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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:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert S. Kody, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Mario A. Perez, Burnsville, MN (US);
Thomas P. Klun, Lakeland, MN (US);
Paul D. Graham, Woodbury, MN (US);
Christopher K. Haas, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Ravi K. Sura, Woodbury, MN (US);
Diane R. Wolk, Woodbury, MN (US);
Julie S. Prudich, Woodbury, MN (US);
Larry R. Krepski, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Terry R. Hobbs, Saint Paul, MN (US);
John M. Sebastian, Maplewood, MN (US);
Paul DeRoussel, Hudson, WI (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/16 ;
Abstract
Described are hydrophilic fibrillated articles that include melt-processable polymer and hydrophilic component such as hydrophilic surfactant or hydrophilic polymer, as well as methods of preparing such articles.