Patents Assigned to Battelle
  • Publication number: 20250144576
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for dissolving ion exchange membranes to provide dissolved polymers, particularly at low temperatures and/or pressures, that can be recast to regenerate ion exchange membranes exhibiting reduced defects compared to the initial ion exchange membrane. In some aspects of the disclosure, the polymer exchange membranes include a perfluorosulfonic acid polymer. In some aspects of the disclosure, the method involves dissolving the membranes in one or more aprotic solvents, particularly at temperatures below 80° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Yuyan Shao, Litao Yan, Bingbin Wu
  • Patent number: 12290779
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for CO2 removal from a gas stream using a diamine solvent having a Formula I R1(R2)N-L1-NH—R3?? Formula I. With respect to Formula I, each of R1 and R2 independently is aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or R1 and R2 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached, form a heterocyclyl ring; L1 is aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or L1 and R1 together with the nitrogen to which they are attached form a heterocyclyl ring; and R3 is aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, cycloalkylalkyl, or alkoxyalkyl. And/or the compound may have a viscosity of less than 75 cP at a CO2-loading of 40 mol % and at a temperature of 40° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Deepika Malhotra, Phillip K. Koech, David J. Heldebrant, Vassiliki-Alexandra Glezakou, Roger J. Rousseau, Manh Thuong Nguyen, Robert Perry, Jordan P. Page, David C. Cantu
  • Patent number: 12290842
    Abstract: Systems and methods for classifying and sorting of dark colored and/or black-colored plastic materials utilizing a vision system or one or more sensor systems implemented with one or more medium wavelength infrared cameras whereby the captured image data is process within a machine learning system in order to identify or classify each of the materials, which may then be sorted into separate groups based on such an identification or classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Sortera Technologies, Inc., Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: Nalin Kumar, Manuel Gerardo Garcia, Jr., Isha Kamleshbhai Maun, Jeffrey A. Lacey, Lorenzo Vega Montoto
  • Patent number: 12291684
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a method for making jet fuel blendstocks that comprise partially hydrogenated carbocyclic compounds and which can be used to replace aromatic-containing fuels and that exhibit suitable seal swell properties. The disclosed method embodiments utilize catalysts and reaction conditions that facilitate partially hydrogenating carbocyclic compounds present in mixtures obtained from renewable sources, such as bio-based fermentation products. The reaction product mixtures obtained from the disclosed method can be blended with blendstocks to provide fuels that avoid soot formation caused by aromatic-containing fuels and that exhibit seal swelling that meet requirements in aviation systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Kallupalayam Ramasamy, Mond F. Guo, Casper O. Brady
  • Patent number: 12285416
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of reducing muscle contraction in a diaphragm or peripheral muscle(s) of a patient sufficient to permit a surgical procedure. The methods may comprise the step of administering an oxime or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof in an amount sufficient to achieve said reduced muscle contraction/neuromuscular blockade. Kits and articles of manufacture comprising a container having a label and a composition are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Brian L. Burback, Jessica Catherine Bright, Jerry D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12287399
    Abstract: A broadband RF imaging device includes a broadband RF aperture array, at least one RF receiver, and a computer. The at least one RF receiver has short RF connections with the broadband RF aperture array, e.g. length 10 meters or less. The computer has a digital data connection to the at least one RF receiver. Each RF receiver is configured to receive broadband RF signal data over a sampling time interval from the broadband RF aperture array, and to digitize the broadband RF signal data to generate digitized broadband RF signal data, and to store the digitized broadband RF signal data locally at the RF receiver. The computer receives the digitized broadband RF signal data stored locally at the at least one RF receiver, and is programmed to reconstruct an RF image from the digitized broadband RF signal data received from the at least one RF receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Mollie A. Engel, Douglas A. Thornton, Raphael J. Welsh
  • Patent number: 12285804
    Abstract: A method for producing an additively manufactured, graded composite transition joint (AM-GCTJ) includes preparing a grating or lattice pattern from a first alloy A; the grating or lattice pattern includes pores in the grating or lattice patterns. The grating pattern is built from a first end to a second end being denser on the first end than on second end, and gradually reduces density by increasing the pore size and/or reducing density of the grating or lattice pattern; adding a second alloy B powder to the second end of grating or lattice pattern. The second alloy B powder is filled towards the first end. A composite is formed of first alloy A and second alloy B powder in the AM-GCTJ. The composite is subjected to hot isostatic pressing (HIP) to densify the composite. The second alloy B is graduated from the first end to the second end O of AM-GCTJ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, UT Battelle, LLC, West Virginia University Board of Governors on Behalf of West Virginia University, Carpenter Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Xingbo Liu, Zhili Feng, Yanli Wang, David Novotnak, Haiyang Qian
  • Patent number: 12288904
    Abstract: A system that includes: (a) a liquid natural gas storage tank fluidly coupled to a first compressor, (b) a fuel cell having an inlet fluidly coupled to the first compressor and an H2 gas outlet fluidly coupled to a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger receives compressed liquid natural gas from the first compressor; (c) an active magnetic regenerative refrigerator H2 liquefier that comprises at least one layer of a magnetic refrigerant material, wherein the active magnetic regenerative refrigerator H2 liquefier receives cooled H2 gas from the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: Battelle Memorial Institute, Emerald Energy NW, LLC
    Inventors: Jamie D. Holladay, John Barclay
  • Patent number: 12287397
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for scanning articles, such as footwear, to provide information regarding the contents of the articles are described. According to one aspect, a footwear scanning system includes a platform configured to contact footwear to be scanned, an antenna array configured to transmit electromagnetic waves through the platform into the footwear and to receive electromagnetic waves from the footwear and the platform, a transceiver coupled with antennas of the antenna array and configured to apply electrical signals to at least one of the antennas to generate the transmitted electromagnetic waves and to receive electrical signals from at least another of the antennas corresponding to the electromagnetic waves received by the others of the antennas, and processing circuitry configured to process the received electrical signals from the transceiver to provide information regarding contents within the footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Justin L. Fernandes, Douglas L. McMakin, David M. Sheen, Jonathan R. Tedeschi, Thomas E. Hall
  • Publication number: 20250131819
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling traffic flow on road(s). The methods comprise: obtaining, by a processor, traffic related information comprising a total number of vehicles that caused an activation of a sensor of a first detector located at a first intersection of a plurality of intersections; generating, by the processor, a predicted traffic volume at one or more downstream second intersections based on the traffic related information; generating, by the processor, a traffic light timing for at least two next cycles based on the predicted traffic volume; and controlling, by the processor, a traffic light of the one or more downstream second intersections in accordance with the traffic light timing to reduce a probability or likelihood that the vehicle will stop at a red light thereat. .
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicants: UT-Battelle, LLC, Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Jinghui Yuan, Wan Li, Chieh Wang, Timothy LaClair, Haowen Xu, Andreas Silvan Berres, Hyeonsup Lim, Yunli Shao, Hong Wang, Ali Riza Ekti, Jibonananda Sanyal
  • Publication number: 20250128708
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling the speed of a vehicle traveling over a terrain. The methods comprise: predicting, by a mobile device (MD), a queue length defined by the number of vehicles in a queue at a downstream intersection based on a traffic volume and vehicle speeds that were detected during a past period of time by a detector located at or near an upstream intersection; sensing, by MD's sensor(s), the vehicle's velocity and location; computing a distance to a downstream intersection from the vehicle's location; generating a desired speed for the vehicle based on the traffic volume and vehicle speeds, signal phase and timing data for at least the next two cycles, the predicted queue length at the downstream intersection, the vehicle's velocity and location, the distance to the downstream intersection, and a current time; and using the desired speed to facilitate control of the speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicants: UT-Battelle, LLC, Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Haowen Xu, Jinghui Yuan, Chieh Wang, Timothy LaClair, Andreas Silvan Berres, Wan Li, Yunli Shao, Hong Wang, Jibonananda Sanyal
  • Patent number: 12284748
    Abstract: Fissile target materials are provided. The fissile target materials can include a target substrate and a capturing layer operably interfacing with at least one surface of the target substrate. Fission fissile target materials are also provided that can include a target substrate comprising at least one fissile atom and a capturing layer operably interfacing with at least one surface of the target substrate. The capturing layer can include at least one fission product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Samuel S. Morrison, Lance R. Hubbard, Nicolas Uhnak, Bruce K. McNamara, Gabriel B. Hall
  • Patent number: 12282548
    Abstract: A system and method for intrusion detection on automotive controller area networks. The system and method can detect various CAN attacks, such as attacks that cause unintended acceleration, deactivation of vehicle's brakes, or steering the vehicle. The system and method detects changes in nuanced correlations of CAN timeseries signals and how they cluster together. The system reverse engineers CAN signals and detect masquerade attacks by analyzing timeseries extracted from raw CAN frames. Specifically, anomalies in the CAN data can be detected by computing timeseries clustering similarity using hierarchical clustering on the vehicle's CAN signals and comparing the clustering similarity across CAN captures with and without attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC
    Inventors: Robert A. Bridges, Kiren E. Verma, Michael Iannacone, Samuel C. Hollifield, Pablo Moriano, Jordan Sosnowski
  • Patent number: 12279620
    Abstract: An agricultural composition comprises living microorganisms encapsulated in polymer gel microbeads which are applied onto seeds. In another embodiment, an agricultural composition comprises living microorganisms encapsulated in polymer gel macroheads for planting with seeds in soil. In another embodiment, an agricultural composition comprises living microorganisms immobilized in a polymer gel matrix that is coated on a seed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Anthony D. Duong, Ramanathan S. Lalgudi, Jane P. Fife, Craig M. Bartling, Katarzyna Kucharzyk
  • Patent number: 12281049
    Abstract: An improved method for embedding one or more sensors in SiC is provided. The method includes depositing a binder onto successive layers of a SiC powder feedstock to produce a dimensionally stable green body have a true-sized cavity. A sensor component is then press-fit into the true-sized cavity. Alternatively, the green body is printed around the sensor component. The assembly (the green body and the sensor component) is heated within a chemical vapor infiltration (CVI) chamber for debinding, and a precursor gas is introduced for densifying the SiC matrix material. During infiltration, the sensor component becomes bonded to the densified SiC matrix, the sensor component being selected to be thermodynamically compatible with CVI byproducts at elevated temperatures, including temperatures in excess of 1000° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Christian M. Petrie, Brian C. Jolly, Kurt A. Terrani, Michael P. Trammell
  • Publication number: 20250123211
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, devices and methods for detection, identification and sorting of cells and/or cellular-associated targets. The system comprises at least a microfluidic device and a Raman detection and identification unit. The microfluidic device comprises a junction structure aligned with the Raman detection and identification unit, wherein a cell confined at the junction structure is detected and analyzed by the Raman detection and identification unit and routed into a collection channel based on analysis of Raman spectra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Christopher SCHEITLIN, Ryan W. DALY, Thomas M. MALOTT, Collin F. DUNLAP, Andrew A. MATAS, Katarzyna H. KUCHARZYK, Philip Patrick CHENEY
  • Publication number: 20250124285
    Abstract: A method implemented by a software for a multimodal evaluation engine stored on a memory is provided herein. The software is executable by a processor coupled to the memory to cause the method. The method includes receiving multimodal signatures of an object of interest from inspection elements and processing the multimodal signatures to transform the multimodal signatures into formats. The method also includes generating data representations of the formats and detecting whether anomalies are present within the object of interest based on the data representations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Anthony George, Nicholas Darby, Jeremy Bellay, David Collins, Katie Liszewski, Amir Rahimi
  • Patent number: 12275641
    Abstract: Stabilized porous silicon particles are disclosed. The particles include a porous silicon particle comprising a plurality of interconnected silicon nanoparticles and (i) a heterogeneous layer comprising a discontinuous SiC coating that is discontinuous across a portion of pore surfaces and across a portion of an outer surface of the porous silicon particle, and a continuous carbon coating that covers outer surfaces of the discontinuous SiC coating, and remaining portions of the pore surfaces and the outer surface of the porous silicon particle, or (ii) a continuous carbon coating on surfaces of the porous silicon particle, including the outer surface and pore surfaces. Methods of making the stabilized porous silicon particles also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Ji-Guang Zhang, Ran Yi, Qiuyan Li, Sujong Chae, Xiaolin Li, Yaobin Xu, Chongmin Wang
  • Patent number: 12268209
    Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid herbicidal composition comprising a non-aqueous solvent system, at least one sulfonylurea herbicide and at least one inorganic salt selected from the metal carbonates and metal phosphates. The invention also relates to the use of an inorganic salt selected from the metal carbonates and metal phosphates to improve chemical stabilisation of a sulfonylurea herbicide in a liquid composition comprising a non-aqueous solvent system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Mitsui AgriScience International S.A./N.V., Battelle UK Limited
    Inventors: Oliver Egan, Andrew Goldsmith
  • Patent number: 12268794
    Abstract: A system for decontamination of patient care equipment and a system for decontamination of an interior space. In some embodiments, a decontaminant distributor is provided in an enclosure and coupled to a decontaminant generator system. The decontaminant generator system may include a decontaminant generator removably coupled to the decontaminant distributor at an exterior of the enclosure for allowing the decontaminant generator to be removed and connected to another decontaminant distributor associated with another system for decontamination of patient care equipment. An air agitation system may be provided in the enclosure for agitating air and decontaminant in the enclosure. In some embodiments, a portable system may be transported to an interior space for decontaminating the items in the space using hot-air decontamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Jon Eastep, William Richter, Kevin Yugulis, Ryan Kaufman