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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventor:
Donald Freese, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 3/00 (2006.01); B01F 17/00 (2006.01); C09D 7/12 (2006.01); D06M 13/144 (2006.01); C08K 5/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 17/0092 (2013.01); C08K 5/05 (2013.01); C09D 7/1233 (2013.01); D06M 13/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aqueous delivery system is described including at least one surfactant and at least one water insoluble wetting agent. Further described are low surface energy substrates, such as microporous polytetrafluoroethylene, coated with such an aqueous solution so as to impart a change in at least one surface characteristic compared to the surface characteristics of the uncoated low surface energy substrate.