Patents by Inventor Hyoeun KWON

Hyoeun KWON 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).

  • Publication number: 20210031151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a high-performance thin film composite (TFC) membrane through post-treatment with solvents. In the present invention, Ra, which is a new criterion for activating solvents (difference in Hansen solubility parameter between an activating solvent and a polymer), and boiling points of the activating solvents are suggested, whereby the activating solvent thus selected can be used to implement the performance of reverse osmosis (RO) to nanofiltration (NF) grades, and an activated TFC membrane having anti-scaling effects to inorganic salts and acid resistance with high separation performance can be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Jung-hyun LEE, Min Gyu SHIN, Sang Hee PARK, Hyoeun KWON, Soon Jin KWON