Vinylidene fluoride

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CCHEMISTRY METALLURGY C08Organic compounds C08FMACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS C08F14/00Homopolymers and copolymers of compounds having one or more unsaturated aliphatic radicals, each having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond, and at least one being terminated by a halogen

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Method of producing porous body
- Patent number 12,024,610
- Issue date Jul 2, 2024
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Kohei Matsunobu
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Composite solid state electrolyte and lithium ion battery containin...
- Patent number 11,993,710
- Issue date May 28, 2024
- Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc.
- Kyler Carroll
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Graphene oxide-doped polyvinylidene fluoride particles with enhance...
- Patent number 11,932,735
- Issue date Mar 19, 2024
- Xerox Corporation
- Valerie M. Farrugia
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Spatially addressable nanovoided polymers
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- Issue date Feb 28, 2023
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
- Tanya Malhotra
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Electrochromic device
- Patent number 11,567,385
- Issue date Jan 31, 2023
- The Boeing Company
- Patrick J. Kinlen
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Biosourced vinylidene difluoride monomer and polymers containing it
- Patent number 11,555,003
- Issue date Jan 17, 2023
- Arkema France
- Anthony Bonnet
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Method for the synthesis of fluoropolymers
- Patent number 11,485,804
- Issue date Nov 1, 2022
- Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.p.A.
- Fiorenza D'Aprile
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Fluoropolymer composition for multilayer assemblies
- Patent number 11,441,007
- Issue date Sep 13, 2022
- Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.p.A.
- Stefano Mortara
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride material, method for manufact...
- Patent number 11,430,941
- Issue date Aug 30, 2022
- WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
- Yongxiang Zhou
- G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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Method for making fluoropolymers
- Patent number 11,401,352
- Issue date Aug 2, 2022
- Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.p.A.
- Marco Avataneo
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Method and apparatus for manufacturing resin particles
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- Issue date May 3, 2022
- Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Tatsuru Moritani
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Electrochromic device
- Patent number 11,307,476
- Issue date Apr 19, 2022
- The Boeing Company
- Patrick J. Kinlen
- B64 - AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS
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Nanovoided polymers having shaped voids
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- Issue date Apr 5, 2022
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Andrew Spann
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3-D printed fluoropolymer structures
- Patent number 11,248,071
- Issue date Feb 15, 2022
- Arkema Inc.
- David Shin-Ren Liu
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Nanovoided tunable birefringence
- Patent number 11,233,189
- Issue date Jan 25, 2022
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Kenneth Diest
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
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Separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, and non-aqueous seco...
- Patent number 11,183,735
- Issue date Nov 23, 2021
- Teijin Limited
- Susumu Honda
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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High strength polyvinylidene fluoride based reinforced compounds
- Patent number 11,136,450
- Issue date Oct 5, 2021
- Arkema Inc.
- Gregory Scott O'Brien
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Reduced hysteresis and reduced creep in nanovoided polymer devices
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- Issue date Sep 28, 2021
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Andrew Spann
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
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High melt flow fluoropolymer composition
- Patent number 11,111,612
- Issue date Sep 7, 2021
- Arkema Inc.
- James T. Goldbach
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Nanovoided tunable optics
- Patent number 11,107,972
- Issue date Aug 31, 2021
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Kenneth Diest
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
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Heat stabilized polyvinylidene fluoride polymer composition
- Patent number 11,098,177
- Issue date Aug 24, 2021
- Arkema Inc.
- James J. Henry
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Fluoropolymer membrane for electrochemical devices
- Patent number 11,088,419
- Issue date Aug 10, 2021
- Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives
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- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Solid electrolyte compositions
- Patent number 11,005,124
- Issue date May 11, 2021
- Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc.
- Cory O'Neill
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Positive electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, and lithium i...
- Patent number 10,944,126
- Issue date Mar 9, 2021
- SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
- Eisuke Haba
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Fluorinated polymer, method for producing it, and article having cu...
- Patent number 10,875,940
- Issue date Dec 29, 2020
- AGC Inc.
- Norihide Sugiyama
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Vinylidene fluoride resin fibers and sheet-like structure
- Patent number 10,837,126
- Issue date Nov 17, 2020
- Kureha Corporation
- Kotaku Saigusa
- D01 - NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES SPINNING
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Fluorinated pressure sensitive adhesives and articles thereof
- Patent number 10,822,533
- Issue date Nov 3, 2020
- 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Francois C. O'Haese
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Oxygen reduction catalyst element, method of its production, and us...
- Patent number 10,790,529
- Issue date Sep 29, 2020
- EMEFCY LTD.
- Ronen-Itzhak Shechter
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Process for manufacturing a dispersion of a vinylidene fluoride pol...
- Patent number 10,766,977
- Issue date Sep 8, 2020
- Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.p.A.
- Fabrizio Spada
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Solid electrolyte compositions
- Patent number 10,734,676
- Issue date Aug 4, 2020
- Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc.
- Cory O'Neill
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

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VDF CONTAINING (CO) POLYMER WITH HIGH MOLECULAR-WEIGHT USING A NEW...
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- Publication date Jan 2, 2025
- Arkema Inc.
- Caiping LIN
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FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD TO MAKE
- Publication number 20250002684
- Publication date Jan 2, 2025
- Arkema Inc.
- Florence Mehlmann
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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PVDF BINDERS FOR GRAPHITE/SILICON ANODES
- Publication number 20250002619
- Publication date Jan 2, 2025
- SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
- Julio A. Abusleme
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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BINDER FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE MIX...
- Publication number 20240322179
- Publication date Sep 26, 2024
- Kureha Corporation
- Haruki SAITO
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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METHOD OF PRODUCING POROUS BODY
- Publication number 20240254300
- Publication date Aug 1, 2024
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Kohei MATSUNOBU
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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PVDF FINE POWDERS
- Publication number 20240218095
- Publication date Jul 4, 2024
- SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
- Anne-Charlotte Le Gulluche
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM BATTERY ELECTRODES
- Publication number 20240204195
- Publication date Jun 20, 2024
- SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
- Julio A. Abusleme
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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GRAPHENE OXIDE-DOPED POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE PARTICLES WITH ENHANCE...
- Publication number 20240191042
- Publication date Jun 13, 2024
- Xerox Corporation
- Valerie M. Farrugia
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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METHOD FOR MAKING TELECHELIC FLUORIDE-BASED POLYMERS
- Publication number 20240158545
- Publication date May 16, 2024
- Arkema France
- Samuel DEVISME
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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PRODUCTION METHOD OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING ELASTOMER AQUEOUS DISPERSION
- Publication number 20240132633
- Publication date Apr 25, 2024
- DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Sota YUASA
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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COMPOSITION FOR FLUORINE RUBBER CROSSLINKING, MOLDED ARTICLE AND SE...
- Publication number 20240052072
- Publication date Feb 15, 2024
- DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Kazuyoshi KAWASAKI
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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EMPLOYING LOW REACTIVITY HYDROCARBON DISPERSING AGENT IN AQUEOUS PO...
- Publication number 20240002553
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC, LLC
- PHAN LINH TANG
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE POLYMER POLYMERIZATION
- Publication number 20230391901
- Publication date Dec 7, 2023
- SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
- Julio A. Abusleme
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING ELASTOMER AQUEOUS DISPERSI...
- Publication number 20230322975
- Publication date Oct 12, 2023
- DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Sota YUASA
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
PIEZOELECTRIC FILMS INCLUDING IONIC LIQUIDS AND METHODS OF MAKING P...
- Publication number 20230276710
- Publication date Aug 31, 2023
- E Ink California, LLC
- Yuriy Borisovich MATUS
- G02 - OPTICS
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METHOD FOR PURIFYING A VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE POLYMER
- Publication number 20230257490
- Publication date Aug 17, 2023
- Arkema France
- Brice ROUSSELLE
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER, AQUEOUS DISPERSIO...
- Publication number 20230212331
- Publication date Jul 6, 2023
- AGC Inc.
- Kosuke SHIBASAKI
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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METHOD FOR MAKING HIGHLY CRYSTALLINE AND THERMALLY STABLE VINYLIDEN...
- Publication number 20230203213
- Publication date Jun 29, 2023
- Arkema France
- Anthony BONNET
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
GRAPHENE OXIDE-DOPED POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE PARTICLES WITH ENHANCE...
- Publication number 20220396674
- Publication date Dec 15, 2022
- Xerox Corporation
- Valerie M. Farrugia
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER, RESIN FILM, AND OPTO-ELECTRONIC ELEMENT
- Publication number 20220372180
- Publication date Nov 24, 2022
- AGC Inc.
- Takefumi ABE
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER, FLUORINE-CONTAINI...
- Publication number 20220340694
- Publication date Oct 27, 2022
- DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
- Rina TAMAI
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METHOD FOR MAKING FLUOROPOLYMERS
- Publication number 20220332854
- Publication date Oct 20, 2022
- SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
- Marco Avataneo
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS WITH HIGH POLYDISPERSITY
- Publication number 20220254989
- Publication date Aug 11, 2022
- Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Andrew John Ouderkirk
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COPOLYMER FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE, AND GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTE AND...
- Publication number 20220246984
- Publication date Aug 4, 2022
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
- Sol Ji PARK
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE
- Publication number 20220171247
- Publication date Jun 2, 2022
- The Boeing Company
- Patrick J. Kinlen
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COMPOSITION FOR FORMING POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE FILM
- Publication number 20220158077
- Publication date May 19, 2022
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- Serena CARELLA
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PIEZOELECTRIC POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACT...
- Publication number 20210336124
- Publication date Oct 28, 2021
- Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
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COMPOSITE SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTE AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY CONTAININ...
- Publication number 20210253852
- Publication date Aug 19, 2021
- WILDCAT DISCOVERY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Kyler Carroll
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TUBE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME
- Publication number 20210206891
- Publication date Jul 8, 2021
- SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
- John J. HEINDEL
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Vinylidene fluoride

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Method of producing porous body

Composite solid state electrolyte and lithium ion battery containin...

Graphene oxide-doped polyvinylidene fluoride particles with enhance...

Spatially addressable nanovoided polymers

Electrochromic device

Biosourced vinylidene difluoride monomer and polymers containing it

Method for the synthesis of fluoropolymers

Fluoropolymer composition for multilayer assemblies

Piezoelectric polyvinylidene fluoride material, method for manufact...

Method for making fluoropolymers

Method and apparatus for manufacturing resin particles

Electrochromic device

Nanovoided polymers having shaped voids

3-D printed fluoropolymer structures

Nanovoided tunable birefringence

Separator for a non-aqueous secondary battery, and non-aqueous seco...

High strength polyvinylidene fluoride based reinforced compounds

Reduced hysteresis and reduced creep in nanovoided polymer devices

High melt flow fluoropolymer composition

Nanovoided tunable optics

Heat stabilized polyvinylidene fluoride polymer composition

Fluoropolymer membrane for electrochemical devices

Solid electrolyte compositions

Positive electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, and lithium i...

Fluorinated polymer, method for producing it, and article having cu...

Vinylidene fluoride resin fibers and sheet-like structure

Fluorinated pressure sensitive adhesives and articles thereof

Oxygen reduction catalyst element, method of its production, and us...

Process for manufacturing a dispersion of a vinylidene fluoride pol...

Solid electrolyte compositions

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

VDF CONTAINING (CO) POLYMER WITH HIGH MOLECULAR-WEIGHT USING A NEW...

FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITION AND METHOD TO MAKE

PVDF BINDERS FOR GRAPHITE/SILICON ANODES

BINDER FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE MIX...

METHOD OF PRODUCING POROUS BODY

PVDF FINE POWDERS

COMPOSITION FOR LITHIUM BATTERY ELECTRODES

GRAPHENE OXIDE-DOPED POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE PARTICLES WITH ENHANCE...

METHOD FOR MAKING TELECHELIC FLUORIDE-BASED POLYMERS

PRODUCTION METHOD OF FLUORINE-CONTAINING ELASTOMER AQUEOUS DISPERSION

COMPOSITION FOR FLUORINE RUBBER CROSSLINKING, MOLDED ARTICLE AND SE...

EMPLOYING LOW REACTIVITY HYDROCARBON DISPERSING AGENT IN AQUEOUS PO...

VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE POLYMER POLYMERIZATION

METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING ELASTOMER AQUEOUS DISPERSI...

PIEZOELECTRIC FILMS INCLUDING IONIC LIQUIDS AND METHODS OF MAKING P...

METHOD FOR PURIFYING A VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE POLYMER

METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER, AQUEOUS DISPERSIO...

METHOD FOR MAKING HIGHLY CRYSTALLINE AND THERMALLY STABLE VINYLIDEN...

GRAPHENE OXIDE-DOPED POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE PARTICLES WITH ENHANCE...

FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER, RESIN FILM, AND OPTO-ELECTRONIC ELEMENT

METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER, FLUORINE-CONTAINI...

METHOD FOR MAKING FLUOROPOLYMERS

PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMERS WITH HIGH POLYDISPERSITY

COPOLYMER FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE, AND GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTE AND...

ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE

COMPOSITION FOR FORMING POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE FILM

FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITION STABILIZED AGAINST CHANGES IN PH

PIEZOELECTRIC POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACT...

COMPOSITE SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTE AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY CONTAININ...

TUBE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME