MUMBAI, India, June 6 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517046733 A) filed by Saint-Gobain Sully, Sully-sur-Loire, France, on May 15, for 'method for hydrophobicizing an aerospace glazing.'

Inventor(s) include Tondu, Thomas; and Descusse, Catherine.

The application for the patent was published on June 6, under issue no. 23/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The invention relates to a method for hydrophobicizing a glass substrate, preferably an aircraft cockpit glazing, the method comprising the following successive steps: - forming a primary layer, preferably of silica, on one of the main surfaces of the glass substrate; - grafting a layer of C3-C8-alkyltrialkoxysilane and/or C3-C8-alkyltrichlorosilane onto the primary layer; - optionally a step of glossing with a water/alcohol mixture. The invention also relates to a hydrophobic glass substrate obtained by means of this method and comprising a transparent glass substrate, which is covered, on one of its main faces, with a primary layer of silica, the primary layer of silica being grafted with C3-C8-alkylsilyl groups."

The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 22, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/082752.

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