Patents by Inventor Nicola Irwin

Nicola Irwin 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).

  • COATING COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180244927
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerizable coating composition comprising: (i) 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NVP) and 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (2-HEMA) for forming a copolymer; (ii) a poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) (PVP) polymer having a molecular weight of at least 500,000 g·mol?1; (iii) a co-polymerizable crosslinker for crosslinking the 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NVP) and the 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (2-HEMA); (iv) a co-polymerizable initiator for initiating co-polymerisation of the 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone (NVP) and 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylate (2-HEMA); (v) a surfactant selected from non-ionic triblock copolymers of ethylene oxide/propylene oxide, nonionic triblock copolymers of poly(propylene oxide) (PPO) and poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), tetrablock copolymers of PPO and PEO; Triton X-100 and derivatives thereof, polyethylene glycols and derivatives thereof, PEO derivatives of sorbitan monolaurate, and combinations of any two or more thereof; (vi) a solvent, wherein a vinyl component is 1-vinyl-2-pyrrolidinone for
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: The Queen's University of Belfast
    Inventors: Colin McCoy, Sean Gorman, David Jones, Daniel Corbett, Nicola Irwin