METHODS FOR DESIGNING, MAKING, AND USING A PERSONAL APPLIANCE FOR PRODUCING WATER VAPOR - Patent 2066360

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EP 2 066 360 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.09.2008

(43)	Date of publication:
	10.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/24

(21)	Application number: 07826521.2

(22)	Date of filing: 24.09.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61L 9/02^(2006.01)

A61L 9/03^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/IB2007/053874

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/072109 (19.06.2008 Gazette 2008/25)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

11.12.2006 US 636750

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

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Inventors:

VELAZQUEZ, Herb F.
Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)
DRUECKE, Frank G.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54904 (US)
HONDL, Blake A.
Neenah, Wisconsin 54956 (US)
PHILIP, Mary
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54904 (US)
ELLEFSON, Kimberly L.
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54904 (US)
MCMANUS, James D.
Hortonville, Wisconsin 54944 (US)
ENGLISH, Simon
Croydon North, Victoria 3136 (AU)
RAY, Nathan A.
Wheelers Hill, Victoria 3150 (AU)
WIMALASURIYA, Deekshitha
Clayton North, Victoria 3168 (AU)
WONG, Kon Euan Gerard
Glen Waverley, Victoria 3150 (AU)

(74)	Representative: Davies, Christopher Robert et al
	Frank B. Dehn & Co. St Bride's House 10 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8JD London EC4Y 8JD (GB)

(54)	METHODS FOR DESIGNING, MAKING, AND USING A PERSONAL APPLIANCE FOR PRODUCING WATER VAPOR