Patents by Inventor Neil Poulter

Neil Poulter 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).

  • Publication number: 20220154032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a polymeric nanocoating on a substrate as well as substrates bearing the polymeric nanocoating. The method comprises exposing the substrate to a plasma comprising one or more unsaturated monomeric species for a period of time sufficient to allow the coating to form on the substrate. The one or more unsaturated monomeric species comprise (i) an aromatic moiety and (ii) a carbonyl moiety. The one or more unsaturated monomeric species also comprise a crosslinking reagent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Neil POULTER, Rebekah Catherine FRASER
  • Publication number: 20210368632
    Abstract: An electronic or electrical device or component thereof having a coating formed thereon by exposing said electronic or electrical device or component thereof to a plasma comprising one or more monomer compounds for a sufficient period of time to allow a protective polymeric coating to form on a surface thereof; wherein the protective polymeric coating forms a physical barrier over a surface of the electronic or electrical device or component thereof; wherein each monomer is a compound of formula I(a): or a compound of formula I(b)
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Richard COULSON, Delwyn EVANS, Thomas HELLWIG, Fred HOPPER, Neil POULTER, Angeliki SIOKOU, Clive TELFORD
  • Publication number: 20210013646
    Abstract: A method of forming a protected connection between a first connecting element, optionally mounted on a support (202), and a second connecting element, the method comprising: (i) depositing a protective material (210) on the first connecting element and/or on the support; (ii) optionally depositing an overlying coating (212) on the protective material; and (iii) pushing the second connecting element and establishing a connection between the first connecting element and the second connecting element, the connection being protected by the protective material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Delwyn EVANS, Fred HOPPER, Alex MCLEOD, Graham HUBBARD, Neil POULTER
  • Publication number: 20190335592
    Abstract: An electronic or electrical device or component thereof having a coating formed thereon by exposing said electronic or electrical device or component thereof to a plasma comprising one or more monomer compounds for a sufficient period of time to allow a protective polymeric coating to form on a surface thereof; wherein the protective polymeric coating forms a physical barrier over a surface of the electronic or electrical device or component thereof; wherein each monomer is a compound of formula I(a): or a compound of formula I(b) wherein each of R1 to R9 is independently selected from hydrogen or halogen or an optionally substituted C1-C6 branched or straight chain alkyl group; each X is independently selected from hydrogen or halogen; a is from 0-6; b is from 2 to 14; and c is 0 or 1; and wherein when each X is F or when at least one X is halogen, in particular F, the FTIR/ATR intensity ratio of CX3/C?O of the coating is less than (c+1)0.6e?0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen Richard COULSON, Delwyn EVANS, Thomas HELLWIG, Fred HOPPER, Neil POULTER, Angliki SIOKOU, Clive TELFORD
  • Publication number: 20120109286
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for forming antimicrobial coatings, and to compounds suitable for forming the antimicrobial coatings, and to substrates coated with the antimicrobial coatings. The coatings are formed by vapour phase plasma polymerisation of metal ion complexes each having at least one polymerisable ligand, which includes a polymerisable moiety such as a C—C double bond or a C—C triple bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew Johnson, Neil Poulter, Andrew Jenkins