Patents by Inventor John S. Harmon

John S. Harmon 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).

  • Amorphous metal foam as a property-matched bone scaffold substitute
    Patent number: 8444745
    Abstract: Amorphous metal foams and methods of making the same are provided. The amorphous metal foams have properties matching those of natural bone, enabling their use as bone replacement scaffolds. In one embodiment, for example, an amorphous metal foam has a density-dependent stiffness (or Young's modulus, denoted E) ranging from about 640?3.75 ?o ??ou? 2900?0.78, and a density dependent strength (?y) greater than about 8.1?2.57, wherein ? (the density) is less than about 1.7 g/cc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Marios D. Demetriou, John S. Harmon, William L. Johnson, Chris Veazey
  • Metallic glass alloys of palladium, copper, cobalt, and phosphorus
    Patent number: 7540929
    Abstract: Metallic glass alloys of palladium, copper, cobalt, and phosphorus, that are bulk-solidifying having an amorphous structure. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Marios D. Demetriou, John S. Harmon, William L. Johnson
  • Metallic glass alloys of palladium, copper, cobalt, and phosphorus
    Publication number: 20080135136
    Abstract: Metallic glass alloys of palladium, copper, cobalt, and phosphorus, that are bulk-solidifying having an amorphous structure. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Marios D. Demetriou, John S. Harmon, William L. Johnson
  • THERMOPLASTICALLY PROCESSABLE AMORPHOUS METALS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SAME
    Publication number: 20080135138
    Abstract: High strength, thermoplastically processable (TPF) amorphous alloys composed of Beryllium and at least one ETM and at least one LTM, as well as methods of processing such alloys are provided. The TPF alloys of the invention demonstrate good glass forming ability, low viscosity in the supercooled liquid region (SCLR), a low processing temperature, and a long processing time at that temperature before crystallization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Gang Duan, William L. Johnson, Aaron Wiest, John S. Harmon, Marios D. Demetriou