Patents by Inventor Bihn Thanh Nguyen

Bihn Thanh Nguyen 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).

  • Silsesquioxane resin with high strength and fracture toughness and method for the preparation thereof
    Patent number: 6310146
    Abstract: A cured silsesquioxane resin and method for its preparation are disclosed. By using a silyl-terminated hydrocarbon in the hydrosilylation reaction curable composition used to prepare the cured silsesquioxane resin, the cured silsesquioxane resin has improved strength and toughness without significant loss of modulus. A typical silyl-terminated hydrocarbon useful in this invention is silphenylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Dimitris Elias Katsoulis, Zhongtao Li, Frederick Jerome McGarry, Bihn Thanh Nguyen, Bizhong Zhu