US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on March 11 for "Compounds comprising perfluorinated group, photoinitiator group, and amide linking group" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,001, issued on March 11, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Compounds comprising perfluorinated group, photoinitiator group, and amide linking group" was invented by Thomas P. Klun (Lakeland, Minn.), Brandon R. Pietz (St. Paul, Minn.), Paul J. Homnick (Lake Elmo, Minn.), Christopher S. Lyons (St. Paul, Minn.) and Chad M. Amb (Roberts, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compound are described comprising a perfluorinated group bonded to at least one terminal photoinitiator group with an organic linking group comprising at least one amide moiety. The compound typically comprises the (e.g. Michael addition...