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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Ascend Performance Materials Operations Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Scott E. Osborn, Houston, TX (US);
Wai-shing Yung, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 77/02 (2006.01); C08K 3/02 (2006.01); C08K 3/08 (2006.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); D01F 1/10 (2006.01); D01F 6/90 (2006.01); D01F 9/08 (2006.01); D06M 101/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 77/02 (2013.01); C08K 3/08 (2013.01); D01D 5/0023 (2013.01); D01F 1/103 (2013.01); D01F 6/90 (2013.01); D01F 9/08 (2013.01); C08K 2003/026 (2013.01); C08K 2003/0893 (2013.01); C08L 2203/12 (2013.01); D06M 2101/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to polymer resins, fibers, and yarns with permanent antimicrobial activity, and a method of producing the same. In one embodiment, the antimicrobial polymer resin comprises a polymer having less than 2500 ppm of zinc dispersed within the polymer, less than 1000 ppm of phosphorus, wherein the weight ratio of zinc to phosphorus is at least 1.3:1 or less than 0.64:1.