MICHAEL P ROCK, MD
Osteopathic Medicine at Nicollet Blvd, Burnsville, MN

5656333, Aug 12, 1997

May 28, 1996

8/653856

Jack G. Truong - Minneapolis MN
Willa M. Studiner - Oakdale MN
Bradford B. Wright - Cottage Grove MN
Michael M. Rock - Minneapolis MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

B05D 102

427421

Nonwoven articles having high durability and absorbent characteristics, and their methods of manufacture, are presented. One preferred article is characterized by (a) a nonwoven web comprised of organic fibers comprised of polymers having a plurality of pendant hydroxyl groups; and (b) a binder comprising an at least partially crosslinked and at least partially hydrolyzed polymeric resin having a plurality of pendant resin hydroxyl groups, the resin crosslinked by a crosslinking agent, the crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of organic titanates and amorphous metal oxides, the polymeric resin derived from monomers selected from the group consisting of monomers within the general formula ##STR1## wherein: X is selected from the group consisting of Si(OR. sup. 4 OR. sup. 5 OR. sup. 6) and O(CO)R. sup. 7 ; and R. sup. 1 -R. sup.

6013587, Jan 11, 2000

May 29, 1996

8/655048

Jack G. Truong - Minneapolis MN
Willa M. Studiner - Oakdale MN
Bradford B. Wright - Cottage Grove MN
Michael M. Rock - Minneapolis MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - St. Paul MN

D04H 164

442166

Nonwoven articles having high durability and absorbent characteristics, and their methods of manufacture, are presented. One preferred article is characterized by (a) a nonwoven web comprised of organic fibers comprised of polymers having a plurality of pendant hydroxyl groups; and (b) a binder comprising an at least partially crosslinked and at least partially hydrolyzed polymeric resin having a plurality of pendant resin hydroxyl groups, the resin crosslinked by a crosslinking agent, the crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of organic titanates and amorphous metal oxides, the polymeric resin derived from monomers selected from the group consisting of monomers within the general formula ##STR1## wherein: X is selected from the group consisting of Si(OR. sup. 4 OR. sup. 5 OR. sup. 6) and O(CO)R. sup. 7 ; and R. sup. 1 -R. sup.

5883019, Mar 16, 1999

May 28, 1996

8/653878

Jack G. Troung - Minneapolis MN
Bradford B. Wright - Cottage Grove MN
Michael M. Rock - Minneapolis MN

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. - St. Paul MN

D04H 158

442166

Nonwoven articles having high durability and absorbent-characteristics, and their methods of manufacture, are presented. One preferred article is characterized by (a) a nonwoven web comprised of organic fibers comprised of polymers having a plurality of pendant hydroxyl groups; and (b) a binder comprising an at least partially crosslinked and at least partially hydrolyzed polymeric resin having a plurality of pendant resin hydroxyl groups, the resin crosslinked by a crosslinking agent, the crosslinking agent selected from the group consisting of organic titanates and amorphous metal oxides, the polymeric resin derived from monomers selected from the group consisting of monomers within the general formula ##STR1## wherein: X is selected from the group consisting of Si(OR. sup. 4 OR. sup. 5 OR. sup. 6) and O(CO)R. sup. 7 ; and R. sup. 1 -R. sup.