Patents by Inventor Kate E. PELCHER

Kate E. PELCHER 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).

  • Thermochromic fenestration films containing vanadium dioxide nanocrystals
    Patent number: 11873383
    Abstract: Vanadium oxide nanomaterial composite compositions and substrates including films comprising vanadium oxide nanomaterial composite compositions are described. A film and composition generally including a polymeric matrix; and a crystalline vanadium oxide nanomaterial dispersed in the polymeric matrix, wherein the crystalline vanadium oxide nanomaterial comprises a smallest dimension between about 100 nm and about 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Sarbajit Banerjee, Kate E. Pelcher, Nathan A. Fleer
  • Thermochromic compositions, thermochromic substrates, and related methods of making
    Patent number: 11608428
    Abstract: Vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix, substrates including the vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix, and related methods of making vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Sarbajit Banerjee, Kate E. Pelcher, Nathan A. Fleer, Diane G. Sellers
  • THERMOCHROMIC COMPOSITIONS, THERMOCHROMIC SUBSTRATES, AND RELATED METHODS OF MAKING
    Publication number: 20210403681
    Abstract: Vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix, substrates including the vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix, and related methods of making vanadium oxide nanomaterials dispersed in a polymeric matrix are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
    Inventors: Sarbajit BANERJEE, Kate E. PELCHER, Nathan A. FLEER, Diane G. SELLERS
  • THERMOCHROMIC FENESTRATION FILMS CONTAINING VANADIUM DIOXIDE NANOCRYSTALS
    Publication number: 20200131328
    Abstract: Vanadium oxide nanomaterial composite compositions and substrates including films comprising vanadium oxide nanomaterial composite compositions are described. A film and composition generally including a polymeric matrix; and a crystalline vanadium oxide nanomaterial dispersed in the polymeric matrix, wherein the crystalline vanadium oxide nanomaterial comprises a smallest dimension between about 100 nm and about 5 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Sarbajit BANERJEE, Kate E. PELCHER, Nathan A. FLEER
  • COMPOSITE NANOMATERIALS AND MICROMATERIALS, FILMS OF SAME, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USES OF SAME
    Publication number: 20170174526
    Abstract: Composite nano- and micromaterials and methods of making and using same. The composite materials comprise crystalline materials (e.g., binary and ternary vanadium oxides) in an amorphous or crystalline material (e.g., oxide, sulfide, and selenide materials). The materials can be made using sol-gel processes. The composite materials can be present as a film on a substrate. The films can be formed using preformed composite materials or the composite material can be formed in situ in the film forming process. For example, films of the materials can be used in fenestration units, such as insulating glass units deployed within windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Sarbajit BANERJEE, Kate E. PELCHER