Fishing lines and related products
US5354616A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 16, 1992 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/2969
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Novel fishing lines, and related products, especially monofilamentary products, of polyesters that are biodegradable and disintegrate, when immersed over a period of weeks or months in water, to avoid residues thereof obstructing the aqueous environment, but are storage-stable, i.e.. do not disintegrate while being stored in air, before such lengthy immersion.
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