Patents by Inventor D. Scott Thompson

D. Scott Thompson 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).

  • Branched and hyperbranched polyetherimides
    Patent number: 6333390
    Abstract: Branched or hyperbranched polymeric structures which contain at least one etherimide branch point, more specifically from stable A1Bn (where n≧2), AB, AA, and BB monomers; Am end-capping agents (where m=1); Bn cores (where n≧1) and combinations thereof; with controllable degrees of branching (DB=0-1), molecular architectures, end-group compositions, along with methods for their preparation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Moore, D. Scott Thompson, Larry J. Markoski