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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2008
Applicant:
Ronald Swidler, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ronald Swidler, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cal-West Specialty Coatings, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention provides compositions and methods to durably increase or decrease the wetting properties of a surface. In certain embodiments the methods utilize a polyquaternary ammonium compound to decrease wettability of the surface or a cationic polysaccharide to increase wettability of the surface.