl
    Appleton, WI 54915 (US)
  • YU, Lisha
    Appleton, WI 54911 (US)
  • VANBENSCHOTEN, Brian
    Newmarket, NH 03857 (US)
  • KURTZ, Wallace, L., Jr.
    Lunenburg, MA 01462 (US)
  • TACHAUER, Ernesto, S.
    Bedford, NH 03110 (US)

(74) Representative: Leidescher, Thomas et al
Zimmermann & Partner Josephspitalstrasse 15
80331 München
80331 München (DE)

   


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