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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:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonardo C Lopez, Midland, MI (US);
Ronald R Pelletier, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428195 ; 428262 ; 428413 ; 428902 ;
Abstract
Preforms for molding processes are prepared by applying an aqueous dispersion of a tackifier onto one or more reinforcement fibers, (2) drying the coated reinforcement fibers to remove the water present and (3) forming one or more of the coated reinforcement fibers into a predetermined shape. The preforms comprise reinforcement fibers having a substantially uniformly distributed tackifier on the surface thereof in the form of a discontinuous film coating.