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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2020
Applicant:
Acetate International Llc, Irving, TX (US);
Inventors:
Susan Blankenship, Irving, WV (US);
Dirk Amtower, Pembroke, VA (US);
Michael Combs, Pembroke, VA (US);
Christopher M. Bundren, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Karen Zazzara, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
ACETATE INTERNATIONAL LLC, Irving, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 1/00 (2006.01); C08L 1/12 (2006.01); C08K 3/22 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01); G01N 31/22 (2006.01); A24D 3/10 (2006.01); A24D 3/16 (2006.01); A24D 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 1/12 (2013.01); C08K 3/22 (2013.01); G01N 1/28 (2013.01); G01N 31/22 (2013.01); A24D 3/063 (2013.01); A24D 3/10 (2013.01); A24D 3/16 (2013.01); C08K 2003/2241 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein are cellulose acetate tow bands having less than 0.1 wt. % titanium dioxide, wherein the content of titanium dioxide is measured by ashing and/or by titanium particle count density. Also provided herein is a method of measuring the titanium dioxide content of cellulose acetate tow by ashing. Also provided herein is a method for measuring the color of cellulose acetate tow.