Patents by Inventor Jan Willem De Rijk

Jan Willem De Rijk 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).

  • Patent number: 5833854
    Abstract: The invention relates to a semipermeable composite membrane comprising a microporous substrate provided with a semipermeable microporous substrate membrane which is provided, on at least one side, with a water-permeable polymer layer, said polymer layer containing the interfacial-polymerization product of an amine-terminal dendrimer and a compound polymerizing therewith. According to the invention, the amine-terminal dendrimers used, are poly(alkylene imine) dendrimers. These dendrimers preferably have terminal primary and/or secondary amine groups. In particular, use is made of a 1,4-diaminobutane ?4!: (1-azabutylidene).sup.x-4 : propylamine or propyl-N-alkyl-amine, wherein x=4, 8, 16, 32 or 64. Expediently, the compound which polymerizes with the dendrimer is selected from the group consisting of a carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivative, a sulphonic acid or sulphonic acid derivative, and an isocyanate compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Stork Friesland BV
    Inventors: Arie Zwijnenburg, Jan Willem De Rijk, Casper J. N. Rekers