Patents by Inventor Anthony Samuel MENNITO

Anthony Samuel MENNITO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bacteriostatic and anti-collagenolytic dental materials through the incorporation of polyacrylic acid modified CuI nanoparticles
    Patent number: 9034354
    Abstract: Provided are antibacterial and antimicrobial surface coatings and dental materials by utilizing the antimicrobial properties of copper chalcogenide and/or copper halide (CuQ, where Q=chalcogens including oxygen, or halogens, or nothing). An antimicrobial barrier is created by incorporation of CuQ nanoparticles of an appropriate size and at a concentration necessary and sufficient to create a unique bioelectrical environment. The unique bioelectrical environment results in biocidal effectiveness through a multi-factorial mechanism comprising a combination of the intrinsic quantum flux of copper (Cu0, Cu1+, Cu2+) ions and the high surface-to-volume electron sink facilitated by the nanoparticle. The result is the constant quantum flux of copper which manifests and establishes the antimicrobial environment preventing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: MUSC Foundation for Research Development, Clemson University
    Inventors: Walter George Renne, Anthony Samuel Mennito, Michael Gerard Schmidt, Jompobe Vuthiganon, George Chumanov
  • NOVEL BACTERIOSTATIC AND ANTI-COLLAGENOLYTIC DENTAL MATERIALS THROUGH THE INCORPORATION OF POLYACRYLIC ACID MODIFIED CuQ NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140037705
    Abstract: Provided are antibacterial and antimicrobial surface coatings and dental materials by utilizing the antimicrobial properties of copper chalcogenide and/or copper halide (CuQ, where Q=chalcogens including oxygen, or halogens, or nothing). An antimicrobial barrier is created by incorporation of CuQ nanoparticles of an appropriate size and at a concentration necessary and sufficient to create a unique bioelectrical environment. The unique bioelectrical environment results in biocidal effectiveness through a multi-factorial mechanism comprising a combination of the intrinsic quantum flux of copper (Cu0, Cu1+, Cu2+) ions and the high surface-to-volume electron sink facilitated by the nanoparticle. The result is the constant quantum flux of copper which manifests and establishes the antimicrobial environment preventing or inhibiting the growth of bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: MUSC FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Walter George RENNE, Anthony Samuel MENNITO, Michael Gerard SCHMIDT, Jomprobe VUTHIGANON, George CHUMANOV