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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:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Gelman, Newark, DE (US);
Josette S Hyunh-Ba, Hockessin, DE (US);
Assignee:
Hercules Incorporated, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
162-7 ; 162 78 ; 162191 ;
Abstract
A process of repulping paper a product comprising cellulose fibers, comprising forming an aqueous suspension of paper product to be repulped and an oxidizing agent comprising at least one persulfate salt, and maintaining the pH of the aqueous suspension in a range of from about 2.3 to about 6.5. The process is preferably conducted in the presence of preferred buffer systems. Compositions for conducting such processes are also provided.