Patents by Inventor Joseph B. Payne

Joseph B. Payne 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).

  • Porous Reservoirs Formed From Side-By-Side Bicomponent Fibers
    Publication number: 20080187751
    Abstract: The invention is generally directed to a fluid transmissive body comprising side-by-side bicomponent fibers bonded to each other at spaced apart contact points to form a self-sustaining, three dimensional bonded fiber structure, wherein each of the side-by-side bicomponent fibers comprise a first fiber component having a first softening temperature and a second fiber component having a second softening temperature, wherein the first softening temperature is greater than the second softening temperature and wherein a cross sectional area of the first fiber component comprises between 40%-85% of a cross-sectional area of the side-by-side bicomponent fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Bennett C. Ward, Geoffrey M. Stoltz, Joseph B. Payne