Patents by Inventor Juan deSANTOS AVILA

Juan deSANTOS AVILA 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).

  • Porous material and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 9790343
    Abstract: A method for making a composite and/or structured material includes: forming a lattice construction from a plurality of solid particles, the construction being formed so as to have one or more gaps between the particles; invading the lattice construction with a fluid material such that the fluid material at least partially penetrates the gaps; and, solidifying the material which invaded the lattice construction to form a composite material. In one suitable embodiment, the method further includes removing at least a portion of the lattice construction from the composite material thereby forming at the location of the removed portion one or more pores in the solidified material that invaded the construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Ali R. Mehrabi, Reza Mehrabi, Frank Chica, Janet Hsiao, Juan deSantos Avila
  • Porous Material and Method for Producing the Same
    Publication number: 20120315461
    Abstract: A method for making a composite and/or structured material includes: forming a lattice construction from a plurality of solid particles, the construction being formed so as to have one or more gaps between the particles; invading the lattice construction with a fluid material such that the fluid material at least partially penetrates the gaps; and, solidifying the material which invaded the lattice construction to form a composite material. In one suitable embodiment, the method further includes removing at least a portion of the lattice construction from the composite material thereby forming at the location of the removed portion one or more pores in the solidified material that invaded the construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventors: Ali R. MEHRABI, Reza MEHRABI, Frank CHICA, Janet HSIAO, Juan deSANTOS AVILA