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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:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kyung-Ju Choi, Jefferson County, KY (US);
Dennis R. Porter, Dallas, TX (US);
Ronald E. Braswell, Johnson County, TX (US);
Assignee:
AAF International, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/916 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/916 ;
Abstract
A self supporting pleated fluid filter medium having different fibers to provide pleats sufficiently self supporting to maintain pleated form during fluid filter treatment, the invention further including low melt fiber and an optional support frame and a method of making such pleated filter.