Patents by Inventor Blane Scott

Blane Scott 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).

  • STRUCTURES HAVING RE-ENTRANT GEOMETRIES ON A POROUS MATERIAL SURFACE
    Publication number: 20250332551
    Abstract: A filter material has a layer of porous material and a plurality of structures disposed on a surface of the layer, where each of the structures has a re-entrant geometry. The plurality of structures may be a plurality of ordered structures. A filter material may include a layer of porous material and a plurality of re-entrant structures disposed on a surface of the layer, each of the re-entrant structures including a stem and a cap, where the caps of adjacent structures are attached to each other to form a plurality of pores, where each pore is disposed between adjacent re-entrant structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Mikayla A. Yoder, Christopher P. Conklin, Davis B. Moravec, Andrew J. Dallas, Tianheng Zhao, Richard W. Janse van Rensburg, Peter Jackson, Blane Scott
  • Structures having re-entrant geometries on a porous material surface
    Patent number: 12383871
    Abstract: A filter material has a layer of porous material and a plurality of structures disposed on a surface of the layer, where each of the structures has a re-entrant geometry. The plurality of structures may be a plurality of ordered structures. A filter material may include a layer of porous material and a plurality of re-entrant structures disposed on a surface of the layer, each of the re-entrant structures including a stem and a cap, where the caps of adjacent structures are attached to each other to form a plurality of pores, where each pore is disposed between adjacent re-entrant structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Donaldson Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mikayla A. Yoder, Christopher P. Conklin, Davis B. Moravec, Andrew J. Dallas, Tianheng Zhao, Richard W. Janse van Rensburg, Peter Jackson, Blane Scott
  • STRUCTURES HAVING RE-ENTRANT GEOMETRIES ON A POROUS MATERIAL SURFACE
    Publication number: 20220379268
    Abstract: A filter material has a layer of porous material and a plurality of structures disposed on a surface of the layer, where each of the structures has a re-entrant geometry. The plurality of structures may be a plurality of ordered structures. A filter material may include a layer of porous material and a plurality of re-entrant structures disposed on a surface of the layer, each of the re-entrant structures including a stem and a cap, where the caps of adjacent structures are attached to each other to form a plurality of pores, where each pore is disposed between adjacent re-entrant structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Mikayla A. Yoder, Christopher P. Conklin, Davis B. Moravec, Andrew J. Dallas, Tianheng Zhao, Richard W. Janse van Rensburg, Peter Jackson, Blane Scott