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(43) Date of publication: 19.12.2018 Bulletin 2018/51 (21) Application number: 17706926.7 (22) Date of filing: 08.02.2017

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  D02G 1/20(2006.01) D02J 13/00(2006.01) D02G 3/44(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2017/016969 (87) International publication number: WO 2017/139351 (17.08.2017 Gazette 2017/33)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: MA MD (30) Priority: 12.02.2016 US 201662294414 P (71) Applicant: INVISTA Textiles (U.K.) Limited Manchester M2 3DE (GB)	(72) Inventors: RITTENHOUSE, Ronnie Calhoun Georgia 30701 (US) TUNG, Wae-Hai Marietta Georgia 30062-1377 (US) (74) Representative: Michalski Hüttermann & Partner Patentanwälte mbB  Speditionstraße 21 40221 Düsseldorf 40221 Düsseldorf (DE)