Patents by Inventor Jonathan Vernon

Jonathan Vernon 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).

  • Surface modification of implant devices
    Patent number: 9889229
    Abstract: The present invention provides implant devices comprising nanoscale structures on the surface thereof and methods of manufacturing such implant devices. In some embodiments, methods of manufacturing an implant device comprise exposing a surface of the implant device to an oxidative hydrothermal environment for a duration sufficient to generate nanoscale structures on the exposed surface(s) of the implant device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Rolando A. Gittens Ibacache, Jonathan Vernon, Kenneth H. Sandhage, Barbara D. Boyan
  • SURFACE MODIFICATION OF IMPLANT DEVICES
    Publication number: 20140329052
    Abstract: The present invention provides implant devices comprising nanoscale structures on the surface thereof and methods of manufacturing such implant devices. In some embodiments, methods of manufacturing an implant device comprise exposing a surface of the implant device to an oxidative hydrothermal environment for a duration sufficient to generate nanoscale structures on the exposed surface(s) of the implant device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventors: Rolando A. Gittens Ibacache, Jonathan Vernon, Kenneth H. Sandhage, Barbara D. Boyan