Patents by Inventor Joseph Kuczynski

Joseph Kuczynski 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).

  • AIR BUBBLE REMOVAL FROM EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD VIA CHEMICAL ENTRAPMENT OF NITROGEN
    Publication number: 20190290827
    Abstract: A process includes removing air bubbles from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen (N2) gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • AIR BUBBLE REMOVAL FROM EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD VIA CHEMICAL ENTRAPMENT OF NITROGEN
    Publication number: 20190290826
    Abstract: A process includes removing air bubbles from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen (N2) gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • Sorbitol, glucaric acid, and gluconic acid based flame-retardants
    Patent number: 10421910
    Abstract: A flame-retardant sugar derivative, a process for forming a flame-retardant sugar derivative, and an article of manufacture comprising a flame-retardant sugar derivative are disclosed. The flame-retardant sugar derivative can be synthesized from sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety. The process for forming the flame-retardant sugar derivative can include reacting sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid and a flame-retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form the flame-retardant sugar derivative.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott B. King, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz
  • VOC Sequestering Acoustic Foam
    Publication number: 20190287509
    Abstract: Acoustic dampeners, methods of making acoustic dampener, and uses thereof are described. The acoustic dampener includes a polymer foam article; and a metal-organic framework portion. The metal-organic framework portion comprises a metal-organic framework in a polymer matrix. The metal-organic framework portion is adhered to, or otherwise coupled to or included with, the polymer foam article. Such an acoustic dampener can be used in a computer equipment cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph KUCZYNSKI, Rebecca MORONES, Sarah K. CZAPLEWSKI-CAMPBELL, Melissa K. MILLER
  • Articles of manufacture including macromolecular block copolymers
    Patent number: 10414913
    Abstract: An article of manufacture includes a macromolecular block copolymer. The macromolecular block copolymer includes a first extruded high molecular weight polymer and a second extruded high molecular weight polymer bonded to the first extruded high molecular weight polymer. The first extruded high molecular weight polymer has a first characteristic rigidity value along a first length, and the second extruded high molecular weight polymer has a second characteristic rigidity value along a second length that is different from the first characteristic rigidity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Suraush Q. Khambati, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz
  • Particle bound photosensitizer molecule with reduced toxicity
    Patent number: 10413495
    Abstract: A method for forming a photosensitizer product that is resistant to absorption by living tissue that may include binding a photosensitizer compound with an oxide-containing particle to provide the photosensitizer derivative having a microscale size, and mixing the photosensitizer derivative into a lotion. The microscale size of the photosensitizer derivative obstructs absorption by cell tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott B. King, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jacob T. Porter, Jason T. Wertz
  • Encapsulated payloads bonded to polymeric materials
    Patent number: 10405542
    Abstract: In an example, a polymeric material includes a fibrous substrate, a cyclic compound chemically bonded to the fibrous substrate, and a microcapsule. The microcapsule has an encapsulated payload and is reversibly bonded to the fibrous substrate via the cyclic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: International Busines Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • Encapsulated payloads bonded to polymeric materials
    Patent number: 10405541
    Abstract: In an example, a process for bonding a microcapsule having an encapsulating payload to a polymeric material. The process includes applying a microcapsule (having the encapsulated payload) that includes a dienophile functional group to a polymeric material that includes a diene functional group. The process further includes bonding the microcapsule having the encapsulated payload to the polymeric material via a chemical reaction of the dienophile functional group with the diene functional group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • SORBITOL, GLUCARIC ACID, AND GLUCONIC ACID BASED FLAME-RETARDANTS
    Publication number: 20190270935
    Abstract: A flame-retardant sugar derivative, a process for forming a flame-retardant sugar derivative, and an article of manufacture comprising a flame-retardant sugar derivative are disclosed. The flame-retardant sugar derivative can be synthesized from sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety. The process for forming the flame-retardant sugar derivative can include reacting sorbitol, gluconic acid, or glucaric acid and a flame-retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form the flame-retardant sugar derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Scott B. King, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz
  • Selective dielectric resin application on circuitized core layers
    Patent number: 10405421
    Abstract: A layup for multiple-layer printed circuit board manufacturing is formed according to a process that includes selectively applying a dielectric resin to a high resin demand region of a circuitized core layer without applying the dielectric resin to another region of the circuitized core layer. The process also includes partially curing the dielectric resin within the high resin demand region. The process further includes forming a layup that includes a layer of pre-impregnated (prepreg) material adjacent to the partially cured dielectric resin within the high resin demand region of the circuitized core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce J. Chamberlin, Matthew S. Kelly, Scott B. King, Joseph Kuczynski
  • Light generating microcapsules for self-healing polymer applications
    Patent number: 10392452
    Abstract: A self-healing polymeric material includes a polymeric matrix material, a plurality of monomer mixture microcapsules dispersed in the polymeric matrix material, and a plurality of light generating microcapsules dispersed in the polymeric matrix material. Each monomer mixture microcapsule encapsulates a mixture of materials that includes monomers and a photoinitiator. Each light generating microcapsule encapsulates multiple reactants that undergo a chemiluminescent reaction. The chemiluminescent reaction generates a photon having a wavelength within a particular emission range that is consistent with an absorption range of the photoinitiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Campbell, Sarah K. Czaplewski, Joseph Kuczynski, Timothy J. Tofil
  • Materials incorporating light actuated fluoroazobenzenes
    Patent number: 10390531
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide compositions and methods involving textiles that repel insects by vibrations and oscillations. The random and chaotic oscillations are caused by molecular bond isomerizations in the textile material driven by visible light, such as sunlight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew S. Doyle, Jeffrey N. Judd, Joseph Kuczynski, Scott D. Strand, Timothy J. Tofil
  • Chip alignment utilizing superomniphobic surface treatment of silicon die
    Patent number: 10396050
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for soldering a chip onto a surface. The method generally includes forming a bonding pad on the surface on which the chip is to be soldered, wherein the bonding pad is surrounded, at least in part, by dielectric material. The method may also include treating the dielectric material to render the dielectric material superomniphobic, and soldering the chip onto the bonding pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Campbell, Sarah K. Czaplewski, Joseph Kuczynski, Timothy J. Tofil
  • Air bubble removal from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen
    Patent number: 10391226
    Abstract: A process includes removing air bubbles from extracorporeal blood via chemical entrapment of nitrogen (N2) gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sarah K. Czaplewski, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz, Jing Zhang
  • THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED OBJECTS FOR CHEMICAL REACTION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20190255518
    Abstract: An article of manufacture includes a three-dimensional (3D) printed object for chemical reaction control. The 3D printed object includes a chemical reactant to be released to control a chemical reaction according to a chemical reactant release profile. The chemical reactant release profile is determined based on a shape of the 3D printed object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Scott B. King, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz
  • THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIALS INCLUDING POLYMERIC PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20190256665
    Abstract: In an embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a first component, a second component, and a thermal interface material. The thermal interface material is disposed between the first component and the second component and includes a polymeric phase-change material. In another embodiment, an article of manufacture includes a first component, a second component, and a thermal interface material disposed between the first component and the second component, the thermal interface material including a polymeric phase-change material, the polymeric phase-change material including a block copolymer formed from a diene, the diene formed from a vinyl-terminated fatty acid monomer having a chemical formula C2H4—R—C(O)OH and an ethylene glycol monomer having a chemical formula C2nH4n+2On+1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Dylan J. BODAY, Joseph KUCZYNSKI, Timothy C. MAULDIN
  • PIPELINE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20190257464
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a plug formulation includes a mixture of a first part of a two-part epoxy system and artificial platelets formed from a polymeric material that expands upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, moisture, or heat, wherein a portion of the first part of the two-part epoxy system is covalently bonded to a portion of the artificial platelets. In another embodiment, a plug formulation includes a mixture of a first part of a two-part epoxy system, an acrylate monomer, and artificial platelets formed from a polymeric material that expands upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, moisture, or heat, wherein a portion of the first part of the two-part epoxy system is covalently bonded to a portion of the artificial platelets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Sarah K. CZAPLEWSKI, Joseph KUCZYNSKI, Melissa K. MILLER, Jing ZHANG
  • IMPLEMENTING STUB-LESS PCB VIAS
    Publication number: 20190254177
    Abstract: A method and structure are provided for implementing stub-less printed circuit board (PCB) vias and custom interconnect through laser-excitation conductive track structures. Stub-less printed PCB vias are formed which terminate at desired signal layers by controlled laser excitation without stubs or the need to back-drill to remove such stubs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Layne A. Berge, John R. Dangler, Matthew S. Doyle, Joseph Kuczynski, Thomas W. Liang, Manuel Orozco
  • GLASS-FREE DIELECTRIC LAYERS FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS
    Publication number: 20190248970
    Abstract: According to one aspect, a glass-free pre-impregnated material includes a polybenzimidazole (PBI) sheet and a partially cured resin encapsulating the PBI sheet. According to another aspect, a process of forming a glass-free pre-impregnated material includes encapsulating a PBI sheet within a resin and partially curing the resin to form the glass-free pre-impregnated material. According to yet another aspect, a printed circuit board comprises a glass-free dielectric layer that includes a PBI sheet encapsulated within a cured resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: JOSEPH KUCZYNSKI, JASON T. WERTZ, BRUCE J. CHAMBERLIN, SARAH K. CZAPLEWSKI-CAMPBELL, JING ZHANG
  • Gluten-derived flame retardant materials
    Patent number: 10377799
    Abstract: A process of forming a gluten-derived flame retardant material includes forming an amine-functionalized flame retardant molecule that includes an aryl halide group and a phosphorus moiety. The process also includes chemically reacting the amine-functionalized flame retardant molecule with a gluten protein under transamidation conditions to bind the phosphorus moiety to a first portion of the gluten protein. The process further includes initiating a cross-coupling reaction between the aryl halide group and amine group of a second portion of the gluten protein to form a gluten-derived flame retardant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Scott B. King, Brandon M. Kobilka, Joseph Kuczynski, Jason T. Wertz