Patents by Inventor Lynne Prost

Lynne Prost 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).

  • Fully backbone degradable and functionalizable polymers derived from the ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)
    Patent number: 9206271
    Abstract: Functionalized degradable ROMP (ring-opening metathesis) polymers and methods, starting monomers and synthetic monomeric and polymeric intermediates for preparation of such functionalized polymers. More specifically, monomers having a bicyclic oxazinone structure, a bicyclic urea, or a heteronorbornene core structure, among others, have been found to be substrates for ROMP polymerization. ROMP polymers prepared from these monomers have been found to be both acid and base labile. Additionally, the monomers can be chemically modified at a site distal to the polymerizable moieties and bridgehead carbons. The properties of the resulting polymers and copolymers can be tailored without destabiling the monomer. Polymers and copolymers of the invention are degradable but have a glass temperature of 100° C. or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Laura L. Kiessling, Joshua Fishman, Lynne Prost
  • Fully Backbone Degradable and Functionalizable Polymers Derived from the Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)
    Publication number: 20130281644
    Abstract: Functionalized degradable ROMP (ring-opening metathesis) polymers and methods, starting monomers and synthetic monomeric and polymeric intermediates for preparation of such functionalized polymers. More specifically, monomers having a bicyclic oxazinone structure, a bicyclic urea, or a heteronorbornene core structure, among others, have been found to be substrates for ROMP polymerization. ROMP polymers prepared from these monomers have been found to be both acid and base labile. Additionally, the monomers can be chemically modified at a site distal to the polymerizable moieties and bridgehead carbons. The properties of the resulting polymers and copolymers can be tailored without destabiling the monomer. Polymers and copolymers of the invention are degradable but have a glass temperature of 100° C. or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Laura L. KIESSLING, Joshua Fishman, Lynne Prost