Patents by Inventor Barbara Erling

Barbara Erling 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).

  • Polymeric foam containing long carbon nano-tubes
    Publication number: 20080300331
    Abstract: Prepare a polymer foam having cells defined by cell walls having an average thickness and carbon nano-tubes having a length that exceeds the average thickness of the cell walls by incorporating the carbon nano-tubes into expandable polymer beads in a suspension polymerization process and then expanding the expandable polymer beads into a polymer foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Jurgen Schellenberg, Petra Dehnert, Barbara Erling