Patents by Inventor Iain Alexander Larmour

Iain Alexander Larmour 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).

  • Method of coating a metallic article with a surface of tailored wettability
    Patent number: 9103034
    Abstract: A method of coating a metallic article having an at least part-metallic surface comprising a first metal, with a surface having a pre-determined wettability, the method at least comprising the steps of: (a) coating at least a part of the metallic article with a layer of a second metal to provide a metal-metal bonded surface, said surface being rough either prior to or because of step (a); and (b) contacting the metal-metal bonded surface of step (a) with a material to provide the surface having the pre-determined wettability. The first metal may be one or more of the group comprising: iron, zinc, copper, tin, nickel and aluminum, and alloys thereof including steel, brass, bronze and nitinol for example. Preferably, the second metal is coated onto the first metal using electroless Galvanic deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: The Queen's University of Belfast
    Inventors: Steven Ernest John Bell, Iain Alexander Larmour, Graham Charles Saunders
  • Product with tailored wettability
    Patent number: 8734946
    Abstract: A product which at least partly comprises an agglomerate formed from a powder having a pre-determined wettability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: The Queen's University of Belfast
    Inventors: Steven Ernest John Bell, Iain Alexander Larmour, Graham Charles Saunders
  • PRODUCT WITH TAILORED WETTABILITY
    Publication number: 20110143119
    Abstract: A product which at least partly comprises an agglomerate formed from a powder having a pre-determined wettability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Steven Ernest John Bell, Iain Alexander Larmour, Graham Charles Saunders
  • METHOD OF COATING A METALLIC ARTICLE WITH A SURFACE OF TAILORED WETTABILITY
    Publication number: 20100143741
    Abstract: A method of coating a metallic article having an at least part-metallic surface comprising a first metal, with a surface having a pre-determined wettability, the method at least comprising the steps of: (a) coating at least a part of the metallic article with a layer of a second metal to provide a metal-metal bonded surface, said surface being rough either prior to or because of step (a); and (b) contacting the metal-metal bonded surface of step (a) with a material to provide the surface having the pre-determined wettability. The first metal may be one or more of the group comprising: iron, zinc, copper, tin, nickel and aluminium, and alloys thereof including steel, brass, bronze and nitinol for example. Preferably, the second metal is coated onto the first metal using electroless Galvanic deposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST
    Inventors: Steven Ernest John Bell, Iain Alexander Larmour, Graham Charles Saunders