IP Library Granted Patent US 6,172,276
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US 6,172,276 · App. 09/047,778

Stabilized absorbent material for improved distribution performance with visco-elastic fluids

Inventors: Connie Lynn Hetzler, Nancy Donaldson Kollin, Crystal Sutphin Leach, Jack Nelson Lindon, Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Heather Sorebo, Garry Roland Woltman
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Granted: Jan 9, 2001 Filed: Mar 25, 1998
Inventors
Connie Lynn Hetzler
Nancy Donaldson Kollin
Crystal Sutphin Leach
Jack Nelson Lindon
Lawrence Howell Sawyer
Heather Sorebo
Garry Roland Woltman
Assignee (at issue)
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 6,172,276
App. No.
09/047,778
Filed
1998-03-25
Granted
2001-01-09
Kind
A