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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:
Feb. 07, 1995
Filed:
May. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald J Therriault, York, PA (US);
Herbert M Hand, Sr, Bel Air, MD (US);
Assignee:
Adhesives Research, Inc., Glen Rock, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09J / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428355 ; 525227 ; 525228 ; 525223 ;
Abstract
A water-absorbent pressure sensitive adhesive composition is provided comprising (a) a continuous phase comprised of a copolymer of a hydrophobic monomer and a hydrophilic monomer, said monomers being present in said copolymer in a weight ratio of from about 50:50 to about 90:10, respectively; and (b) a non-particulate discontinuous phase comprised of domains of a hydrophilic homopolymer or copolymer dispersed throughout said continuous phase.