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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:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph A. Gardella, Jr., Buffalo, NY (US);
Wesley Hicks, Jr., Angola, NY (US);
Timothy Koloski, Amherst, NY (US);
Ilario Losito, Molfetta, IT;
Won-Ki Lee, Pusan, KR;
Terrence G. Vargo, Kenmore, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Amherst, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F 1/802 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ; C08F 1/802 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides novel surface modified biodegradable polyesters having fluorocarbon chains at the terminal end of the polyesters. The compounds of the present invention are obtained by the addition of fluorocarbon chains at the surface of the polyester. Any commonly used polyester material can be used in the present invention; however, polyglycolic or polylactic acids or co-polymers thereof are preferred.