HYDROPHILIZED FIBER SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR HYDROPHILIZING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE OF A FIBER SUBSTRATE - Patent 1943096

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EP 1 943 096 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	10.05.2007

(43)	Date of publication:
	16.07.2008 Bulletin 2008/29

(21)	Application number: 06800814.3

(22)	Date of filing: 04.08.2006

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B32B 21/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2006/030573

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2007/019370 (15.02.2007 Gazette 2007/07)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

06.08.2005 GB 0516199
18.11.2005 US 738277 P

(71)	Applicant: Rhodia, Inc.
	Cranbury, NJ 08512 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	TALINGTING-PABALAN, Ruela Burlington, NJ 08016 (US) OTTER, Graham Yardley, PA 19067 (US) WOODWARD, Gary Cheshire CW9 5QR (GB)

(74)	Representative: Gillard, Richard Edward
	Elkington and Fife LLP Prospect House 8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

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