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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:
Aug. 12, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carmine P Iovine, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
John H Walton, Flemington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; B32B / ; D04H / ; D04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442152 ; 524270 ; 524271 ; 524272 ; 442153 ;
Abstract
A biodegradable binder for nonwoven stock is prepared as an emulsion of 5-200% solids of poly(hydroxybutyrate/hydroxyvalerate) copolymer in water in which the copolymer comprises 70-100 mole percent of 3-hydroxybutyrate and 0-30 percent of 3-hydroxyvalerate.