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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Root, Lexington, MA (US);
Lewis Lawton, Ossippe, NH (US);
Assignee:
Costar Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D / ; B32B / ; B65B / ; B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428 357 ; 141 18 ; 141 85 ; 222420 ; 222571 ; 422100 ; 428 369 ; 428 3692 ; 428421 ;
Abstract
The present invention features hydrophobic articles of manufacture having a composition comprising a plastic and a fluoropolymer. The plastic-fluoropolymer composition is resistant to irradiation allowing the article to maintain hydrophobic properties through standard irradiation processes.