Inventor

Robert W. Gore

Patents indexed

Year range

1976

Associated with

WL Gore and Associates Inc

Years active

1976

Total patents

Most recent

1976

Domains

materialsconsumer_electronicsautomotiveaerospacemedicaltextilesindustrial_manufacturing

Activity by decade

1970s

Patents

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1 patents, in 1976

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1976 — Making Strong, Porous PTFE: The Gore-Tex Process

US 3953566·1976·WL Gore and Associates Inc

Making Strong, Porous PTFE: The Gore-Tex Process

This patent describes a specific process for rapidly stretching a highly crystalline form of PTFE plastic to create a strong, porous material with a unique internal structure, forming the basis for products like Gore-Tex.

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