Patents by Inventor Maher Elsheikh

Maher Elsheikh 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).

  • Methods for producing thermoplastic fluoropolymers
    Patent number: 7544765
    Abstract: A process for producing a class of polyarylenes having p-bis-(chlorodifluoromethyl) benzene or p-bis(bromodifluoromethyl) benzene as a comonomer. The p-bis-(chlorodifluoromethyl) benzene or the p-bis(bromodifluoromethyl)benzene act as precursors in a polycondensation reaction with a difunctional monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignees: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: William R. Dolbier, Jr., Lotfi Hedhli, Maher Elsheikh, Valerie Rodriguez-Garcia, Kai Wu
  • Novel methods for producing thermoplastic fluoropolymers
    Publication number: 20080090992
    Abstract: A process for producing a class of polyarylenes having p-bis-(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene or p-bis(bromodifluoromethyl)benzene as a comonomer. The p-bis-(chlorodifluoromethyl)benzene or the p-bis(bromodifluoromethyl)benzene act as precursors in a polycondensation reaction with a difunctional monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: William R. Dolbier, Lotfi Hedhli, Maher Elsheikh, Valerie Rodriguez-Garcia, Kai Wu