Patents by Inventor Fouad D. Mehawej

Fouad D. Mehawej has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Superabsorbent thermoplastic composition and article including same
    Patent number: 7994233
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition that includes from about 1% by weight to 25% by weight block copolymer having the formula (A-B)x or A-B-A, where the A block includes polyvinylarene, the B block includes poly(monoalkenyl) and x is an integer of at least one, spherical superabsorbent particles comprising polyacrylate, and plasticizing oil, the composition exhibiting water gel time of no greater than 2 minutes, a viscosity of no greater than 100,000 centipoise and a wet tensile strength of at least 15 g/in2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Company
    Inventors: Fouad D. Mehawej, Eugene R. Simmons
  • Superabsorbent thermoplastic composition and article including same
    Patent number: 6849672
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition that includes from about 1% by weight to 25% by weight block copolymer having the formula (A-B)x where the A block includes polyvinylarene, the B block includes poly(monoalkenyl) and x is an integer of at least one, spherical superabsorbent particles comprising polyacrylate, and plasticizing oil, the composition exhibiting water gel time of no greater than 2 minutes, a viscosity of no greater than 100,000 centipoise and a wet tensile strength of at least 15 g/in2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing Inc.
    Inventors: Fouad D. Mehawej, Eugene R. Simmons
  • Nonwoven web including a superabsorbent region and articles including the same
    Publication number: 20030149414
    Abstract: An absorbent article that includes a nonwoven web that includes synthetic polymer fibers, a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first region including superabsorbent polymer, the first region extending into the nonwoven web from the first surface toward the second surface, and a second region essentially free of superabsorbent polymer, the second region extending into said nonwoven web from the second surface toward the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventor: Fouad D. Mehawej
  • Superabsorbent composite and absorbent articles including the same
    Publication number: 20030149413
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a core that includes a composite including superabsorbent polymer and a high loft nonwoven web impregnated with the superabsorbent polymer, the superabsorbent polymer having been formed in situ and being present in the composite in an amount from 10% by weight to about 90% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventor: Fouad D. Mehawej
  • Superabsorbent thermoplastic composition and article including same
    Publication number: 20030134552
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composition that includes from about 1 % by weight to 25 % by weight block copolymer having the formula (A-B)x where the A block includes polyvinylarene, the B block includes poly(monoalkenyl) and x is an integer of at least one, spherical superabsorbent particles comprising polyacrylate, and plasticizing oil, the composition exhibiting water gel time of no greater than 2 minutes, a viscosity of no greater than 100,000 centipoise and a wet tensile strength of at least 15 g/in2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Fouad D. Mehawej, Eugene R. Simmons