Patents by Inventor Joseph L. Lowery

Joseph L. Lowery 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).

  • Superhydrophobic fibers and methods of preparation and use thereof
    Patent number: 8574713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fibers exhibiting a water contact angle of above 150° and water contact angle hysteresis of below 15°, methods of producing the same, and applications thereof. The present invention further relates to superhydrophobic fiber mats, methods of producing the same, and applications thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Gregory C. Rutledge, Randal M. Hill, Joseph L Lowery, Minglin Ma, Sergey Fridrikh
  • Method of Asymmetrically Functionalizing Porous Materials
    Publication number: 20110064936
    Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a method for installing coatings of different morphology and function within a single textile membrane. Remarkably, the methods described herein enable one to engineer the properties of a material at the nanoscopic level and produce the material in commercially viable quantities. For example, by simply controlling the flow rate of charged species passing through an electrospun material during spray-assisted Layer-by-Layer (Spray-LbL) deposition, individual fibers within the matrix can be conformally functionalized for ultra-high surface area catalysis, or bridged to form a networked sublayer with complimentary properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Paula T. Hammond-Cunningham, Kevin C. Krogman, Joseph L. Lowery, Gregory C. Rutledge