Patents by Inventor Brian S. Aitken

Brian S. Aitken 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).

  • Publication number: 20140227212
    Abstract: A soluble UVA and/or UVB absorbing chromophore-comprising polymer useful for preparation of a sunscreen lotion has a multiplicity of repeating units where one or more of the repeating units includes at least one UVA and/or UVB absorbing chromophore. The repeating units are those formed from the ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of a strained cycloakene, cycloalkadiene, bicycloalkene, or bicycloalkadiene, or where one or more sp3 hybridized carbons of the strained cycloakene, cycloalkadiene, bicycloalkene, or bicycloalkadiene is replaced with a heteroatom. The UVA and/or UVB absorbing chromophore-comprising polymer can be formed from a UVA and/or UVB absorbing chromophore-comprising monomer, which can be homopolymerized or copolymerized by ROMP. Alternately, the UVA and/or UVB absorbing chromophore-comprising polymer can be formed by polymerization of monomers that can subsequently be substituted with UVA and/or UVB absorbing chromophores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Kenneth B. Wagener, Brian S. Aitken, Kenneth B. Sloan, Jason D. Heffley
  • Patent number: 8288307
    Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst including a base material coated with a catalytic metal is made using mechanical milling techniques. The hydrogenation catalysts are used as an excellent catalyst for the dehalogenation of contaminated compounds and the remediation of other industrial compounds. Preferably, the hydrogenation catalyst is a bimetallic particle including zero-valent metal particles coated with a catalytic material. The mechanical milling technique is simpler and cheaper than previously used methods for producing hydrogenation catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Jacqueline W. Quinn, Christian A. Clausen, Cherie L. Geiger, Brian S. Aitken
  • Publication number: 20110172082
    Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst including a base material coated with a catalytic metal is made using mechanical milling techniques. The hydrogenation catalysts are used as an excellent catalyst for the dehalogenation of contaminated compounds and the remediation of other industrial compounds. Preferably, the hydrogenation catalyst is a bimetallic particle including zero-valent metal particles coated with a catalytic material. The mechanical milling technique is simpler and cheaper than previously used methods for producing hydrogenation catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicants: Space Administration
    Inventors: Jacqueline W. Quinn, Christian A. Clausen, Cherie L. Geiger, Brian S. Aitken
  • Patent number: 7842639
    Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst including a base material coated with a catalytic metal is made using mechanical milling techniques. The hydrogenation catalysts are used as an excellent catalyst for the dehalogenation of contaminated compounds and the remediation of other industrial compounds. Preferably, the hydrogenation catalyst is a bimetallic particle including zero-valent metal particles coated with a catalytic material. The mechanical milling technique is simpler and cheaper than previously used methods for producing hydrogenation catalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Jacqueline W. Quinn, Christian A. Clausen, Cherie L. Geiger, Brian S. Aitken
  • Publication number: 20070287628
    Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst including a base material coated with a catalytic metal is made using mechanical milling techniques. The hydrogenation catalysts are used as an excellent catalyst for the dehalogenation of contaminated compounds and the remediation of other industrial compounds. Preferably, the hydrogenation catalyst is a bimetallic particle including zero-valent metal particles coated with a catalytic material. The mechanical milling technique is simpler and cheaper than previously used methods for producing hydrogenation catalysts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: USA as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adm
    Inventors: Jacqueline W. Quinn, Christian A. Clausen, Cherie L. Geiger, Brian S. Aitken