Patents by Inventor Claire Chisolm

Claire Chisolm 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).

  • Controlled coalescence of gas phase segmented droplets
    Patent number: 10078038
    Abstract: A one-dimensional linear array of liquid plugs separated by a gas phase is coalesced by (1) pumping the array through a conduit having a flow restriction of sufficient resistance or (2) a rapid and sudden increase in applied pressure (such as by increasing the flow rate). In this way, the flow of material through the conduit is restricted sufficiently to compress the gas phase into (partial or full) solubility within one or more components of the liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of Michigan
    Inventors: Robert T. Kennedy, Qiang Li, Gary A. Valaskovic, Claire Chisolm, Joanna E. Thielen
  • CONTROLLED COALESCENCE OF GAS PHASE SEGMENTED DROPLETS
    Publication number: 20160266017
    Abstract: A one-dimensional linear array of liquid plugs separated by a gas phase is coalesced by (1) pumping the array through a conduit having a flow restriction of sufficient resistance or (2) a rapid and sudden increase in applied pressure (such as by increasing the flow rate). In this way, the flow of material through the conduit is restricted sufficiently to compress the gas phase into (partial or full) solubility within one or more components of the liquid phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Robert T. Kennedy, Qiang Li, Gary A. Valaskovic, Claire Chisolm, Joanna E. Thielen