The patent application was filed by The Penn State Research Foundation for a clickable waterborne polymers and click-crosslinked waterborne polymers, clickable functional compounds, click functionalized waterborne polymers, and uses thereof. It was filed on March 18, 2019 before being approved on Aug. 17, 2021.
It was the only patent approved in the week ending Aug. 21 from University Park.
Though patents are required for inventions and products, the granting of a patent is not a guarantee for success. Dennis Crouch, co-director of the Center for Intellectual Property & Entrepreneurship said roughly 50 percent of patents expire prematurely due to costs.
Longest patent application period in University Park for week ending Aug. 21
| Applicant Name | Filing Date | Granted Date |
|---|---|---|
| The Penn State Research Foundation | 2019-03-18 | 2021-08-17 |
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