Patents by Inventor Richard J. Schorr

Richard J. Schorr 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).

  • Cement and methods of preparing cement
    Patent number: 8409344
    Abstract: Cement compositions and methods for making cement compositions are provided. The cement compositions can comprise at least one oxide having a particle size of less than about 600 nm. The methods for making cement may include: providing a mixture of compounds containing the required calcium, silicon, aluminum, and iron to provide at least one of tricalcium silicate, dicalcium silicate, tricalcium aluminate, tetracalcium aluminoferrite, other calcium silicates, aluminates, ferrites, and silicates or combinations thereof; adding a fuel source and an oxidizer to the mixture of compounds; and heating the mixture of compounds, the fuel source, and the oxidizer such that the mixture of compounds, the fuel source, and the oxidizer ignite to form the at least one tricalcium silicate, dicalcium silicate, tricalcium aluminate, and tetracalcium aluminoferrite, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: MetaMateria Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Richard J. Schorr, Suvankar Sengupta, Richard L. Helferich, Gary M. Gordon, Debabrata Rautaray
  • CEMENT AND METHODS OF PREPARING CEMENT
    Publication number: 20100175588
    Abstract: Cement compositions and methods for making cement compositions are provided. The cement compositions can comprise at least one oxide having a particle size of less than about 600 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicants: TATA CHEMICALS LIMITED, NANODYNAMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard J. Schorr, Suvankar Sengupta, Richard L. Helferich, Gary M. Gordon, Debabrata Rautaray