Patents by Inventor Daniel N. Favereau

Daniel N. Favereau has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7435786
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a partially-crystalline copolymer comprising tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene in an amount corresponding to hexafluoropropylene index (HFPI) of from about 2.8 to 5.3, and preferably from about 0.2% to 3% by weight of perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether), said copolymer being polymerized and isolated in the absence of added alkali metal salts, having a melt flow rate of within the range of about 30±3 g/10 min, and having no more than about 50 unstable endgroups/106 carbon atoms can be extruded at high speed onto conductor over a broad polymer melt temperature range to give insulated wire of high quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Earnest, Jr., Daniel N. Favereau, Niall D. McKee, Patricia A. Tooley