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(11) EP 3 548 654 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
09.10.2019 Bulletin 2019/41

(21) Application number: 17823253.4

(22) Date of filing: 28.11.2017
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D01F 1/10(2006.01)
C01B 32/25(2017.01)
B82Y 30/00(2011.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2017/063386
(87) International publication number:
WO 2018/102285 (07.06.2018 Gazette 2018/23)
(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: 29.11.2016 US 201615363913

(71) Applicant: The H.D. Lee Company, Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware 19810 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • AGARWAL, Dhruv
    Greensboro, North Carolina 27410 (US)
  • WANG, Yongxin
    Greensboro, North Carolina 27405 (US)

(74) Representative: Potter Clarkson 
The Belgrave Centre Talbot Street
Nottingham NG1 5GG
Nottingham NG1 5GG (GB)

   


(54) METHOD FOR PREPARING NANODIAMOND-CONTAINING THERMOPLASTIC FIBERS AND THE USE OF SUCH FIBERS IN YARNS AND FABRICS