US 11,926,940 B2
Spunbond nonwoven materials and fibers including starch-based polymeric materials
Donald R. Allen, Idaho Falls, ID (US); Leopoldo V. Cancio, Vero Beach, FL (US); Fehime Vatansever Ozaltun, Idaho Falls, ID (US); Bradford LaPray, Idaho Falls, ID (US); Bruno R. Pereira, Houston, TX (US); Kenneth L. Kramer, Columbus, IN (US); and Steven P. Sherman, Cedar Hills, UT (US)
Assigned to BIOLOGIQ, INC., Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Filed by BiologiQ, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/327,536.
Application 17/327,536 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/925,747, filed on Jul. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,674,014.
Application 16/925,747 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/925,952, filed on Jul. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,359,088.
Application 16/925,952 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/925,705, filed on Jul. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,674,018.
Application 16/925,705 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/425,397, filed on May 29, 2019, granted, now 11,149,144.
Application 16/425,397 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/391,909, filed on Apr. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,111,355.
Application 16/391,909 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/691,588, filed on Aug. 30, 2017, granted, now 11,046,840.
Application 15/691,588 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/853,725, filed on Sep. 14, 2015, abandoned.
Application 15/691,588 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/853,780, filed on Sep. 14, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/853,780 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/481,806, filed on Apr. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,995,201, issued on May 4, 2021.
Application 15/481,806 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/481,823, filed on Apr. 7, 2017, granted, now 10,919,203, issued on Feb. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,161, filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,676, filed on Jun. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/962,706, filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/939,460, filed on Nov. 22, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/872,582, filed on Jul. 10, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/442,432, filed on Jan. 4, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/440,399, filed on Dec. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/187,231, filed on Jun. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0277556 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. D04H 3/015 (2012.01)
CPC D04H 3/015 (2013.01) [D10B 2201/01 (2013.01); D10B 2321/022 (2013.01); D10B 2401/063 (2013.01); D10B 2401/12 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for spinning a composition that includes a starch-based polymeric material to produce a spunbond nonwoven therefrom, the method comprising:
providing a composition that includes a starch-based polymeric material;
wherein the starch-based polymeric material has a crystallinity of less than about 20%, and resists recrystallization; and
melt spinning the composition to produce fibers including the starch-based polymeric material, wherein the composition exhibits a shear viscosity of above 50 Pa·s and no more than about 300 Pa·s at 190° C. at a process shear rate of 200 s−1 and avoids onset of melt flow instability during melt spinning.