Patent 7989568 was granted and assigned to E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company on August, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A process comprising polymerizing in an aqueous medium at least one fluorinated olefin monomer other than vinylidene fluoride in the presence of a compound of formula (1):Rf(CH2CF2)m—(CH2)nSO3M (1)whereinRf is a C1 to C4 linear or branched perfluoroalkyl group,m is an integer of from 1 to 6,n is from 0 to 4,M is H, NH4, Li, Na or K,and a method of altering the surface behavior of a liquid comprising adding to the liquid the composition of a compound of formula (1).