Patents by Inventor John Surma

John Surma 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: 12690583
    Abstract: Despite the existence and deployment of a range of antimicrobial/disinfectant/sterilization technologies and products, transmission of infectious diseases remains a significant problem worldwide, continuing to cause hundreds of millions of infections and millions of deaths every year of both human beings and animals. State-of-the-art technologies suffer from several disadvantages including being discrete in space and time, being overly dependent on human skill and discipline, and in some cases having harmful side-effects to human health. This invention proposes a series of industrial grade antimicrobial product designs, and materials and methods to make them highly effective products that offer continuous antimicrobial action, with minimum dependence on human discipline and skill once deployed, and with no harmful side-effects. Methods may include either or both first and second materials be formed by vapor or solution-based coating schemes and many may be antimicrobial in nature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Kavach Nanotechnologies Inc.
    Inventors: Niloy Mukherjee, Somilkumar J. Rathi, Aditi Mukherjee, John Surma, Jose Rafael Alva, Veljibhai B. Patel, Jagdishchandra A. Rathi
  • Patent number: 12610954
    Abstract: Despite the existence and deployment of a range of antimicrobial/disinfectant/sterilization technologies and products, transmission of infectious diseases remains a significant problem worldwide, continuing to cause hundreds of millions of infections and millions of deaths every year of both human beings and animals. State-of-the-art technologies suffer from several disadvantages including being discrete in space and time, being overly dependent on human skill and discipline, and in some cases having harmful side-effects to human health. This invention proposes a series of industrial grade antimicrobial product designs, and materials and methods to make them highly effective products that offer continuous antimicrobial action, with minimum dependence on human discipline and skill once deployed, and with no harmful side-effects. Methods may include either or both first and second materials be formed by vapor or solution-based coating schemes and many may be antimicrobial in nature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: Kavach Nanotechnologies Inc.
    Inventors: Niloy Mukherjee, Somilkumar J. Rathi, Aditi Mukherjee, John Surma, Jose Rafael Alva, Veljibhai B. Patel, Jagdishchandra A. Rathi
  • Publication number: 20260020559
    Abstract: Despite the existence and deployment of a range of antimicrobial/disinfectant/sterilization technologies and products, transmission of infectious diseases remains a significant problem worldwide, continuing to cause hundreds of millions of infections and millions of deaths every year of both human beings and animals. State-of-the-art technologies suffer from several disadvantages including being discrete in space and time, being overly dependent on human skill and discipline, and in some cases having harmful side-effects to human health. This invention proposes a series of industrial grade antimicrobial product designs, and materials and methods to make them highly effective products that offer continuous antimicrobial action, with minimum dependence on human discipline and skill once deployed, and with no harmful side-effects. Methods may include either or both first and second materials be formed by vapor or solution-based coating schemes and many may be antimicrobial in nature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Applicant: Kavach Nanotechnologies Inc.
    Inventors: Niloy Mukherjee, Somilkumar J. Rathi, Aditi Mukherjee, John Surma, Jose Rafael Alva, Veljibhai B. Patel, Jagdishchandra A. Rathi
  • Publication number: 20260020571
    Abstract: Despite the existence and deployment of a range of antimicrobial/disinfectant/sterilization technologies and products, transmission of infectious diseases remains a significant problem worldwide, continuing to cause hundreds of millions of infections and millions of deaths every year of both human beings and animals. State-of-the-art technologies suffer from several disadvantages including being discrete in space and time, being overly dependent on human skill and discipline, and in some cases having harmful side-effects to human health. This invention proposes a series of industrial grade antimicrobial product designs, and materials and methods to make them highly effective products that offer continuous antimicrobial action, with minimum dependence on human discipline and skill once deployed, and with no harmful side-effects. Methods may include either or both first and second materials be formed by vapor or solution-based coating schemes and many may be antimicrobial in nature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Applicant: Kavach Nanotechnologies Inc.
    Inventors: Niloy Mukherjee, Somilkumar J. Rathi, Aditi Mukherjee, John Surma, Jose Rafael Alva, Veljitbhai B. Patel, Jagdishchandra A. Rathi
  • Patent number: 12385133
    Abstract: Despite the existence and deployment of a range of antimicrobial/disinfectant/sterilization technologies and products, transmission of infectious diseases remains a significant problem worldwide, continuing to cause hundreds of millions of infections and millions of deaths every year of both human beings and animals. A field-deployable antimicrobial surface product assembly designed for gases or liquids including: a substrate configured as a tile or a mesh: an adhesion layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate: a first material in contact with at least one surface of the adhesion layer, where the first material includes nanotubes and/or nanopores, where the nanotubes and/or nanopores are open on one end only; and a second material deposited on at least a majority of surfaces of the nanotubes and/or nanopores which includes at least one antimicrobial material, and where the second material inactivates biological microorganisms in gases and liquids upon physical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Kavach Nanotechnologies Inc.
    Inventors: Niloy Mukherjee, Somilkumar J. Rathi, Aditi Mukherjee, John Surma, Jose Rafael Alva, Veljibhai B. Patel, Jagdishchandra A. Rathi