Patents by Inventor Alexander Bismarck
Alexander Bismarck 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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Patent number: 9322056Abstract: A fluid identification system comprising a plurality of particles, each particle encapsulating therein at least one tracer material having an identifiable DNA, the at least one tracer material being encapsulated by an encapsulation material, wherein the particles are adapted to retain the at least one tracer material in an encapsulated form after exposure of the particles to a temperature of at least 75° C. and/or a pressure of at least 1000 psi (6.9×106 N/m2).Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Tracesa, Ltd.Inventors: Dominic Patrick Joseph McCann, Kevin John Forbes, Edyta Lam, Geoffrey Colin Maitland, Alexander Bismarck
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Publication number: 20160097152Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a surface coated support material wherein said process comprises contacting a support material with an aqueous dispersion of nanocellulose. The surface coated support material can be used in a composite material. The invention therefore further relates to the surface coated support material per se, a composite comprising the material, a process for the production of the composite material and an article produced from the composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: April 7, 2016Inventors: Koon-Yang LEE, Puja BHARADIA, Alexander BISMARCK
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Patent number: 9193130Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a surface coated support material wherein said process comprises contacting a support material with an aqueous dispersion of nanocellulose. The surface coated support material can be used in a composite material. The invention therefore further relates to the surface coated support material per se, a composite comprising the material, a process for the production of the composite material and an article produced from the composite material.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Inventors: Koon Yang Lee, Puja Bharadia, Alexander Bismarck
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Publication number: 20150180086Abstract: There is provided a battery and battery half cell comprising at least one carbon fiber as negative electrode, said carbon fiber comprising a plurality of layers with carbon atoms having graphite structure, said plurality of layers having an ability of intercalating metal ions, said carbon fiber at least partially coated with at least one electrically insulating polymer layer acting as an electrolyte, wherein said insulating polymer layer has been applied with an electro-driven polymerization reaction, wherein said insulating polymer layer is permeable for metal ions, said insulating polymer layer having a stiffness of at least 0.5 MPa, said insulating polymer layer having an ionic conductivity of at least 10?10 S/m and an electrical resistivity of at least 1010? m, said insulating layer has a thickness in the interval 10-200 nm. Advantages include possibility to utilize thin layers of electrolytes without creating large ohmic losses, structural batteries can comprise carbon fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Leif ASP, Alexander BISMARCK, Göran LINDBERG, Simon LEIJONMARCK, Tony CARLSON, Maria KJELL
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Publication number: 20150180028Abstract: There is provided a battery and battery half cell comprising at least one carbon fiber as negative electrode, said carbon fiber comprising a plurality of layers with carbon atoms having graphite structure, and ability of intercalating metal ions, said carbon fiber having a strength of at least 1 GPa and a stiffness of at least 100 GPa in the longitudinal direction of said carbon fiber, said carbon fiber at least partially coated with at least one electrically insulating polymer layer acting as an electrolyte, wherein said insulating polymer layer is permeable for metal ions, and has a stiffness of at least 0.5 MPa, an ionic conductivity of at least 10?10 S/m and an electrical resistivity of at least 1010 ?m, said insulating layer a thickness in the interval 10-200 nm. Advantages include possibility to utilize thin layers of electrolytes without creating large ohmic losses, structural batteries can comprise carbon fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2015Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Leif ASP, Alexander BISMARCK, Göran LINDBERGH, Simon LEIJONMARCK, Tony CARLSON, Maria KJELL
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Publication number: 20150152590Abstract: A treated carbon fiber tensile cord for use in power transmission belts, hose, tires or other reinforced rubber products and the resulting product, which includes carbon fibers which are coated with a polymeric layer deposited and polymerized at atmospheric pressure in a plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition process. A suitable polymeric layer is compatible with the intended matrix which the cord will reinforce. For a rubber belt, the coating is compatible with the rubber composition of the belt body or an adhesion gum or adhesive such as RFL which surrounds the cord. For RFL/rubber systems and cast polyurethane elastomers, a suitable polymer is the APP reaction product of a vinyl carboxylic acid or an ester or amide thereof. Suitable carboxylic acids include acrylic acid and methacrylic acid. Various esters and amides of vinyl carboxylic acid are also suitable, such as 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, N-isobutoxymethyl acrylamide, and N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: THE GATES CORPORATIONInventors: John Graeme Knox, Alexander Bismarck, Su Bai
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Publication number: 20150136910Abstract: A morphing skin for an air vehicle structure, the skin being formed by a composite material which includes: a multiplicity of fibres, a matrix incorporating the fibres, and a thermo-sensitive material, such as a thermo-plastic. The thermo-sensitive material can be reversibly transitionable in response to a change in temperature, between (i) an ambient temperature mode in which the thermo-sensitive material is capable of transferring loads in the composite material, and (ii) a heated mode in which the ability of the thermo-sensitive material to transfer the loads is reduced. This can allow the stiffness of the skin to be temporarily reduced to enable the skin to be morphed into a different shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: MBDA UK LimitedInventors: Mohammed Azad Hussain, Anthony Machell, Paul Robinson, Henry Alexander Maples, Chamwit Tridech, Alexander Bismarck
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Publication number: 20140220563Abstract: A fluid identification system comprising a plurality of particles, each particle encapsulating therein at least one tracer material having an identifiable DNA, the at least one tracer material being encapsulated by an encapsulation material, wherein the particles are adapted to retain the at least one tracer material in an encapsulated form after exposure of the particles to a temperature of at least 75° C. and/or a pressure of at least 1000 psi (6.9×106 N/m2).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: TRACESA LTD.Inventors: Dominic Patrick Joseph McCann, Kevin John Forbes, Edyta Lam, Geoffrey Colin Maitland, Alexander Bismarck
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Patent number: 8770291Abstract: A method for isolating a portion of a wellbore including preparing a sealant composition includes an emulsion of an internal phase and an external phase. The sealant composition is placed into the wellbore where one phase sets upon subjecting the sealant composition to a thermal source followed by the setting of the other phase.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Natasha Shirshova, Alexander Bismarck, Angelika Menner, Gary Funkhouser
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Patent number: 8772205Abstract: Of the many embodiments presented herein, one is a subterranean treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous fluid; and a water-soluble degradable synthetic vinyl polymer having a labile link in its backbone. Also provided in one instance is a water-soluble degradable synthetic vinyl polymer with labile group in its backbone made by a redox polymerization, the redox polymerization reaction comprising these reactants: a macroinitiator that comprises a labile link, an oxidizing metal ion, and a vinyl monomer.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Bismarck, Emilia M. Kot, Rajesh K. Saini
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Patent number: 8659874Abstract: An energy storage device includes a supercapacitor having first and second electrodes, each including a composite of a mat of conducting fibers bound by an electrolytic resin. A method of fabricating a super capacitor includes constructing a mat of conducting fibers, binding the mat with an electrolytic resin, and forming a laminate of the electrodes spaced by an insulating spacer.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2007Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Imperial Innovations LimitedInventors: Milo Shaffer, Emile Greenhalgh, Alexander Bismarck, Paul T. Curtis
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Publication number: 20130273350Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of a surface coated support material wherein said process comprises contacting a support material with an aqueous dispersion of nanocellulose. The surface coated support material can be used in a composite material. The invention therefore further relates to the surface coated support material per se, a composite comprising the material, a process for the production of the composite material and an article produced from the composite material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2011Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Koon Yang Lee, Puja Bharadia, Alexander Bismarck
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Patent number: 8447537Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the permeability and diffusivity of a porous solid includes a device for measuring permeability of the solid; a device for measuring diffusivity of the solid; a sample chamber for holding a sample of the solid, the arrangement being such that the permeability and diffusivity can be measured without removing the sample from the sample chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Imperial College LondonInventors: Alexander Bismarck, Geoffrey F. Hewitt, Karen Shu San Manley, Johnny W. Johnson
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Publication number: 20120237757Abstract: Open-celled, porous polymer masses located in a subterranean formation formed from a water-in-oil emulsion stabilized with inorganic particles. The mass having one or more of the following properties: a gas permeability greater than about 500 millidarcies; or a plurality of pore throats connecting a plurality of pores spaces therein, the pore throats having an average diameter of at least about 25 microns. In some cases the emulsion comprises: a plurality of inorganic particulates; an internal aqueous phase in an amount of at least about 50% by volume of the emulsion; and a continuous organic phase comprising at least one polymerizable monomer and at least one surface active agent in an amount of up to about 10% by volume of the organic phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Bismarck, Angelika Menner, Vivian Ikem
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Patent number: 8261824Abstract: Certain emulsions and masses produced using those emulsions exhibited improved permeability and stability. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: providing a composition that comprises a plurality of inorganic particulates, an aqueous component, and an organic component comprising at least one polymerizable monomer and at least one surface active agent in an amount of up to about 10% by volume of the organic component; permitting the composition to form an emulsion that comprises an internal aqueous phase in an amount of at least about 50% by volume of the emulsion and a continuous organic phase; introducing the composition into at least a portion of a subterranean formation; and permitting the composition to form a porous polymer mass in at least a portion of the subterranean formation.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2009Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Bismarck, Angelika Menner, Vivian Ikem
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Publication number: 20120010324Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions useful for isolating a portion of a wellbore. In one embodiment, a method includes preparing a sealant composition containing two phases. The sealant composition is placed into the wellbore where one phase sets upon subjecting the sealant composition to a thermal source followed by the setting of the other phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, IncInventors: Natasha Shirshova, Alexander Bismarck, Angelika Menner, Gary Funkhouser
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Publication number: 20120006545Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions useful for isolating a portion of a wellbore. In one embodiment, a method includes preparing a sealant composition containing two phases. The sealant composition is placed into the wellbore where one phase sets upon subjecting the sealant composition to a thermal source followed by the setting of the other phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2010Publication date: January 12, 2012Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Natasha Shirshova, Alexander Bismarck, Angelika Menner, Gary Funkhouser
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Publication number: 20110269904Abstract: Of the many embodiments presented herein, one is a subterranean treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous fluid; and a water-soluble degradable synthetic vinyl polymer having a labile link in its backbone. Also provided in one instance is a water-soluble degradable synthetic vinyl polymer with labile group in its backbone made by a redox polymerization, the redox polymerization reaction comprising these reactants: a macroinitiator that comprises a labile link, an oxidizing metal ion, and a vinyl monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Alexander Bismarck, Emilia M. Kot, Rajesh K. Saini
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Publication number: 20110269651Abstract: Of the many embodiments presented herein, one is a subterranean treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous fluid; and a water-soluble degradable synthetic vinyl polymer having a labile link in its backbone. Also provided in one instance is a water-soluble degradable synthetic vinyl polymer with labile group in its backbone made by a redox polymerization, the redox polymerization reaction comprising these reactants: a macroinitiator that comprises a labile link, an oxidizing metal ion, and a vinyl monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventors: Alexander Bismarck, Emilia M. Kot, Rajesh K. Saini
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Publication number: 20110245384Abstract: The invention provides a process for the production of a functionalised carbon (nano)material comprising heating a carbon (nano)material in an inert atmosphere to produce a surface-activated carbon (nano)material and incubating said surface-activated carbon (nano)material with a chemical species capable of reacting with the surface-activated carbon (nano)material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2009Publication date: October 6, 2011Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITEDInventors: Alexander Bismarck, Milo Sebastian Peter Shaffer, Robert Menzel, Michael Q. Tran, Angelika Menner