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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 31, 2009
Applicants:

Anthony B. Brennan, Gainesville, FL (US);

Christopher James Long, Titusville, FL (US);

Joseph W. Bagan, Greenwood Village, CO (US);

James Frederick Schumacher, Cumming, GA (US);

Mark M. Spiecker, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

Anthony B. Brennan, Gainesville, FL (US);

Christopher James Long, Titusville, FL (US);

Joseph W. Bagan, Greenwood Village, CO (US);

James Frederick Schumacher, Cumming, GA (US);

Mark M. Spiecker, Denver, CO (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 59/04 (2006.01); B08B 17/02 (2006.01); B08B 17/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/02 (2006.01); A61L 27/00 (2006.01); A41D 31/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/02 (2006.01); B64D 15/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/12 (2006.01); A61F 2/24 (2006.01); B63B 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 17/06 (2013.01); Y02T 70/123 (2013.01); A61F 2002/009 (2013.01); A61F 2002/0086 (2013.01); A41D 31/0077 (2013.01); A61F 2/0077 (2013.01); A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61F 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2/02 (2013.01); B08B 17/065 (2013.01); B63B 1/36 (2013.01); B63B 59/04 (2013.01); B64D 15/00 (2013.01); F05C 2253/12 (2013.01); Y02T 70/121 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an article that includes a first plurality of spaced features. The spaced features are arranged in a plurality of groupings; the groupings of features include repeat units; the spaced features within a grouping are spaced apart at an average distance of about 1 nanometer to about 500 micrometers; each feature having a surface that is substantially parallel to a surface on a neighboring feature; each feature being separated from its neighboring feature; the groupings of features being arranged with respect to one another so as to define a tortuous pathway. The plurality of spaced features provide the article with an engineered roughness index of about 5 to about 20.


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