Patents by Inventor Matthew Paul Saunders

Matthew Paul Saunders 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).

  • Macroporous Carbon Nanofoam Composites
    Publication number: 20130177756
    Abstract: A carbon nanofoam composite (such as carbon nanofoam paper) includes a carbon foam of interconnected pores of ˜10-2000 nm in size with nanometric carbon walls having a thickness on the order of 20 nm. In embodiments, the carbon nanofoam composite has electronic conductivity of greater than 20 S/cm and optionally at least ˜100 S/cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Justin C. Lytle, Jeffrey W. Long, Amanda June Barrow, Matthew Paul Saunders, Debra R. Rolison, Jennifer L. Dysart
  • MACROPOROUS CARBON NANOFOAM COMPOSITES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100189991
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to fabricate carbon foams comprising a bicontinuous network of disordered or irregular macropores that are three-dimensionally interconnected via nanoscopic carbon walls. The method accounts for (1) the importance of wetting (i.e., matching the surface energies of fiber to sol) and (2) the viscosity of the microheterogeneous fluid filling the voids in the carbon paper. Carbon fiber papers are mildly oxidized by plasma etching, which greatly enhances the uniform uptake of resorcinol-formaldehyde (RF) mixtures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Justin C. Lytle, Jeffrey W. Long, Amanda June Barrow, Matthew Paul Saunders, Debra R. Rolison, Jennifer L. Dysart