Patents by Inventor Brandon M. Kobilka
Brandon M. Kobilka 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).
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Patent number: 11912830Abstract: A composition, method, and article of manufacture are disclosed. The composition is formed by polymerizing monomers, and includes at least one flame-retardant bis(triketone) monomer and at least one amine monomer. The method includes obtaining at least one flame-retardant bis(triketone) monomer, obtaining at least one amine monomer, and polymerizing the monomers to form a flame-retardant polydiketoenamine. The article of manufacture includes a polymer formed by polymerizing at least one flame-retardant bis(triketone) monomer and at least one amine monomer.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Eric J. Campbell
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Patent number: 11884866Abstract: A flame retardant levulinic acid-based compound, a process for forming a levulinic acid-based flame retardant polymer, and an article of manufacture comprising a material that contains a flame retardant levulinic acid-based polymer are disclosed. The flame retardant levulinic acid-based compound has variable moieties, which include phenyl-substituted and/or R functionalized flame retardant groups. The process for forming the flame retardant polymer includes forming a phosphorus-based flame retardant molecule, forming a levulinic acid derivative, chemically reacting the phosphorus-based flame retardant molecule and the levulinic acid derivative to form a flame retardant levulinic acid-based compound, and incorporating the levulinic acid-based flame retardant compound into a polymer to form the flame retardant polymer.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jason T. Wertz, Joseph Kuczynski, Brandon M. Kobilka, Scott B. King
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Publication number: 20230391904Abstract: A process, a composition, and an article of manufacture are disclosed. The process includes generating a cyclic monoterpene derivative. The generating includes oxidizing a cyclic monoterpene to generate a ketone derivative and oxidizing the ketone derivative to form a lactone derivative. The composition and the article of manufacture include a polymer having monomer repeat units derived from a lactone derivative of a cyclic monoterpene.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2022Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Eric J. Campbell
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Patent number: 11794177Abstract: A composition, method, and article of manufacture are disclosed. The composition includes a silica particle with light upconversion molecules bound to its surface. The method includes obtaining silica particles and light upconversion molecules having sidechains with reactive functional groups. The method further includes binding the light upconversion molecules to surfaces of the silica particles. The article of manufacture includes the composition.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jason T. Wertz, Brandon M. Kobilka, Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Eric J. Campbell
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Patent number: 11779916Abstract: A thermo-gravimetric analysis system includes a chamber having an interior; and a sample crucible connected to and inside of the chamber, the sample crucible configured to hold a sample material. The system further includes a reference crucible connected to and inside of the chamber; and a metal organic framework (MOF) crucible connected to and inside of the chamber, separate from the sample crucible, the MOF crucible including an MOF material.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Eric J. Campbell, Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Brandon M. Kobilka, Scott B. King
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Patent number: 11732136Abstract: A composition and article of manufacture comprising a crosslinked polymer and a method of crosslinking a polymer are disclosed. The crosslinked polymer includes a polysiloxane and at least one hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinker. The method includes obtaining a polysiloxane and at least one hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinker, and reacting the polysiloxane and the crosslinker to form a crosslinked polysiloxane.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Charles C. Sloop, III
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Patent number: 11655153Abstract: In an embodiment is provided a method of making a photo-absorbing composition that includes forming a donor-acceptor small molecule (DASM) by bonding an electron donor portion to an electron acceptor portion; and bonding the DASM to a nanographene structure using a Stille coupling reaction, a Suzuki cross-coupling reaction, or a C—H activation cross-coupling reaction. In another embodiment is provided films that include a photo-absorbing composition.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Joseph Kuczynski, Scott B. King
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Patent number: 11639432Abstract: A composition and article of manufacture comprising a crosslinked polymer and a method of crosslinking a polymer are disclosed. The crosslinked polymer includes a polysiloxane and at least two dimerizable hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinkers. The method includes obtaining a polysiloxane and at least two dimerizable hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinkers, reacting the polysiloxane and the crosslinkers to form a crosslinked polysiloxane, and dimerizing the at least two hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinkers.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Charles C. Sloop, III
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Patent number: 11572503Abstract: A composition, method, and article of manufacture are disclosed. The microcapsule includes a polymer shell encapsulating a core component. The polymer shell includes light upconversion molecules. The article of manufacture includes the microcapsule. The method includes obtaining light upconversion molecules having sidechains with reactive functional groups, and forming a microcapsule. The microcapsule includes a polymer shell encapsulating a core component. The polymer shell includes light upconversion molecules. The article of manufacture includes the microcapsule.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Eric J. Campbell
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Patent number: 11526669Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided. An analysis module receives a plurality of presentation source materials, including text documents, books, video files, audio files, and presentations. A transcript is generated from audio and video received from a presenter device during a live teaching session. Keywords are extracted from the plurality of presentation source materials. An integrated keyword list is created by integrating the extracted keywords with the generated transcript. Participants in an online meeting are grouped into live group breakout sessions, each of which is independent. Data from each participant is continuously recorded in the breakout session. The correlation between the integrated keyword list and the recorded participant output is periodically analyzed to output a score trendline to determine the level of comprehension by the participants of the presentation materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John S. Werner, Tyler Gross, Arkadiy O. Tsfasman, Brandon M. Kobilka
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Patent number: 11500940Abstract: A method, system and computer program product are provided. For each keyword that is visible on a display device, scanning the content that is stored on a user device, or is accessed from a network connection to identify and extract keywords. Further provided is cross-referencing the extracted keywords with a corpus of scored keywords. Based on the extracted keywords being found in the corpus of scored keywords, expanding and/or abridging any of the extracted keywords based on a score in the corpus of scored keywords prior to displaying the modified content on the display device. wherein the extracted keywords match a keyword in the corpus.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John S. Werner, Arkadiy O. Tsfasman, Tyler Gross, Brandon M. Kobilka
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Patent number: 11495368Abstract: A process of forming a hydrophobic, conductive barrier on a metallic surface includes coating the metallic surface with an organic, conductive material. The organic, conductive material includes a conductive group having two or more alkyne groups and a dithiocarbamate group to bind the organic, conductive material to the metallic surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jacob T. Porter, Jason T. Wertz
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Patent number: 11485835Abstract: An impact-modified composition and a method of making an impact-modified composition are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes reacting a phosphazene material with an acrylamide material to form a functionalized phosphazene material; initiating a polymerization reaction on a reaction mixture comprising the functionalized phosphazene material and one or more monomers to form an impact-modified phosphazene material; and adding the an impact-modified phosphazene material to a polymeric material.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jacob T. Porter, Jason T. Wertz
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Patent number: 11440927Abstract: A hydroxyapatite particle having a plurality of functionalities on a surface, a process for forming a hydroxyapatite particle having a plurality of functionalities on a surface, and an article of manufacture including a hydroxyapatite particle having a plurality of functionalities on a surface are disclosed. The hydroxyapatite particle includes a first functionality on a first surface of the hydroxyapatite particle, where the first functionality includes first moieties to bind to polymer constructs, and a second functionality on a second surface of the hydroxyapatite particle. The process for forming the hydroxyapatite particle includes providing one or more hydroxyapatite particles, forming one or more wax particles, functionalizing a first exposed surface of the one or more hydroxyapatite particles, removing the one or more hydroxyapatite particles from the wax core, and functionalizing the second exposed surface of the one or more hydroxyapatite particles.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Sarah Czaplewski-Campbell, Jason T. Wertz, Brandon M. Kobilka, Eric Campbell
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Patent number: 11412732Abstract: A process of forming a sustained-release pesticide coating, a process of forming a sustained-release pesticide capsule, and a sustained-release pesticide coating are disclosed. The process of forming the sustained-release pesticide coating includes depositing a first layer that includes a first pesticide onto a surface, and depositing a second layer that includes a photodegradable material onto the first layer. The process of forming the sustained-release pesticide coating also includes depositing a third layer that includes a second pesticide onto the second layer. The process of forming the sustained release pesticide capsule includes selecting a pesticide, selecting a photosensitive compound, and encapsulating the pesticide in a photosensitive capsule that includes a polymer formed from the photosensitive compound. The sustained-release pesticide coating includes a pesticide and a material having a photosensitive component.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jason T. Wertz, Brandon M. Kobilka, Jacob T. Porter, Joseph Kuczynski
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Publication number: 20220220310Abstract: A composition and article of manufacture comprising a crosslinked polymer and a method of crosslinking a polymer are disclosed. The crosslinked polymer includes a polysiloxane and at least one hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinker. The method includes obtaining a polysiloxane and at least one hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinker, and reacting the polysiloxane and the crosslinker to form a crosslinked polysiloxane.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Charles C. Sloop, III
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Publication number: 20220220280Abstract: A composition and article of manufacture comprising a crosslinked polymer and a method of crosslinking a polymer are disclosed. The crosslinked polymer includes a polysiloxane and at least two dimerizable hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinkers. The method includes obtaining a polysiloxane and at least two dimerizable hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinkers, reacting the polysiloxane and the crosslinkers to form a crosslinked polysiloxane, and dimerizing the at least two hydroxycinnamic acid crosslinkers.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Charles C. Sloop, III
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Patent number: 11370879Abstract: In an embodiment, a composition is provided that includes an indenofluorene moiety; an alkyl radical, an aryl radical, or a heteroaryl radical chemically bound to the indenofluorene moiety; and an electron donor moiety bound to the indenofluorene moiety. In another embodiment, a device is provided that includes compositions described herein. In another embodiment, a method of forming a donor-acceptor small molecule or a donor-acceptor copolymer is provided that includes forming an indenofluorene moiety; forming an electron donor moiety; and reacting the indenofluorene moiety with the electron donor moiety in a cross-coupling reaction.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jacob T. Porter, Scott B. King, Jason T. Wertz
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Publication number: 20220195126Abstract: A composition, method, and article of manufacture are disclosed. The composition is formed by polymerizing monomers, and includes at least one flame-retardant bis(triketone) monomer and at least one amine monomer. The method includes obtaining at least one flame-retardant bis(triketone) monomer, obtaining at least one amine monomer, and polymerizing the monomers to form a flame-retardant polydiketoenamine. The article of manufacture includes a polymer formed by polymerizing at least one flame-retardant bis(triketone) monomer and at least one amine monomer.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jason T. Wertz, Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Eric J. Campbell
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Patent number: 11312820Abstract: In an embodiment, a composition is provided that includes an indenofluorene moiety; an alkyl radical, an aryl radical, or a heteroaryl radical chemically bound to the indenofluorene moiety; and an electron donor moiety bound to the indenofluorene moiety. In another embodiment, a device is provided that includes compositions described herein. In another embodiment, a method of forming a donor-acceptor small molecule or a donor-acceptor copolymer is provided that includes forming an indenofluorene moiety; forming an electron donor moiety; and reacting the indenofluorene moiety with the electron donor moiety in a cross-coupling reaction.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brandon M. Kobilka, Jacob T. Porter, Scott B. King, Jason T. Wertz