Patents by Inventor Melanie L. Morris

Melanie L. Morris 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).

  • Incompressible moisture-scavenging article
    Patent number: 11660835
    Abstract: Articles and insulating systems include a wicking layer, an incompressible insulation layer, and a water scavenging system comprising a superhydrophobic layer in operative communication with one or more water collecting components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Jason J. Benkoski, Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Steven M. Griffiths, Paul J. Biermann, Melanie L. Morris, Xiomara Calderon-Colon
  • Regenerable Carbon Dioxide Scrubber
    Publication number: 20220273906
    Abstract: Regenerable carbon dioxide scrubbers are provided. The regenerable carbon dioxide scrubbers include at least a first housing compartment including an inlet, an outlet, and an interior region. A sorbent material is located within the interior region of the first housing compartment, in which the sorbent material (a) attracts and/or retains carbon dioxide from an air supply passing through the sorbent material at an operating temperature below about 100° C., and (b) releases carbon dioxide at a regenerating temperature above about 150° C. Rebreathers including the regenerable carbon dioxide scrubbers and methods of scrubbing carbon dioxide from a user's exhaled air are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jason J. Benkoski, Paul J. Biermann, William L. Luedeman, Jeffrey M. Paulson, Steven M. Storck, Melanie L. Morris, Evan D. Jacque, Michael H. Jin, Reginald Beach
  • Incompressible Moisture-Scavenging Article
    Publication number: 20210094255
    Abstract: Articles and insulating systems include a wicking layer, an incompressible insulation layer, and a water scavenging system comprising a superhydrophobic layer in operative communication with one or more water collecting components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jason J. Benkoski, Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Steven M. Griffiths, Paul J. Biermann, Melanie L. Morris, Xiomara Calderon-Colon