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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Michael S. Terrazas, Prescott, WI (US);
George G. I. Moore, Afton, MN (US);
Michael J. Sierakowski, Stillwater, MN (US);
Rudolf J. Dams, Antwerp, BE;
Inventors:
Michael S. Terrazas, Prescott, WI (US);
George G. I. Moore, Afton, MN (US);
Michael J. Sierakowski, Stillwater, MN (US);
Rudolf J. Dams, Antwerp, BE;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08F 12/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Described are polymeric surfactants which include a fluorinated moiety and a non-fluorinated moiety where the fluorinated moiety contains two perfluoro-lower-alkyl sulfonamido segments in proximity to each other ; the surfactants provide more efficient and effective lowering of the surface tension of liquids and increase of wetting of a coating on a substrate surface.