PTFE - Teflon®
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* PTFE is an acronym for the synthetic fluoropolymer known as PolyteTraFluoroEthylene. The best known brand name of PTFE is Teflon®, a registered trademark owned by the Chemours Company FC, LLC.
Chemours was assigned this trademark on January 1st, 2015. Previously, this proprietary trademark was owned by the Dupont Co. - the firm which discovered this compound in 1938, and who registered the original trademark in 1945.