Patents by Inventor Nicholas Zerilli

Nicholas Zerilli 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).

  • Fluoropolymer membrane
    Patent number: 7378020
    Abstract: A porous fluoropolymer membrane comprising a first surface, a second surface, nodes and free fibrils, wherein one of the first and second surfaces has a greater number of free fibrils per unit area of the surface than the other of the first and second surfaces, is disclosed. A process for preparing porous fluoropolymer membranes is also disclosed, comprising splitting a thicker membrane in a dimension different from, e.g., perpendicular to, its thickness dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ieraci, Thomas K. Hartmann, David Newman, Nicholas Zerilli
  • Fluoropolymer membrane
    Publication number: 20060032813
    Abstract: A porous fluoropolymer membrane comprising a first surface, a second surface, nodes and free fibrils, wherein one of the first and second surfaces has a greater number of free fibrils per unit area of the surface than the other of the first and second surfaces, is disclosed. A process for preparing porous fluoropolymer membranes is also disclosed, comprising splitting a thicker membrane in a dimension different from, e.g., perpendicular to, its thickness dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Applicant: Pall Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Ieraci, Thomas Hartmann, David Newman, Nicholas Zerilli