Functional fluoropolymers and process therefor

US6911509B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• The Penn State Research Foundation · US
• Daikin Institute of Advanced Chemistry and Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Tze-Chiang Chung · State College, US
• Han Hong · State College, US
• Masahiko Oka · Toyohashi, JP
• Katsuyoshi Kubo · Osaka, JP

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 17, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2005
• Expiry date: Feb 17, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C08F14/18
• WIPO field: Macromolecular chemistry, polymers
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Functional fluoro-monomers are polymerized with an organoborane initiator to yield functional fluoro-polymers and copolymers including functional polymers prepared from monomers having allylic protons, Si—H groups, and olefinic groups.