Patents by Inventor Coleen R. Pugh

Coleen R. Pugh 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).

  • Synthesis of inimers and hyperbranched polymers
    Patent number: 8524942
    Abstract: An inimer, and process for making same, having the following formula: wherein X=halogen, nitroxide, thioester; R?H or CH3; and R?=aliphatic, non-aliphatic, linear or branched, mesogenic, non mesogenic, chiral, achiral, hydrocarbon, non-hydrocarbon, selected from fluorocarbon, oligo(oxyethylene) and siloxane substituents, alkyl, aryl, mesogenic group, non-mesogenic group, aliphatic, non-aliphatic, siloxane, perfluoroalkyl, perfluoroaryl, or other fluorocarbon group, and polymers, and the process of making them, from the inimer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Coleen R. Pugh, Anirudha Singh
  • SYNTHESIS OF INIMERS AND HYPERBRANCHED POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20110046334
    Abstract: An inimer, and process for making same, having the following formula: wherein X=halogen, nitroxide, thioester; R?H or CH3; and R?=aliphatic, non-aliphatic, linear or branched, mesogenic, non mesogenic, chiral, achiral, hydrocarbon, non-hydrocarbon, selected from fluorocarbon, oligo(oxyethylene) and siloxane substituents, alkyl, aryl, mesogenic group, non-mesogenic group, aliphatic, non-aliphatic, siloxane , perfluoroalkyl, perfluoroaryl, or other fluorocarbon group, and polymers, and the process of making them, from the inimer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventors: Coleen R. Pugh, Anirudha Singh