Patents by Inventor Lance Victor Nichols

Lance Victor Nichols 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).

  • Composite sensor fibres and applications therefor
    Patent number: 9810587
    Abstract: A composite sensor fiber comprising a filamentary core (12) and an outer layer (30) encapsulating an intermediate sensor layer (20) of a detectably thermoresponsive material. Also disclosed are a method of making composite sensor fibers, a dressing comprising a fabric having a matrix of the fibers, and a method of monitoring a wound that utilizes the dressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Robin William Cranston, Ilias Louis Kyratzis, Lance Victor Nichols, Michael Shane O'Shea, Gary Peeters, Louise Catherine Van Der Werff
  • Modification of propylene polymers
    Patent number: 9169336
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for increasing the melt flow index of a propylene polymer, the process comprising melt mixing the propylene polymer in the presence of aqueous hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: POLYMERS CRC LTD
    Inventors: Ian John Dagley, Graeme Moad, Lance Victor Nichols
  • COMPOSITE SENSOR FIBRES AND APPLICATIONS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20150088027
    Abstract: A composite sensor fibre comprising a filamentary core (12) and an outer layer (30) encapsulating an intermediate sensor layer (20) of a detectably thermoresponsive material. Also disclosed are a method of making composite sensor fibres, a dressing comprising a fabric having a matrix of the fibres, and a method of monitoring a wound that utilises the dressing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
    Inventors: Robin William Cranston, Ilias Louis Kyratzis, Lance Victor Nichols, Michael Shane O'Shea, Gary Peeters, Louise Catherine Van Der Werff
  • MODIFICATION OF PROPYLENE POLYMERS
    Publication number: 20130137834
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for increasing the melt flow index of a propylene polymer, the process comprising melt mixing the propylene polymer in the presence of aqueous hydrogen peroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: POLYMERS CRC LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian John Dagley, Graeme Moad, Lance Victor Nichols