Patents by Inventor Malivaganam Thavalingam Pillai

Malivaganam Thavalingam Pillai 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).

  • Use of vegetative material as a filler in composite materials
    Publication number: 20050165140
    Abstract: The present invention provides a filler for use in composite materials wherein said filler comprises a vegetative-based material and wherein said vegetative-based material can be fresh or carbonised. In one particularly preferred embodiment the present invention utilises carbonised rice husk. In a further aspect of the present invention there is provided a process for the production of a carbonised vegetative-based filler wherein said process comprises burning a fresh vegetative-based material at about 800° C. for about 4 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Applicants: Contract Research and Development
    Inventors: Malivaganam Thavalingam Pillai, Khalid Ahmad, Arulgnanam Arunasalam