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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:
Jun. 27, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Wendel L Burton, Arden, NC (US);
Assignee:
BASF Corporation, Williamsburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; D02G / ; D03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428375 ; 8490 ; 428 97 ; 428378 ; 428389 ; 428394 ; 428395 ; 428396 ; 428907 ;
Abstract
A yarn having antimicrobial properties comprising a plurality of individual synthetic polymer filaments wherein at least one of the filaments but less than 20% of the total of the individual filaments in the yarn has a sufficient amount of antimicrobial activity to inhibit microbial growth in the entire yarn.