Patents by Inventor Bruce Novak

Bruce Novak 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).

  • Stereoregular polar vinyl polymers and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 7091293
    Abstract: The polymerization of polar vinyl monomers in the presence of Lewis acids produces stereoregular vinyl polymers. Polar vinyl monomers may be mixed with Lewis acids to form associations or complexes between the monomers and Lewis acids. The mixtures or monomer-Lewis acid complexes may be polymerized to produce the desire stereoregular vinyl polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: North Carolina State University
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kuwahara, Bruce Novak
  • Stereoregular polar vinyl polymers and methods of making the same
    Publication number: 20050176904
    Abstract: The polymerization of polar vinyl monomers in the presence of Lewis acids produces stereoregular vinyl polymers. Polar vinyl monomers may be mixed with Lewis acids to form associations or complexes between the monomers and Lewis acids. The mixtures or monomer-Lewis acid complexes may be polymerized to produce the desire stereoregular vinyl polymers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kuwahara, Bruce Novak
  • Highly active .pi.-allynickel-based polymerization initiators
    Patent number: 5525688
    Abstract: A .pi.-allylnickel/counterion complex is reacted with a hologenated ketone to produce a highly active polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Bruce Novak, Timothy J. Deming
  • Highly active .pi.-allylnickel-based polymerization initiators
    Patent number: 5395811
    Abstract: A .pi.-allylnickel/counterion complex is reacted with a halogenated ketone to product a highly active polymerization initiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Bruce Novak, Timothy J. Deming