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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:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David S. Soane, Piedmont, CA (US);
David A. Offord, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nano-Tex, LLC, Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F / ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a water- and oil repellency-imparting preparation for fibrous and other substrates, the preparation comprising a fluorinated polymer and a tacking monomer, oligomer or polymer containing at least one anhydride functional group or a group capable of forming an anhydride functional group, optionally together with an anhydride-forming catalyst, such as sodium hypophosphite. The preparation can further optionally comprise other additives such as, for example, an extender; a softener; an antioxidant; a surfactant; and/or a plasticizer.