Patents by Inventor Allison L. Antink

Allison L. Antink 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).

  • Construction material
    Patent number: 7402542
    Abstract: A structural material of a polystyrene base and the reaction product of the polystyrene base and a solid phosphate ceramic is applied as a slurry which includes one or more of a metal oxide or a metal hydroxide with a source of phosphate to produce a phosphate ceramic and a poly (acrylic acid or acrylate) or combinations or salts thereof and polystyrene or MgO applied to the polystyrene base and allowed to cure so that the dried aqueous slurry chemically bonds to the polystyrene base. A method is also disclosed of applying the slurry to the polystyrene base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Arun S. Wagh, Allison L. Antink
  • Method of binding structural material
    Patent number: 7312171
    Abstract: A structural material of a polystyrene base and the reaction product of the polystyrene base and a solid phosphate ceramic. The ceramic is applied as a slurry which includes one or more of a metal oxide or a metal hydroxide with a source of phosphate to produce a phosphate ceramic and a poly (acrylic acid or acrylate) or combinations or salts thereof and polystyrene or MgO applied to the polystyrene base and allowed to cure so that the dried aqueous slurry chemically bonds to the polystyrene base. A method is also disclosed of applying the slurry to the polystyrene base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Uchicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: Arun S. Wagh, Allison L. Antink
  • Construction material and method
    Patent number: 7001860
    Abstract: A structural material of a polystyrene base and the reaction product of the polystyrene base and a solid phosphate ceramic. The ceramic is applied as a slurry which includes one or more of a metal oxide or a metal hydroxide with a source of phosphate to produce a phosphate ceramic and a poly (acrylic acid or acrylate) or combinations or salts thereof and polystyrene or MgO applied to the polystyrene base and allowed to cure so that the dried aqueous slurry chemically bonds to the polystyrene base. A method is also disclosed of applying the slurry to the polystyrene base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: The University of Chicago
    Inventors: Arun S. Wagh, Allison L. Antink