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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
May. 03, 2001
Allison Anne Calhoun, Sandersville, GA (US);
Dickey S. Shurling, Sandersville, GA (US);
Gary R. Mobley, Tennille, GA (US);
Charity W. Miller, Charlotte, NC (US);
Anthony D. McConnell, Childersberg, AL (US);
Imerys Pigments, Inc., Roswell, GA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a method of producing a breathable film including producing an inorganic filler by treating particles of an inorganic particulate material comprising an alkaline earth metal carbonate compound by reaction with a hydrophobizing surface treatment agent comprising one or more aliphatic carboxylic acids having at least 10 chain carbon atoms to produce a hydrophobic coating on the particles including a classification step to result in an inorganic filler having a reduced level of interfering particles. The invention is also breathable polymeric films made using the novel filler.