US Patent Issued to Solventum Intellectual Properties on Jan. 13 for "Block copolymers with a fluorinated block and a phosphorus-containing block" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,685, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Block copolymers with a fluorinated block and a phosphorus-containing block" was invented by George W. Griesgraber (Eagan, Minn.), Federica Sgolastra (Woodbury, Minn.) and Semra Colak Atan (Saint Louis Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A block copolymer is provided that includes a first block having pendant phosphorus-containing groups and a second block having fluorinated groups. Compositions containing the block copolymer as well as articles that include the block copolymer are also provided. The block copolymer can be used t...