Patents by Inventor Mark Spiecker

Mark Spiecker 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).

  • SURFACE TOPOGRAPHIES FOR NON-TOXIC BIOADHESION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20170100332
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an article that includes a first plurality of spaced features. The spaced features are arranged in a plurality of groupings; the groupings of features include repeat units; the spaced features within a grouping are spaced apart at an average distance of about 1 nanometer to about 500 micrometers; each feature having a surface that is substantially parallel to a surface on a neighboring feature; each feature being separated from its neighboring feature; the groupings of features being arranged with respect to one another so as to define a tortuous pathway. The plurality of spaced features provide the article with an engineered roughness index of about 5 to about 20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Leah Tonkin, Anthony B. Brennan, Shravanthi T. Reddy, Chelsea Marie Magin, Ethan Mann, Mark Spiecker, Bryce Stevenson