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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
Alphonsus V. Pocius, Maplewood, MN (US);
Jeremy M. Yarwood, Maplewood, MN (US);
Rudolf J. Dams, Antwerp, BE;
John J. Stofko, Jr., St. Paul, MN (US);
Alphonsus V. Pocius, Maplewood, MN (US);
Jeremy M. Yarwood, Maplewood, MN (US);
Rudolf J. Dams, Antwerp, BE;
John J. Stofko, Jr., St. Paul, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a curable composition for use in retarding the formation of biofilms. The curable composition comprises a polymer derived from ethylenically unsaturated units having pendent long-chain aliphatic groups; ethylenically unsaturated units having pendent poly(oxyalkylene) groups; and ethylenically unsaturated units having pendent substrate-reactive groups; and a crosslinking agent.