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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Windowalert, Inc., Bend, OR (US);
Paul Thottathil, New Hyde Park, NY (US);
Purushothaman Kesavan, Elmont, NY (US);
John Ryan, Bellmore, NY (US);
Satyabrata Mukherjee, Westbury, NY (US);
WINDOWALERT, INC., Bend, OR (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are graft coating formulations for windows that can help reduce or prevent bird strikes via a combination of UV reflectivity and fluorescence. These graft coating formulations may include an acrylic monomer, a diacrylic monomer, a graft initiator, and a catalyst, and when applied to a glass or plastic substrate, may reflect more than about 70% incident light having a wavelength of less than 400 nm, and also may fluoresce when exposed to light having a wavelength of less than about 400 nm. This combination of reflectivity and fluorescence may render the window visible to birds, while still appearing transparent to humans.