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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:
May. 10, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2001
Applicants:
James H. Wang, Appleton, WI (US);
David M. Schertz, Roswell, GA (US);
Inventors:
James H. Wang, Appleton, WI (US);
David M. Schertz, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L051/00 ; C08L051/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a hydrolytically modified, biodegradable polymer and a method of making a hydrolytically modifiable a biodegradable polymer. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is a method of grafting polar groups onto biodegradable polymers and modified biodegradable polymer compositions produced by the method. The polymer compositions are useful as components in flushable and degradable articles. Water-sensitive polymer blends and method of making those polymer blends are also disclosed.