Article: Massachusetts, Delaware, North Carolina Inventors Develop Durable Hydrophilic Nonwoven Mat

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 23 -- Larry L. Kinn of Franklin, Mass., Ashish Mathur of Wilmington, Del., and Gregory Neil Henning of Charlotte, N.C., have developed a durable hydrophilic nonwoven mat.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonwoven web of a wettable fiber matrix, wherein the wettable fiber matrix are thermoplastic polymeric fibers blended with at least one hydrophilic melt additive. In alternate embodiments, the nonwoven web further includes binder fibers which may be wettable or non-wettable or combinations of both."

The inventors were issued U.S. Patent No. 7,329,623 on Feb. 12.

The patent has been assigned to Ahlstrom Mount Holly Springs LLC, Mount Holly ...

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