Patents by Inventor Birte Böhnlein

Birte Böhnlein 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).

  • GRID STRUCTURES FOR STABLE GAS RETENTION UNDER LIQUIDS
    Publication number: 20180362118
    Abstract: Device mountable on a surface (10), the device comprising a spacer system (12, 16, 20, 22) and a grid structure (2) which grid structure (2) is attached in spaced relation to the surface (10) by means of the spacer system (12, 16, 20, 22), wherein the distance between the surface (10) and the grid structure (2) is in a range from >0.1 ?m to <10 mm, wherein the grid structure (2) forms meshes of a mesh size in a range from >0.5 ?m to <8 mm, and wherein the surface of the grid structure (2) is at least partially amphiphobic. Method of maintaining a gas or air layer on a surface when the surface is immersed in a liquid or water comprising such device, and uses thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS UNIVERSITÄT BONN
    Inventors: Wilhelm Barthlott, Birte Böhnlein, Matthias Mail