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The University of Akron was founded in 1870 as Buchtel College, and has 26,000 students representing 44 U.S. states and 79 foreign countries. Located within metropolitan Akron, Ohio, the school has 80 buildings on 218 acres.
And the school, led by its 15th president, Dr. Luis M. Proenza, is an IP powerhouse, with 292 patents and patent applications to its name as of today-- see them here from the most recent.
Most recently UA won United States Patent Application 20090093585 for ABSORBENT NON-WOVEN FIBROUS MATS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING SAME on 4/9/2009:
The present invention relates to liquid entrapping devices (e.g., absorbent non-woven fibrous mats) and to a process for preparing such devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to mechanically strong absorbent materials made from such liquid entrapping devices (e.g., non-woven fibrous mats) and to a method for preparing same. In one embodiment, a liquid entrapping device of the present invention comprises at least one hydrophilic elastomeric fibrous component (HEFC) and at least one wetting agent component. In another embodiment, a liquid entrapping device of the present invention comprise at least one hydrophilic elastomeric fibrous component (HEFC), at least one absorbent component, and at least one wetting agent component. In one instance, the wetting agent component of the present invention is contained on and/or within the fibers and/or nanofibers that form the liquid entrapping device (e.g., a non-woven fibrous mat) of the present invention.
Earned with SNS Nano Fiber Technology, LLC, the inventors are:
- Daniel J. Smith
- Horst Ring.
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