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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.

Patent No.:

US 9364859 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2011

Superhydrophobic surfaces

Applicants:

Jian Qin, Appleton, WI (US);

Donald E. Waldroup, Roswell, GA (US);

Constantine M. Megaridis, Oak Park, IL (US);

Thomas M. Schutzius, Tinley Park, IL (US);

Ilker S. Bayer, Arnesano, IT;

Inventors:

Jian Qin, Appleton, WI (US);

Donald E. Waldroup, Roswell, GA (US);

Constantine M. Megaridis, Oak Park, IL (US);

Thomas M. Schutzius, Tinley Park, IL (US);

Ilker S. Bayer, Arnesano, IT;

Assignee:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);

Attorney:

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

Primary Examiner:

Jeremy R Pierce

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B05D 5/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); D06M 11/44 (2006.01); D06M 15/256 (2006.01); D06M 15/295 (2006.01); D06M 23/08 (2006.01); D21H 27/00 (2006.01); D21H 15/02 (2006.01); D21H 17/11 (2006.01); D21H 17/33 (2006.01); D21H 17/67 (2006.01); D21H 17/68 (2006.01); D21H 17/00 (2006.01); D21H 19/34 (2006.01); D21H 19/38 (2006.01); D21H 19/40 (2006.01); D21H 19/56 (2006.01); D21H 21/16 (2006.01); D21H 21/52 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D 5/083 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 27/308 (2013.01); D06M 11/44 (2013.01); D06M 15/256 (2013.01); D06M 15/295 (2013.01); D06M 23/08 (2013.01); D21H 15/02 (2013.01); D21H 17/11 (2013.01); D21H 17/33 (2013.01); D21H 17/67 (2013.01); D21H 17/675 (2013.01); D21H 17/68 (2013.01); D21H 17/74 (2013.01); D21H 19/34 (2013.01); D21H 19/385 (2013.01); D21H 19/40 (2013.01); D21H 19/56 (2013.01); D21H 21/16 (2013.01); D21H 21/52 (2013.01); D21H 27/002 (2013.01); B32B 2262/067 (2013.01); B32B 2555/00 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/31645 (2015.04); Y10T 428/31667 (2015.04); Y10T 428/31935 (2015.04); Y10T 442/2164 (2015.04);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a surface of a substrate, or the substrate itself, exhibiting superhydrophobic characteristics when treated with a formulation comprising a hydrophobic component, nano-structured particles and water. The superhydrophobicity can be applied either over the entire surface, patterned throughout or on the substrate material, and/or directly penetrated through the z-directional thickness of the substrate material.

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