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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. 15, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rudolf A. Overbeek, Chatham Township, NJ (US);
Ali M. Khonsari, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Yung-Feng Chang, Chatham, NJ (US);
Lawrence L. Murrell, South Plainfield, NJ (US);
Bruce J. Tatarchuk, Auburn, AL (US);
Michael W. Meffert, Midlothian, VA (US);
Assignee:
ABB Lummus Global Inc., Bloomfield, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 6/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 6/500 ;
Abstract
A porous composite product comprised of a network of fibers is produced by forming an unsintered preformed network of fibers and a gasifiable structure forming agent, followed by gasification of the structure forming agent prior to sintering of the fibers at appropriate junction points. The preferred structure forming agent is a cellulosic material.