Patent ID: 8512795

Claim:
A hydrophilic coating formulation which when cured results in a hydrophilic coating, wherein the hydrophilic coating formulation comprises: a) a copolymeric polyelectrolyte which is at least one selected from the group consisting of poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid) salts, poly(methacrylamide-co-acrylic acid) salts, a poly(acrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) salts, poly(methacrylamide-co-methacrylic acid) salts, poly(acrylamide-co-maleic acid) salts, and poly(methacrylamide-co-maleic acid) salts, wherein at least 50 wt % of the total amount of constitutional units in the copolymeric polyelectrolyte comprise ionized groups; b) a hydrophilic polymer; and c) a photoinitiator.