Patents by Inventor Gregory Connor Evans

Gregory Connor Evans 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).

  • Polymeric solutions, methods of manufacture thereof and articles manufactured therefrom
    Patent number: 10358537
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a polymer; and a superheated fluid; where at least a portion of the polymer and the superheated fluid co-exist in a single phase. Disclosed herein is a method comprising exposing a polymer to a superheated fluid; swelling at least a portion of the polymer with the superheated fluid so that the polymer and the superheated fluid co-exist in a single phase; and changing pressure or temperature within the single phase to change a property in the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
    Inventors: Alan J. Lesser, Gregory Connor Evans
  • POLYMERIC SOLUTIONS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20160185930
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising a polymer; and a superheated fluid; where at least a portion of the polymer and the superheated fluid co-exist in a single phase. Disclosed herein is a method comprising exposing a polymer to a superheated fluid; swelling at least a portion of the polymer with the superheated fluid so that the polymer and the superheated fluid co-exist in a single phase; and changing pressure or temperature within the single phase to change a property in the polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Alan J. Lesser, JR., Gregory Connor Evans