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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:
Dec. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen H Monroe, Memphis, TN (US);
James A Goettmann, North East, PA (US);
Gerald A Funk, North East, PA (US);
Assignee:
International Paper Company, Tuxedo Park, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F / ; D21H / ; D21H / ; D21H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
162141 ; 162142 ; 162147 ; 162148 ; 162158 ; 1621646 ; 47-9 ; 47 281 ; 47 32 ;
Abstract
A degradable agricultural mulch, mat or ground cover including cotton linters fibers, hardwood kraft pulp fibers, softwood kraft pulp fibers, and a water holdout material which is strong enough to be laid mechanically and is 100% photo- or biodegradable.