Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Coated or structually defined flake – particle – cell – strand,... – Rod – strand – filament or fiber
Reexamination Certificate
2009-10-02
2010-06-15
Edwards, N. (Department: 1794)
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Coated or structually defined flake, particle, cell, strand,...
Rod, strand, filament or fiber
C428S394000, C428S421000, C132S321000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07736739
ABSTRACT:
Unique PTFE structures comprising islands of PTFE attached to an underlying expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) structure and to methods of making such structures is disclosed. The ePTFE material may or may not have been exposed to amorphous locking temperatures. These unique structures exhibit islands of PTFE attached to and raised above the expanded PTFE structures.
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Clough Norman Ernest
Lutz David Isaac
Edwards N.
Gore Enterprise Holdings Inc.
Lewis White Carol A
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