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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:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William D Coggio, Woodbury, MN (US);
Trang D Pham, Bloomington, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
5253262 ; 528488 ; 528489 ; 528499 ; 528502 ; 524544 ; 524545 ; 524546 ; 524462 ; 524463 ; 525199 ; 526255 ;
Abstract
A method of dehydrofluorinating a fluoropolymer comprising the steps of: providing an fluoropolymer emulsion comprising water, a fluoropolymer, and substantially no organic solvent; adding to the fluoropolymer emulsion a basic compound, the base compound being added at a concentration and in an mount that does not result in coagulation of the fluoropolymer; and exposing the mixture of fluoropolymer emulsion and basic compound to reaction conditions sufficient to cause dehydrofluorination of the fluoropolymer.