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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:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Applicants:
William Mckee Doane, Morton, IL (US);
Steven William Doane, Lebanon, OR (US);
Milan H. Savich, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
William McKee Doane, Morton, IL (US);
Steven William Doane, Lebanon, OR (US);
Milan H. Savich, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Absorbent Technologies, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08H 5/04 (2006.01); C08B 37/00 (2006.01); C09D 103/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Superabsorbent polymer (SAP) products for use in agricultural applications, and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. Certain of the SAPs include a monomer or a mixture of monomers, other than acrylonitrile, that is graft polymerized onto a starch in the presence of an initiator to form a starch graft copolymer that is cross-linked and the SAP product is isolated.