Patents by Inventor Philip J. Kwong

Philip J. Kwong 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).

  • Porous polymer structures and methods and articles relating thereto
    Patent number: 9376516
    Abstract: A porous polymer structure may be formed by cooling a substrate to a temperature at or below a freezing point of a monomer, wherein the monomer is capable of free-radical polymerization; exposing the substrate to an initiator and the monomer, each in a vapor phase, wherein a concentration of the monomer in the vapor phase is above a saturation pressure of the monomer; converting the initiator to a free radical; crystalizing and depositing the monomer on the substrate; and polymerizing at least some of the monomer on the substrate, thereby forming a porous polymer structure on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Malancha Gupta, Scott J. Seidel, Philip J. Kwong
  • POROUS POLYMER STRUCTURES AND METHODS AND ARTICLES RELATING THERETO
    Publication number: 20140228463
    Abstract: A porous polymer structure may be formed by cooling a substrate to a temperature at or below a freezing point of a monomer, wherein the monomer is capable of free-radical polymerization; exposing the substrate to an initiator and the monomer, each in a vapor phase, wherein a concentration of the monomer in the vapor phase is above a saturation pressure of the monomer; converting the initiator to a free radical; crystalizing and depositing the monomer on the substrate; and polymerizing at least some of the monomer on the substrate, thereby forming a porous polymer structure on the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Malancha Gupta, Scott J. Seidel, Philip J. Kwong