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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:
W.l. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
Anit Dutta, Wilmington, DE (US);
Heidi Flannery, Abingdon, MD (US);
William P. Mortimer, Jr., North Eadt, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 35/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/544 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6837 (2018.01); G01N 33/552 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/552 (2013.01); G01N 33/544 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6837 (2013.01); C12Q 2565/507 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00158 (2013.01);
Abstract
An expanded polytetrafluoroethylene substrate comprising a microporous microstructure, an interlayer over at least a portion of the microstructure, the interlayer containing a reactive functionality, and a functional layer attached to the interlayer, the interlayer comprising a sol-gel or a polyvinylalcohol. The functional layer of the substrate having functional sites with a density of at least 50 nanomoles/cm.