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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. 02, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Irwin J. Shiffer, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon, Inc., Somerville, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/792 ; D01D 5/088 ; D01D 5/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/792 ; D01D 5/088 ; D01D 5/16 ;
Abstract
The present invention includes processes for making fibers, which processes include an extrusion step wherein molten polymers are extruded through an extrusion die, thereby forming at least one extruded filament; and an orientation step, wherein the filament is drawn to align the molecules of the filament, and wherein multivariate data analysis techniques are used to analyze data regarding various process variables and, optionally, process variables are adjusted in response to the multivariate data analysis.