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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:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
May. 08, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott E Osborn, Cantonment, FL (US);
Vincent J Farrugia, Pensacola, FL (US);
LeMoyne W Plischke, Lillian, AL (US);
Chester C Wu, Pensacola, FL (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G / ; C08G / ; C08G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
528336 ; 523122 ; 524130 ; 524133 ; 524204 ; 524414 ; 524432 ; 524600 ; 528313 ; 528319 ;
Abstract
Antimicrobial activity is imparted to nylon during its preparation by adding to the nylon-forming monomer(s), a zinc compound (e.g. zinc ammonium carbonate) and a phosphorus compound (e.g. benzene phosphinic acid). The compounds are added in amounts sufficient to form in situ a reaction product containing at least 300 ppm of zinc, based on the weight of nylon prepared. Fibers made from the resulting nylon contain the reaction product uniformly dispersed therein and have antimicrobial activity of a permanent nature.