US Patent Issued to Sefar on May 5 for "Method of producing an object having a fluorinated polymer coating" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,194, issued on May 5, was assigned to Sefar AG (Heiden, Switzerland).

"Method of producing an object having a fluorinated polymer coating" was invented by Mohammad Mokbul Hossain (Heiden, Switzerland), Christoph Ellenberger (Kriessern, Switzerland) and Karim Chakhari (St. Gallen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of producing an object having a fluorinated polymer coating free of per- and polyfluorinated acids and salts thereof, wherein the method comprises a step DF of depositing a fluorinated polymer coating on the object by means of plasma polymerization of a fluorinated precursor monomer a...