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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:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
May. 11, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Milan F Sojka, Algonquin, IL (US);
Assignee:
AMCOL International Corporation, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
526 88 ; 5263232 ; 428407 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a porous polymer micro-particle, in the form of broken spheres, open to a porous oleophilic interior surface area, having a high oil and water absorbency and an apparent bulk density of about 0.02 to about 0.1 grams/cc. The preferred method of the present invention comprises the steps of: