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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Jonathan B. Boreyko, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Saurabh Nath, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Caitlin Bisbano, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Grady J. Iliff, Hamilton, VA (US);
Ryan Hansen, Manhattan, KS (US);
C. Patrick Collier, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Jonathan B. Boreyko, Christiansburg, VA (US);
Saurabh Nath, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Caitlin Bisbano, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Grady J. Iliff, Hamilton, VA (US);
Ryan Hansen, Manhattan, KS (US);
C. Patrick Collier, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
UT-Battelle, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Abstract
A method and device for reducing ice and frost on a surface comprising a wettable pattern on a surface. The pattern is wetted with water which is frozen into ice to create overlapping hygroscopic that cover the surface.