Composite membrane
CA 2214122 C · Owner: W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. · Inventors: Kolde, Jeffrey A.; Hobson, Alex R.; Bahar, Bamdad
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A composite membrane is provided which includes a base material and an ion exchange resin. The base material has a microstructure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils, or a microstructure characterized by fibrils with no nodes present. The ion exchange resin substantially impregnates the membrane such that the membrane is essentially air impermeable.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed January 11, 1996 and granted March 20, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 11, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by January 11, 2018.
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