Patents by Inventor Eileen Buenning

Eileen Buenning 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).

  • Grafted polymer nanocomposite materials, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 10112143
    Abstract: Provided are methods of separating one or more components from a fluid by using membranes and other materials comprising polymer graft nanoparticles arranged in a lattice structure. The disclosed compositions exhibit an increase in selectivity between two penetrants that is greater than the neat polymer selectivity for those penetrants. The compositions also exhibit an increase in selectivity between two penetrants with increasing permeability. Also provided are systems for effecting such separations, systems for agent detection, and additional methods for constructing separation components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, University of South Carolina
    Inventors: Sanat K. Kumar, Christopher James Durning, Eileen Buenning, Connor Bilchak, Brian C. Benicewicz
  • Grafted Polymer Nanocomposite Materials, Systems, And Methods
    Publication number: 20160101386
    Abstract: Provided are methods of separating one or more components from a fluid by using membranes and other materials comprising polymer graft nanoparticles arranged in a lattice structure. The disclosed compositions exhibit an increase in selectivity between two penetrants that is greater than the neat polymer selectivity for those penetrants. The compositions also exhibit an increase in selectivity between two penetrants with increasing permeability. Also provided are systems for effecting such separations, systems for agent detection, and additional methods for constructing separation components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Sanat K. Kumar, Christopher James Durning, Eileen Buenning, Connor Bilchak