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Fishing lines and related products

US5354616A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 1992
Grant dateOct 11, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 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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