Patents by Inventor Stephanie Sigmund

Stephanie Sigmund 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).

  • Publication number: 20140061026
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for producing finely divided particles of core-shell structure where the shell comprises at least one polymer, said process comprising the steps of: i. providing a first aerosol stream of droplets in a carrier gas stream wherein the droplets comprise at least one monomer and charging droplets of the first aerosol with electric charge; ii. providing a second aerosol stream of solid particles in a carrier gas stream and charging the solid particles of the aerosol with an electric charge opposite to the electric charge on the droplets of the first aerosol stream; iii. mixing the first aerosol stream with the second aerosol stream to form a mixed aerosol stream; iv. initiating a polymerization of the monomers by irradiating this mixed aerosol stream with electromagnetic radiation. The invention also provides the finely divided particles of core-shell structure which are obtainable by this process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: Karlsruher Institut fuer Technologie (KIT), BASF SE
    Inventors: Wolfgang Gerlinger, Bernd Sachweh, Michael Woerner, Ertan Akguen, Stephanie Sigmund, Gerhard Kasper