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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:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Applicants:
Yoshinori Akamatsu, Mie, JP;
Soichi Kumon, Mie, JP;
Hiroaki Arai, Mie, JP;
Shigeo Hamaguchi, Mie, JP;
Yukihiro Ogitani, Mie, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshinori Akamatsu, Mie, JP;
Soichi Kumon, Mie, JP;
Hiroaki Arai, Mie, JP;
Shigeo Hamaguchi, Mie, JP;
Yukihiro Ogitani, Mie, JP;
Assignee:
Central Glass Company, Limited, Ube-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to an article superior in slipping a waterdrop down a surface of the article. This article includes a substrate; and a functional film formed on a surface of the substrate. This functional film contains (a) a silica matrix; and (b) a component for providing the slipping. This component is dispersed in the silica matrix and contains a special, alkoxy group-terminated, dimethyl silicone.