Patents by Inventor Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim

Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim 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).

  • Modular surface functionalization of polyisobutylene-based materials
    Patent number: 10314945
    Abstract: A polymer composite includes a functionalized polyisobutylene and an additional polyisobutylene-containing material. The functionalized polyisobutylene includes an ?-lipoic acid functional group. A method for producing the polymer composite includes providing the additional polyisobutylene-containing material as a substrate having a surface, and coating the surface of the substrate with the functionalized polyisobutylene. A method for producing a coated substrate including the polymer composite includes providing a polymer combination including the functionalized polyisobutylene and the additional polyisobutylene-containing material, and depositing the polymer combination on to a substrate to thereby form the coated substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventors: Judit E. Puskas, Alejandra Alvarez Albarran, Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim
  • Method for preparation of filaments of poly(?-lipoic acid) polymers
    Patent number: 9907815
    Abstract: A method for the polymerization of ?-lipoic acid and ?-lipoic acid derivatives includes preparing an ?-lipoic formulation, exposing the ?-lipoic formulation to an aqueous phase and a gaseous phase at a gas/water interface, and allowing the ?-lipoic formulation to polymerize at the gas/water interface to form a poly(?-lipoic acid) polymer. The ?-lipoic formulation can be an ?-lipoic solution of an ?-lipoic solute and an organic solvent miscible with water, and can also be an ?-lipoic acid or oligomer or polymer thereof in liquid (typically melt) form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Judit E. Puskas, Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim
  • MODULAR SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF POLYISOBUTYLENE-BASED MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20170216492
    Abstract: A polymer composite includes a functionalized polyisobutylene and an additional polyisobutylene-containing material. One or more methods of making the polymer composite are also provided. Where the functionalized polyisobutylene is applied to a polyisobutylene-containing material, the method of applying the functionalized polyisobutylene compound can be described as a modular method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Judit E. Puskas, Alejandra Alvarez Albarran, Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim
  • MODULAR SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF POLYISOBUTYLENE-BASED MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20160229999
    Abstract: A polymer composite includes a functionalized polyisobutylene and an additional polyisobutylene-containing material. One or more methods of making the polymer composite are also provided. Where the functionalized polyisobutylene is applied to a polyisobutylene-containing material, the method of applying the functionalized polyisobutylene compound can be described as a modular method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Judit E. Puskas, Alejandra Alvarez Albarran, Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim
  • METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF POLY(ALPHA-LIPOIC ACID) POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20150139933
    Abstract: A method for the polymerization of ?-lipoic acid and ?-lipoic acid derivatives includes preparing an ?-lipoic formulation, exposing the ?-lipoic formulation to an aqueous phase and a gaseous phase at a gas/water interface, and allowing the ?-lipoic formulation to polymerize at the gas/water interface to form a poly(?-lipoic acid) polymer. The ?-lipoic formulation can be an ?-lipoic solution of an ?-lipoic solute and an organic solvent miscible with water, and can also be an ?-lipoic acid or oligomer or polymer thereof in liquid (typically melt) form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Judit E. Puskas, Emily Q. Rosenthal-Kim