Patents by Inventor Theodore HUECKEL

Theodore HUECKEL 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).

  • Self-inflating microcapsules
    Patent number: 10870096
    Abstract: A method comprises providing an aqueous solution having an alkaline pH and providing an oil including at least one silsesquioxane compound. The oil is added to the aqueous solution. The oil forms a plurality of silsesquioxane oil droplets suspended in the aqueous solution such that an internal osmotic pressure is generated inside the oil droplets via a chemical reaction. The aqueous solution is allowed to osmotically diffuse into the plurality of oil droplets for a predetermined time. The silsesquioxane oil droplets are polymerized by cross-linking the at least one silsesquioxane compound included in the silsesquioxane oil droplets to form a plurality of solidified microcapsules containing the aqueous solution therewithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Stefano Sacanna, Theodore Hueckel
  • SELF-INFLATING MICROCAPSULES
    Publication number: 20180141019
    Abstract: A method comprises providing an aqueous solution having an alkaline pH and providing an oil including at least one silsesquioxane compound. The oil is added to the aqueous solution. The oil forms a plurality of silsesquioxane oil droplets suspended in the aqueous solution such that an internal osmotic pressure is generated inside the oil droplets via a chemical reaction. The aqueous solution is allowed to osmotically diffuse into the plurality of oil droplets for a predetermined time. The silsesquioxane oil droplets are polymerized by cross-linking the at least one silsesquioxane compound included in the silsesquioxane oil droplets to form a plurality of solidified microcapsules containing the aqueous solution therewithin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Stefano SACANNA, Theodore HUECKEL