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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. 30, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven M. Mork, Midland, MI (US);
Andrew T. Graham, Midland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Dow Global Technologies Inc., Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/30 ;
Abstract
A durable, conformable, absorbent, hydrophilic, polymeric latex foam composition having a free absorbent capacity of at least 5 grams of a 0.9 weight percent aqueous saline solution per gram of foam and capable of vertically wicking said aqueous saline solution to a height of greater than about 5 cm. In a preferred embodiment, after compression, the latex foam composition remains thin until wet, whereupon it expands and exhibits a high free absorbent capacity and high vertical wicking height.