Patents by Inventor William B. Carlson
William B. Carlson 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).
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Publication number: 20200048428Abstract: Compositions and articles including host polymers and chromophores and methods of producing the same are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, an article includes a host polymer with a host polymer refractive index. The article also includes a chromophore with a chromophore refractive index that is greater than the host polymer refractive index. The chromophore refractive index changes with changes in an electric field, and the chromophore is dissolved within the host polymer. The article has an article refractive index that is between the host polymer refractive index and the chromophore refractive index.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Michael Craig Swan, Garrett S. Sylvester, David L.K. Eng, William B. Carlson, Philip A. Sullivan, Gregory D. Phelan
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Patent number: 9834726Abstract: Methods and compositions pertaining to flame retardants using micronized rice husks are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan, Walter Sadowski
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Patent number: 9469941Abstract: A method of preserving cellulosic material is provided. The method includes contacting the cellulosic material with a paraben-containing monomer and polymerizing the paraben-containing monomer to provide a polymer impregnated within the cellulosic material; or alternatively, first polymerizing the paraben-containing monomer to give a polymer comprising repeat units formed of the monomer and contacting the cellulosic material with the polymer under pressure to provide the polymer impregnated with the cellulosic material. Articles including the cellulosic material and at least one polymer which includes paraben moieties are also provided, such as a wooden plank, a utility pole, a railroad tie, a ship's hull, a wooden utensil, a toy, a model, a piece of furniture, a vehicle, or a serving dish.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2012Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan
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Patent number: 9428532Abstract: Sugar-acrylic monomers are synthesized to have a carbohydrate moiety linked to an acrylate group. The sugar-acrylic monomers may be polymerized to form polymers, adhesives, hydrogels, and the like. The sugar-acrylic monomers and polymers may be used in tissue engineering, adhesives and sealers, wound healing, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan, Phillip A. Sullivan
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Patent number: 9352485Abstract: A dioxaborinane compound, or salt thereof, where boron has two oxy substituents, each independently substituted with H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, —C(O)R3, —C(O)OR3, —C(O)NHR3, or the two oxy substituents, together with the oxygen atoms to which they are bonded, join to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; and R3 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl, where the alkyl and alkenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms; and where boron also has the substituent -L-X1-PG1; where L may be absent, or alkylenyl, alkenylenyl, or arylene, where the alkylenyl and alkenylenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms; X1 is absent, or is amino, oxo, thio, or phosphino; and PG1 is a polymerizable group. The dioxaborinane compound can be used as a wood preservative.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan
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Patent number: 9290598Abstract: A co-polymer includes a polymerization product of: a first monomer: and a second monomer represented by (R1O)(R2O)B-L-X1—PG2 where: L is absent, or is alkylenyl, alkenylenyl, or arylene, wherein the alkylenyl and alkenylenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms; X1 is absent, or is amino, oxo, thio, or phosphino; PG2 is a polymerizable group; R1 and R2 are independently H, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, C(O)R3, C(O)OR3, C(O)NHR3, or R1 and R2 together with the oxygen atoms to which they are bonded join to form a 5- or 6-membered ring; and R3 is H, alkyl, alkenyl, or aryl, wherein the alkyl and alkenyl are optionally interrupted with one or more oxygen or sulfur atoms.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan
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Publication number: 20160032191Abstract: Methods and compositions pertaining to flame retardants using micronized rice husks are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: February 4, 2016Applicant: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan, Walter Sadowski
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Patent number: 9238787Abstract: A cleaning system can include a noble gas, and one or more vessels configured to convert the noble gas into a supercritical fluid, and/or receive and clean an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state. A cleaning process can include converting a noble gas into a supercritical fluid state; and cleaning an article of manufacture with the noble gas in the supercritical fluid state so as to remove one or more contaminants from the article of manufacture. A cleaning composition can include a noble gas in a supercritical fluid state, and a textile article of manufacture having one or more contaminants located in the supercritical noble gas.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan, Philip A. Sullivan
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Patent number: 9212245Abstract: Disclosed are derivatives of (tetrahydropyranyl)methyl acrylamide and polymers derived therefrom, as well as methods of making such compounds and polymers. Adhesives, coatings, and plastics which include such polymers are also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan
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Patent number: 9095141Abstract: An antifouling composition including a compound having a dioxaborinane moiety is provided. Methods of killing, or deterring the growth of, one or more organisms on an article include coating or impregnating the article with the antifouling composition, where the organisms live in fresh water or salt water.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan
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Patent number: 9034640Abstract: A system includes a first chamber configured to receive a hydrogel and a scaffold comprising a cell, wherein the hydrogel is in fluid communication with the scaffold, and wherein the hydrogel includes a plurality of unidirectional pores. The system also includes a second chamber configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid, wherein the second chamber includes a wall that separates the first fluid from the second fluid. The system further includes a porous membrane configured to separate the first chamber from the second chamber. The wall is configured to move along the porous membrane as cellular extensions are projected into at least a portion of the plurality of unidirectional pores of the hydrogel.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventors: Marvi A. Matos, William B. Carlson, Ivan Vesely, Yansong Gu
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Patent number: 9004172Abstract: A material to be used for hydraulic fracturing, comprising argon maintained as a supercritical fluid, and a proppant. The material may also include any one of a variety of gels, foaming agents, and/or gases. The material may be used in a system to recover resources from bedrock, the system comprising the fracturing material, at least one mixer, a pump to inject the material into a bore well, and a recovery unit to recover the resource from the well. The material and system may be used in a variety of methods for extracting resources from bedrock, the method including mixing the proppant with the supercritical argon to form a mixture, pumping the mixture into a bore well, and recovering the resource from the bore well. Additionally, the material and bore well may comprise a structure used in the extraction of resources from bedrock.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan
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Patent number: 8952102Abstract: A polymer includes a linker represented by Formula I ([OR1OCH2OR2OCH2]m), where R1 and R2 are, independently, alkylene, alkenylene, arylene, heteroarylene, or alkylarylalkylene; and the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 500 g/mol to about 2,000,000 g/mol, and m is 1 to 1000.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan
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Publication number: 20150011747Abstract: Sugar-acrylic monomers are synthesized to have a carbohydrate moiety linked to an acrylate group. The sugar-acrylic monomers may be polymerized to form polymers, adhesives, hydrogels, and the like. The sugar-acrylic monomers and polymers may be used in tissue engineering, adhesives and sealers, wound healing, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2014Publication date: January 8, 2015Applicant: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan, Phillip A. Sullivan
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Patent number: 8889403Abstract: A system for generating a tissue construct includes a mixing chamber, a piston chamber, a reaction chamber, and a pump. The mixing chamber is configured to receive a hydrogel solution and a cell suspension solution. The piston chamber includes a first piston and is configured to receive a mixture of the hydrogel solution and the cell suspension solution from the mixing chamber. The first piston is configured to push the mixture through one or more capillaries into the reaction chamber. The reaction is configured to receive the mixture and a cross-linking initiator. The pump is configured to move the mixture through the reaction chamber such that the mixture and the cross-linking initiator combine to form an encapsulated cell material.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: Marvi A. Matos, William B. Carlson, Ivan Vesely, Yansong Gu
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Patent number: 8871512Abstract: Sugar-acrylic monomers are synthesized to have a carbohydrate moiety linked to an acrylate group. The sugar-acrylic monomers may be polymerized to form polymers, adhesives, hydrogels, and the like. The sugar-acrylic monomers and polymers may be used in tissue engineering, adhesives and sealers, wound healing, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2010Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan, Phillip A. Sullivan
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Patent number: 8859735Abstract: Polypeptides are provided, where the polypeptides include one or more groups of formula —R1—C(O)R2, where R1 is an amino acid side chain, R2 is a C8-C24 polyunsaturated alkenyl group, and the polypeptide is a gelatin.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Vincenzo Casasanta, III, Gregory David Phelan
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Publication number: 20140288332Abstract: A polymer includes a linker represented by Formula I ([OR1OCH2OR2OCH2]m), where R1 and R2 are, independently, alkylene, alkenylene, arylene, heteroarylene, or alkylarylalkylene; and the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 500 g/mol to about 2,000,000 g/mol, and m is 1 to 1000.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Inventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan
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Patent number: 8802792Abstract: Partially hydrogenated bisphenol-A based polymers. Coating compositions for food or beverage containers and medical devices, including a partially hydrogenated bisphenol-A based polymer. Food or beverage containers and medical devices coated with partially hydrogenated bisphenol-A based polymers. Food or beverage containers and medical devices made from partially hydrogenated bisphenol-A based polymers.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan, Phillip A. Sullivan
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Patent number: 8779070Abstract: A polymer includes a linker represented by Formula I ([OR1OCH2OR2OCH2]m), where R1 and R2 are, independently, alkylene, alkenylene, arylene, heteroarylene, or alkylarylalkylene; and the polymer has a weight average molecular weight of about 500 g/mol to about 2,000,000 g/mol, and m is 1 to 1000.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLCInventors: William B. Carlson, Gregory D. Phelan