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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Ottersbach, Windeck, DE;
Frank Hill, deceased, late of Mettmann, DE;
by Friedrich Hill, heir, Waldsee, DE;
by Regina Hill, heiress, Speyer, DE;
Christine Anders, Haltern, DE;
Assignee:
Huels Aktiengesellschaft, Marl, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ; B05D / ; B05D / ; B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4084242 ; 424411 ; 424422 ; 424447 ; 427-21 ; 427-231 ; 427302 ; 427316 ; 427322 ; 427508 ; 427533 ; 427536 ; 427538 ; 427539 ; 427540 ; 427551 ; 427558 ; 604265 ; 428412 ; 4284763 ; 428483 ; 428500 ;
Abstract
Antimicrobial activity is imparted to the surface(s) of an apparatus or article by a method, comprising: copolymerizing tertbutylaminoethyl methacrylate with at least one other aliphatically unsaturated monomer in the presence of said apparatus or article by which adhesion of the copolymer to said surface(s) is achieved. In an embodiment of the invention, adhesion of the polymer coating on the apparatus or article occurs by graft copolymerization.