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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. 11, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles W Paul, Madison, NJ (US);
Matthew L Sharak, Franklin Park, NJ (US);
Bing Wu, Somerville, NJ (US);
Lydia Wagner, Bedminster, NJ (US);
Quinn Tong, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Gary Raykovitz, Flemington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
National Starch and Chemical Investment Holding Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442409 ; 4283 / ; 442411 ; 442414 ;
Abstract
A nonwoven disposable article is constructed using adhesive compositions containing 1 to 25% of a surfactant, which causes the adhesive composition to exhibit a contact angle of 90.degree. or less and a reduction in surface tension of less than or equal to about 35-40 dynes/cm, giving improved wicking capabilities to the nonwoven.