ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,695, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Coating film" was invented by Hiroki Yamaguchi (Osaka, Japan), Kensuke Mohara (Osaka, Japan), Gregory Tortissier (Osaka, Japan) and Masamichi Morita (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object, of the present invention is to provide a new liquid-repellent coating film. This object can be achieved by a coating film that has a fluorine content of less than 1 wt %, a water contact angle (droplet: 2 MuL) of 115deg or more, and a water contact angle of 100deg or more after surface friction with a PET film (under a load of 100 gf/cm2; 1500 reciprocat...