US Patent Issued to GUARNIFLON on Sept. 9 for "Method for producing low molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), low molecular weight PTFE and composition" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,268, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to GUARNIFLON S.P.A. (Castelli Calepio, Italy).

"Method for producing low molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), low molecular weight PTFE and composition" was invented by Giovanni Marcora (Castelli Calepio, Italy), Alberto Farimbella (Castelli Calepio, Italy) and Camillo Zarantonello (Castelli Calepio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for obtaining low molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) comprising the following steps: provision of high molecular weight PTFE; arrangement of said high molecular weight PTFE in a chamber, delimited by a gas barrier and containing ...