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• 10 France
• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC	126 E LINCOLN AVE RAHWAY NJ 07065

International Classification(s)

• A61K:PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOS....
• C12Q:MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES O....
• C07K:PEPTIDES

• 2014 Application Filing Year
• A61K Class
• 14144 Applications Filed
• 11600 Patents Issued To-Date
• 82.02 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
An, Zhiqiang	Pearland, US	59	231
# of filed Patents : 59 Total Citations : 231
Fu, Tong-Ming	Ambler, US	22	419
# of filed Patents : 22 Total Citations : 419
Wang, Dai	Blue Bell, US	31	440
# of filed Patents : 31 Total Citations : 440

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• 2 Citation Count
• A61K Class

• 50.93 % this patent is cited more than
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Maintenance Fees

Fee	Large entity fee	small entity fee	micro entity fee	due date
7.5 Year Payment	$3600.00	$1800.00	$900.00	Jul 16, 2025
11.5 Year Payment	$7400.00	$3700.00	$1850.00	Jul 16, 2029

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Surcharge - 7.5 year - Late payment within 6 months	$160.00	$80.00	$40.00
Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months	$160.00	$80.00	$40.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
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DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
January 16, 2018	US,9868777,B2   US9868777B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
May 12, 2016	US,20160130327,A1   US20160130327A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 9617685

Process for making paper and nonwoven articles comprising synthetic microfiber binders

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Abstract

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A process of making a paper or nonwoven article is provide. The process comprising:

a) providing a fiber furnish comprising a plurality of fibers and a plurality of binder microfibers, wherein the binder microfibers comprise a water non-dispersible, synthetic polymer; wherein the binder microfibers have a length of less than 25 millimeters and a fineness of less than 0.5 d/f; and wherein the binder microfibers have a melting temperature that is less than the melting temperature of the fibers;b) routing the fiber furnish to a wet-laid nonwoven process to produce at least one wet-laid nonwoven web layer;c) removing water from the wet-laid nonwoven web layer; andd) thermally bonding the wet-laid nonwoven web layer after step (c); wherein the thermal bonding is conducted at a temperature such that the surfaces of the binder microfibers at least partially melt without causing the fibers to melt thereby bonding the binder microfibers to the fibers to produce the paper or nonwoven article.

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