Patents by Inventor Malcolm B. Polk

Malcolm B. Polk 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).

  • Multidimensionally crosslinkable rigid-rod benzobisazole polymer fibers
    Patent number: 6156874
    Abstract: Rod-like aromatic heterocyclic polymers having repeating units of the formula --(--Q--Ar--).sub.m --(--Q--Ph--).sub.n)-- where Q is ##STR1## X is --O--, --S--, or --NH--; m is 0.05 to 1.0; n is 1.0-m; Ph is 1,4-phenylene; Ar is ##STR2## R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same and are either H or CH.sub.3 ; and R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are CH.sub.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corp.
    Inventors: Xiaodong Hu, Satish Kumar, Malcolm B. Polk