Patents by Inventor Joy M. Polefrone

Joy M. Polefrone 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).

  • Hybrid polymers for functional tuning of microfluidic device surfaces
    Patent number: 7381471
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to improved microdevices and methods of manufacturing such devices. More particularly the present invention is directed to the use of a compound having the general structure (formula (I)): wherein R is selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 alkyl, C2-C6 alkenyl, C2-C6 alkynyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, and C5-C6 aryl for bonding silica based substrates to plastic substrates or to other silica based substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignees: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, James Madison University
    Inventors: Brian H. Augustine, James P. Landers, Jerome P. Ferrance, Joy M. Polefrone, W. Christopher Hughes