US Patent Issued to The Florida State University Research Foundation on Feb. 17 for "Fluoropolymer-containing composite materials and methods" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,881, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to The Florida State University Research Foundation Inc. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"Fluoropolymer-containing composite materials and methods" was invented by Brandon Alexander Krick (Tallahassee, Fla.), Kylie Van Meter (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Tomas F. Babuska (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composite materials that include fluoropolymers. Methods of reducing friction, which may include contacting a first article and a second article that include or are formed of one or more fluoropolymers. The composite materials may include a fluorinated polymer and a first filler. The first filler m...