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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:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
May. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bhagwati G Kabra, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Stevin H Gehrke, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502402 ; 264D / ; 264D / ; 502439 ; 502514 ; 521 62 ; 521 63 ; 521 64 ; 604369 ;
Abstract
An absorbent, microporous foam comprising a crosslinked polymer having interconnected fluid cells distributed throughout its mass, wherein the fluid cells have a diameter of between about 0.1 and about 100 .mu.m, and wherein the foam can rapidly absorb at least about twice its dry weight in fluid, is disclosed. A method for producing a microporous, absorbent foam is also disclosed. This method comprises the steps of: