Patents by Inventor Charles F. Barnett

Charles F. Barnett 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).

  • ACTIVE MATERIALS FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF FOULED SURFACES
    Publication number: 20140093572
    Abstract: A method, composition and structure to treat fouling. In one embodiment, the method of treating fouling includes providing a structure including a first component of a base material and a second component of an energetically activated nanostructure, and applying a stimuli to the structure that effectuates an increase or decrease in the temperature of the energetically activated nanostructure. The increase or decrease in the temperature of the energetically activated nanostructure modifies the chemical and/or mechanical properties of the base material. The modifications to the chemical and/or mechanical properties of the base material obstruct fouling of the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Mitchel J. Doktycz, David P. Allison, Charles F. Barnett, Scott T. Retterer
  • Needle guard
    Patent number: D297365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1988
    Assignee: Stik-Guard, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles F. Barnett