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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:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
May. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas J Podlas, Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignee:
Aqualon Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
524 18 ; 524 43 ; 524 44 ; 1061971 ;
Abstract
An improved joint compound is provided that has from about 0.2 to about 0.9% of a thickener system selected from unborated hydroxypropylguar or a blend of an unborated hydroxypropylguar and 1-3% of a cellulose ether. This thickener system is either in dry form or as a fluid suspension. This joint compound is useful for the installation of wall board paneling in residential commercial, and industrial buildings.