Fibers of variable wettability and materials containing the fibers
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an absorbent material and the fibers therein, having two or more layers including an upper surface layer which has on the outer surface of the layer one or more surface area zones which are more wettable zones and adjacent thereto one or more less wettable zones, where the more wettable zones have a greater hydrophilicity than the less wettable zone. The present invention is also directed to the fibers therein, which contain polyvalent cation-containing compounds and fatty acid containing compounds. The present invention also provides for methods of treating fibers or solid materials and processes of producing the hydrophobic materials.
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- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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GLATFELTER CORPORATION | 4350 CONGRESS STREET SUITE 600 CHARLOTTE NC 28209 |
International Classification(s)
- A61F:FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES....
- D21H:PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED....
- D06M:TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D0....
- A61L:METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR ....
- B32B:LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA....
- D21C:PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE ....

Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Dutkiewicz, Jacek K | Cordova, US | 31 | 352 |
# of filed Patents : 31 Total Citations : 352 | |||
Fields, Sonja McNeil | Memphis, US | 7 | 141 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 141 | |||
Fryczkowska, Beata | Bielsko-Biala, PL | 2 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 10 | |||
Fryczkowski, Ryszard | Bielsko-Biala, PL | 2 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 10 | |||
Kalmon, Michael | Boyertown, US | 5 | 32 |
# of filed Patents : 5 Total Citations : 32 | |||
Moose, Ronald Timothy | Lakeland, US | 8 | 349 |
# of filed Patents : 8 Total Citations : 349 | |||
Rom, Monika | Bielsko-Biala, PL | 2 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 10 | |||
Rushing, Lynn Hung | Olive Branch, US | 2 | 10 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 10 | |||
Skirius, Stephen A | Collierville, US | 7 | 121 |
# of filed Patents : 7 Total Citations : 121 | |||
Smith, David Jay | Germantown, US | 22 | 534 |
# of filed Patents : 22 Total Citations : 534 |
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- 3 Citation Count
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