Patents by Inventor Jean-Claude Wittmann

Jean-Claude Wittmann 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: 7838074
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing a substrate one surface of which consists of a polymer, said polymer surface being oriented and nanostructured, said method including the following successive steps: a) brushing the polymer surface in an amorphous state of the substrate; b) contacting with a vapor of a solvent, the oriented polymer surface obtained at the end of step a), said solvent being selected such that: |?poly??sol|/[(?poly+?sol)/2]<0.3, ?poly and ?sol representing respectively the solubility parameters of the polymer and of the solvent, and ?sol<?poly, ?sol et ?poly representing respectively the free surface energies of the solvent and the polymer. The invention concerns a substrate one polymer surface of which at least is oriented and nanostructured, and the various uses of said substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
    Inventors: Martin Brinkmann, Jean-Claude Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20090130402
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for preparing a substrate one surface of which consists of a polymer, said polymer surface being oriented and nanostructured, said method including the following successive steps: a) brushing the polymer surface in an amorphous state of the substrate; b) contacting with a vapour of a solvent, the oriented polymer surface obtained at the end of step a), said solvent being selected such that: |?poly??sol|/[(?poly+?sol)/2]<0.3, ?poly and ?sol representing respectively the solubility parameters of the polymer and of the solvent, and ?sol<?poly, ?sol et ?poly representing respectively the free surface energies of the solvent and the polymer. The invention concerns a substrate one polymer surface of which at least is oriented and nanostructured, and the various uses of said substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Martin Brinkmann, Jean-Claude Wittmann
  • Patent number: 7344781
    Abstract: This polymeric composition comprises a blend of polymers comprising: (a) a semi-crystalline fluorinated polymer, (b) an acrylic polymer, and is characterized in that it additionally comprises: (c) from 0.01 to 20% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the semi-crystalline fluorinated polymer and of the acrylic polymer, of a nucleating agent in the form of particles having a melting point greater than that of the semi-crystalline fluorinated polymer. These compositions result in formulations in the form of dry powders or of powders in suspension in water or in a latent solvent for the semi-crystalline fluorinated polymer. Applied to a substrate, these formulations give, by baking, glossy and stable coatings comprising spherulites with a size of less than 5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Xavier Drujon, Scott Gaboury, Sophie Schneider, Jean-Claude Wittmann
  • Publication number: 20050032968
    Abstract: This polymeric composition comprises a blend of polymers comprising: (a) a semi-crystalline fluorinated polymer, (b) an acrylic polymer, and is characterized in that it additionally comprises: (c) from 0.01 to 20% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the semi-crystalline fluorinated polymer and of the acrylic polymer, of a nucleating agent in the form of particles having a melting point greater than that of the semi-crystalline fluorinated polymer. These compositions result in formulations in the form of dry powders or of powders in suspension in water or in a latent solvent for the semi-crystalline fluorinated polymer. Applied to a substrate, these formulations give, by baking, glossy and stable coatings comprising spherulites with a size of less than 5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Xavier Drujon, Scott Gaboury, Sophie Schneider, Jean-Claude Wittmann