Patents by Inventor Katherine Stawiasz

Katherine Stawiasz 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).

  • Frontally polymerized polymeric body and method of producing a polymeric body having spatially varying properties
    Patent number: 11753501
    Abstract: A frontally polymerized polymeric body includes, according to a first embodiment, a deformable polymer comprising polydicyclopentadiene (pDCPD) and/or poly(5-ethylidene-2-norbornene) (pENB), where the deformable polymer has a fracture strain of at least about 0.5 mm mm?1. According to a second embodiment, the frontally polymerized polymeric body includes a first polymer comprising pDCPD and/or pENB, and a second polymer adjacent to the first polymer also comprising the pDCPD and/or the pENB. The second polymer is more or less deformable than the first polymer. Thus, the frontally polymerized polymeric body exhibits spatially varying mechanical and/or other properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Moore, Nancy R. Sottos, Benjamin A. Suslick, Katherine Stawiasz, Justine E. Paul
  • FRONTALLY POLYMERIZED POLYMERIC BODY AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A POLYMERIC BODY HAVING SPATIALLY VARYING PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20220235173
    Abstract: A frontally polymerized polymeric body includes, according to a first embodiment, a deformable polymer comprising polydicyclopentadiene (pDCPD) and/or poly(5-ethylidene-2-norbornene) (pENB), where the deformable polymer has a fracture strain of at least about 0.5 mm mm?1. According to a second embodiment, the frontally polymerized polymeric body includes a first polymer comprising pDCPD and/or pENB, and a second polymer adjacent to the first polymer also comprising the pDCPD and/or the pENB. The second polymer is more or less deformable than the first polymer. Thus, the frontally polymerized polymeric body exhibits spatially varying mechanical and/or other properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Moore, Nancy R. Sottos, Benjamin A. Suslick, Katherine Stawiasz, Justine E. Paul