Patent ID: 7141626

Claim:
A non-woven binder composition comprising: a water soluble polymeric binder synthesized from one or more acid monomers, the one or more acid monomers selected from the group consisting of one or more carboxylic acid monomers, one or more sulfonic acid monomers, one or more phosphonic acid monomers or mixtures thereof, wherein the one or more acid monomers comprise from 50 to 95 mole percent of the polymeric binder, an active hydrogen cross-linker for crosslinking with the polymeric binder, and from 1 to 25 percent by weight of a catalyst based on the weight of the binder, wherein said catalyst is selected from the group consisting of a Lewis acid, an organic acid salt, a free radical generator, or a mixture thereof, and wherein the binder composition is an aqueous composition.