US 2015/0027649 A1 · Paper substrates and articles containing antimicrobial components as well as methods of making and using the same

Abstract

The invention relates to the papermaking art and, in particular, to the manufacture of paper substrates, paper-containing articles such as file folders, having improved reduction or inhibition in the growth of microbes, mold and/or fungus.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A file folder, consisting essentially of:

a web of cellulose fibers;
0.01-20% by weight of one or more additive selected from the group consisting of binder, sizing agent, retention aid, filler, pigment, flocculation agent, thickener, and a mixture thereof;
100-5000 ppm dry weight of an antimicrobial compound based upon the total weight of the file folder, wherein said antimicrobial compound is selected from the group consisting of an isothiazolone-containing compound, a benzothiazole-containing compound, and a mixture thereof.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/504,464Filed 2 Oct 2014

Priority

6 Jul 2004

Published

29 Jan 2015

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

D21H 21/36
Characterised by function or properties in or on the paper: biocidal agents, e.g. fungicidal, bactericidal, insecticidal agents
A01N 25/34
Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by…
A01N 43/80
Having rings with nitrogen atoms and oxygen or sulfur atoms as ring hetero atoms: five-membered rings with one nitrogen atom and either one oxygen…
D21H 17/14
Containing elements other than carbon and hydrogen only: carboxylic acids; Derivatives thereof

Abstract

Claims12

Dependent claims

A file folder, consisting essentially of:

a web of cellulose fibers;
0.01-20% by weight of one or more additive selected from the group consisting of binder, sizing agent, retention aid, filler, pigment, flocculation agent, thickener, and a mixture thereof;
100-5000 ppm dry weight of an antimicrobial compound based upon the total weight of the file folder, wherein said antimicrobial compound is selected from the group consisting of an isothiazolone-containing compound, a benzothiazole-containing compound, and a mixture thereof.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/504,464Filed 2 Oct 2014

Priority

6 Jul 2004

Published

29 Jan 2015

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

D21H 21/36
Characterised by function or properties in or on the paper: biocidal agents, e.g. fungicidal, bactericidal, insecticidal agents
A01N 25/34
Biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators, characterised by their forms, or by their non-active ingredients or by…
A01N 43/80
Having rings with nitrogen atoms and oxygen or sulfur atoms as ring hetero atoms: five-membered rings with one nitrogen atom and either one oxygen…
D21H 17/14
Containing elements other than carbon and hydrogen only: carboxylic acids; Derivatives thereof

Paper substrates and articles containing antimicrobial components as well as methods of making and using the same

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Paper substrates and articles containing antimicrobial components as well as methods of making and using the same

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